Pony Express riders covered 1,966 miles by racing full speed 24 hours a day for 240 hours. "The horse and rider would go really hard, but they would have to switch off with new horses and a new ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Leaping into his saddle astride a bay mare, Johnny Fry galloped out of town as a daring rider for the legendary Pony Express. Carrying saddlebags filled with 49 letters, the 19 ...

The Pony Express national President Pam Dixon-Simmons galloped into Old Sacramento and came to a hard stop as the final rider to complete the relay of the 10-day long journey from St. Joseph ...

According to an article in Smithsonian Magazine in 2010, both are from a ride in 1860 when an ill-fated Pony Express rider whose name has been lost to history vanished when crossing Nevada and was ...

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 average age of a Pony Express rider was about 20, but teenagers were common. The 120 or so Pony Express riders were paid between $100 and $150 month. WikiMedia Commons ...

“The Pony Express vest, the red shirt and the yellow tie, and every Pony Express rider had a brown hat, so I’ll be wearing a brown hat, and every rider at the time carried a gun and a Bible ...

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 ...

The Pony Express trail ran through Wyoming right into Casper for about 19 months to deliver letters from the East to the West. At the time, it was the fastest route mail could travel.

Pony Express living history event to ride through Casper on Friday Jordan Smith Jun 19, 2024 Updated Jul 25, 2024 0 ...