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By Victor Block Around 1857, a man named Gerat Hollenberg and his wife, Sophia, built a modest wood-shingled house in present ...
Ride, an annual tribute to the legendary mail service of 1860–61, begins on June 18 when the Wyoming Division hands off the ...
The U.S. Postal Service unveiled its new Horses stamps today at the kickoff for the 164th annual Pony Express Re-Ride. The event, held at the Patee House Museum, celebrates the historic mail route ...
Each year, the Pony Express holds a re-ride in which members of the National Pony Express, Nevada Division ride night and day in an exchange change across the west. Last […] ...
On Wednesday, June 11 the thunder of hooves and the spirit of the old west return to Old Town Sacramento as the 2025 Pony Express Annual Re-Ride sets off on ...
Smithsonian National Postal Museum // Public Domain Each June, the National Pony Express Association stages a commemorative ride for its members over the same path that the Pony Express traveled ...
They’d ride about 75 miles per day, 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 ...
During the ride, volunteer riders will reenact the mail-delivery service of the historic Pony Express by collecting letters written by youth, their families, and other supporters about the ...
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 ...
The powerful legacy of the Pony Express continues on Friday, June 20, 2025, as the Kansas Division of the National Pony Express Association (NPEA) takes the reins from the Nebraska Division at the ...
An Easter weekend tradition in Iowa since the 1960s returns this year with the Pony Express Ride to benefit Camp Sunnyside, for children and adults with and without disabilities. Horseback riders ...