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The National Pony Express Association will bring its annual Pony Express Re-Ride event through the rest area near ...
By Victor Block Around 1857, a man named Gerat Hollenberg and his wife, Sophia, built a modest wood-shingled house in present ...
With riders traveling at an average pace of 10 miles per hour around the clock, the 1966-mile route passed through eight modern-day states in 10 days. (When the Pony Express began, only Missouri ...
There was a point in my life where I read everything I could about The Pony Express. I’m sure the short-lived TV show “The ...
finally handing off their mail pouch to another rider. The goal of the Pony Express wasn’t reliability or safety of its employees. The thing that mattered most was speed. In order to lighten ...
Along with the re-ride, Fort Kearny hosted a celebration Sunday afternoon that included re-enactors performing as Abraham Lincoln, Buffalo Bill Cody, Pony Express co-owner Alexander Majors and ...
As of May 2025, nearly 30 western-themed steel silhouettes have been placed along Wyoming’s highways including Pony Express ...
They will be embarking on their travels to 38 different states from May 2 to May 23, on what they’re calling the ‘Pony Express Ride.’ This all started back in Missouri in 1860 when letters ...
Brown Hall in downtown Columbus that he and this year’s Miracle Riders will tap into the history of the Pony Express from the Old West, delivering cards with personal greetings to people as ...
Scott Ressmeyer and the Miracle Riders are set to roar out of Columbus on a Pony Express-themed motorcycle ride across the country to raise awareness and money for the nursing program at Columbus ...