An illustration of a Pony Express rider passing men putting up telegraph ... "He simply liked to insert himself into history," as Buffalo Bill researcher Sandra Sagala wrote on the Smithsonian ...

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.

National Postal Museum, SI In 1860, an ill-fated Pony Express rider, whose name has been lost to history, was crossing the trackless wastes of Nevada when he vanished, likely killed by Indians.

The average age of a Pony Express rider was about 20 ... Sources: “United States: An Illustrated History” by Ron Fisher, “Chronicle of America” by Dorling Kindersley, Smithsonian National ...

The first Pony Express mail was sent from St. Joseph, Mo., April 3, 1860, by horse and rider relay teams. While the enterprise ultimately failed, famous riders like William (“Buffalo Bill”) Cody and ...

“Although it was short-lived, it has a really long history and a long legacy ... first things we say – this is the home of Pony Express rider Corey O’Dell. They often want to know ...

Bill Miller, youngest member of the notorious Range Riders, gets job as pony express rider. Indians become dangerous on the war path. Bill forestalls plan of a bandit chief to rob mails while ...

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 ...

The Pony Express Museum is celebrating a major milestone honoring the famous, but short-lived, mail service. On April 3, 1860, the first rider left St. Joseph, and nearly 165 years later, the ...