At 1,966 miles and roughly 186 horses over the course of 10 days, you could have sent a letter all the way from St. Joseph, ...

To recreate the historic Pony Express runs, volunteers on horseback are riding from California to St. Joe, where the last ...

William B. Waddell, Alexander Majors and William H. Russell started the Leavenworth & Pikes Peak Express Company just after the 1859 Colorado gold rush. ... As for the Pony Express, ...

On Saturday, March 29, members and friends of the Pony Express Council, Scouting America gathered at the St. Joseph Country Club to celebrate the success and achievements of Scouting leaders and ...

Rare correspondence—carried by a vanished courier—is one of only "two pieces of what collectors call 'interrupted mail' from the Pony Express," says Postal Museum curator Daniel Piazza ...

Missouri to California (WHTM) Wanted: Young, skinny, wiry fellows not over eighteen. Must be expert riders, willing to risk death daily. Orphans preferred. Wages $25 per week. That was the want ad … ...

The Pony Express National Museum at 914 Penn St. is celebrating the 165th anniversary of Pony Express rider Johnny Fry leaving the stables on April 3, 1860, with special events through Sunday.

The Pony Express was founded by William H. Russell, Alexander Majors, and William B. Waddell, who ran a transportation company taking freight, mail, and passengers by stagecoach across the ...

The Pony Express was dreamed up by three men who were already in the shipping business: William Russell, William Waddell and Alexander Majors. Their Stagecoach company delivered army supplies to ...

The Pony Express Challenge in Dead Rails requires you to beat the game without using the train even once. It is rather difficult considering the long distance you need to travel.

Pony Express, a high-speed relay race on horseback, is a fan-favorite event at Oklahoma’s black rodeos, and riders are pushing to gain national recognition.