The Hashknife Pony Express, the longest sanctioned U.S. Postal Service Pony Express route in the world, will be making its annual trip to Scottsdale on Jan. 30 to deliver mail and celebrate the ...

Tuesday marks the 152nd anniversary of the Pony Express. What with the U.S. Postal Service hemorrhaging money and looking for ways to downsize, we thought we would examine the historical and ...

Pony Express riders didn't just throw a standard mail bag over the back of their saddle. They had mochilas designed specially for the Pony Express—ones that look nothing like some of the ...

Riders galloping 24/7 and relaying a mail bag from horse to horse and man to man could cover the distance in 10 days. The first Pony Express rider arrived in Sacramento, Calif., on April 13, 1860 ...

The opening of a Kingsbury Grade trail over Daggett Pass in 1860 allowed a perfect segue for Pony Express riders looking to trim time off their deadlines as they rushed mail by horseback 24-7 from ...

Joel Chamberlain and his team of riders spent part of their day Friday re-riding along the actual Pony Express Trail, their 40- to 50-pound bags stuffed with mail.

The Pony Express was a private mail service that ran between Sacramento and St. Joseph from April 3, 1860 until the connection of the transcontinental telegraph on Oct. 24, 1861.

Albert Tritch signs the mail bag as he prepares to set off on his segment through southeastern Nebraska, on June 21, 2010, as riders recreate the Pony Express. (Photo by Keith Myers/Kansas City ...

The historic Pony Express Re-Ride concludes Saturday in St. Joseph, Missouri, as riders finish a 2,000-mile relay carrying mail by horseback.

GAYLORD—The Otsego County Mounted Division has chosen two children to raise money for during the 2017 Pony Express Benefit Ride Saturday, June 10, in Gaylord. The two recipients are Vander ...

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (News-Press NOW) — 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 ...