The Pony Express National Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri, displays a collection of "Travel the Trail" historic photographs and a Hall of Riders, which pays homage to the men who delivered the mail.

A Pony Express saddle and mochila: Mail and the rider’s time card were carried in four pockets — two to a side — called cantinas. Openings cut in the leather fit over the saddle horn and cantle.

Worse still, the Pony Express was kaput by 1880. The Pony Express lasted for about 18 months, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861. We were perplexed.

The event is set to begin at the official Pony Express statue in Old Sacramento at Second and J streets at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday and will be conducted over a 10-day period, 24-hours a day with ...

A rare envelope from the 1860s, the only one ever sent to Vermont via the fabled Pony Express, is going up for auction this month. Bids will start at $2,500, but it’s anyone’s guess how high ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Volunteers from different motorcycle organizations around Nebraska travel the states historical Pony Express route every year to pick up letters from children that consist ...

So much so that legendary Pony Express riders like “Pony Bob” risked their lives amid attacks, once traveling 360 miles to deliver President Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 inaugural address.