Out here, miles from nowhere, one doesn't need much of an imagination to visualize "Pony Bob" Haslam galloping by on his horse while being pursued by Indians. As the story goes, Haslam rode a record ...
This week, mail enthusiasts, horseback riders and onlookers will celebrate the Pony Express’ 163rd anniversary with a nearly 2,000-mile trek from Old Sacramento to St. Joseph, Missouri. The National ...
Editor’s Note: Nevada 150 is a yearlong series highlighting the people, places and things that make up the history of the state. “Pony Bob” Haslam, we couldn’t forget you if we tried. Given the ...
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On Saturday, June 15 at 1:30 PM at The second lecture of the 2024 historic lecture series of the Tehama County Museum in the City of Tehama will feature an “adventure lecture” on the excitement and ...
The National Pony Express Association will relay mail by horse and rider over the famed Pony Express Trail with the first riders taking the mail this morning. Since 1980, the Pollock Pines, ...
Some 300 riders on horseback are taking part in an Easter weekend tradition in Iowa today as the 49th annual Pony Express Ride for Camp Sunnyside gets underway. Tim Allen of Whittemore is ...
The Pony Express only lasted 18 months, but the mail delivery service remains one of the most enduring icons of the American West — its story told in dime novels and in Westerns like the 1990s TV show ...
"The pony rider was usually a little bit of a man, brimful of spirit and endurance…ready to leap into the saddle and be off like the wind!" Mark Twain ST. JOSEPH, Mo. — Leaping astride a bay mare, ...