An Easter weekend tradition in Iowa since the 1960s returns this year with the Pony Express Ride to benefit Camp Sunnyside, for children and adults with and without disabilities. Horseback riders from ...

The Pony Express Riders will be passing through the square on Friday, April 18, between 3 p.m. and 4 p.m. The community is encouraged to come out and welcome the ...

“Young men once rode horses to carry mail from Missouri ... From Missouri to California the Pony Express riders could deliver a letter faster than ever before,” says their web page.

With riders traveling at an average pace of 10 miles per hour around the clock, the 1966-mile route passed through eight modern-day states in 10 days. (When the Pony Express began, only Missouri ...

Pony Express Riders of Iowa raises funds for Easterseals Iowa & Camp Sunnyside in Des Moines. Local groups ride horses across the state "relay style" to bring in the funds throughout the year.

Most of the horses used weighed about 900 pounds or less, sort of skinny and wiry like their riders. One of the most enduring – and totally Hollywood – images of the Pony Express is of a rider ...

The concept of expedited mail delivery by a relay of single riders on fast horses—a kind of grass-fueled FedEx—echoed the vision that won the West. Established in April 1860, the Pony Express ...

The first Pony Express mail was sent from St. Joseph, Mo., April 3, 1860, by horse and rider relay teams. While the enterprise ultimately failed, famous riders like William (“Buffalo Bill”) Cody and ...

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.

Brown Hall in downtown Columbus that he and this year’s Miracle Riders will tap into the history of the Pony Express from the Old West, delivering cards with personal greetings to people as ...