A free event will follow the mail delivery%2C which will include activities to honor the Old West%2C along with art and various vendors; The Hashknife Pony Express, the longest sanctioned U.S ...

Thomas Holland, 87, sculptor who created Sacramento's prized horse and rider statue that honors the historic Pony Express, died Jan. 3 at a nursing home in the artists colony of Ajijic, Mexico ...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - In the early 1860s, the Pony Express was established as an American express mail service, utilizing relays of horse-mounted riders to deliver mail between Missouri and ...

The first mail delivered via the Pony Express was sent on April 3, 1860 when it left St. Joseph, Missouri. Near midnight on April 14, 1860, the mail reached its destination in San Francisco.

Pony Express Mail, 1861. This week’s Smithsonian Snapshot celebrates the April 3, 1860, ... This item is one of 137 million artifacts, works of art and specimens in the Smithsonian’s collection. It is ...

View The Pony Express (1968) By Holland Thomas; Bronze Sculpture; 20 x 19.5 x 5 in. 50.8 x 49.53 x 12.7 cm 1.5 x 14 inches 20 x 19.5 x 5 in. 50.8 x 49.53 x 12.7 cm ; Signed; Edition. Access more ...

Before the Pony Express, mail could take weeks, even months, to travel from the eastern to the Pacific states. William Russell, Alexander Majors and William Waddell proposed a relay system of horses ...

The contest honors the 165th anniversary of the Pony Express, which started in 1860 and delivered mail by horseback from St. Joseph to stops along a trail to Sacramento, California.