Hashknife rider J.R. DeSpain, whose grandfather, Harve Randall, was a founding member, said the Pony Express group is comprised of community members, business owners and politicians with generally ...

Pony Express Mail, 1861 This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates the April 3, 1860, anniversary of the Pony Express. In 1860, a relay system of horses began to carry mail across the 1,966-mile ...

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 ...

To author Christopher Corbett, no one offers a more vivid account of the Pony Express than Mark Twain, who encountered the riders while on an 1861 stagecoach trip to Nevada.