Pony Express Re-Ride Commemorates the 147th Anniversary of the Founding of the Pony Express.Ranked Among the Most Remarkable Feats From the 1860 American West, the Pony Express pony express, in U.S. history, relay mail service. At its inception in Apr., 1860, the pony express operated between St. Joseph, Mo., the western end of a telegraph line, and Sacramento, Calif. Ride Ends in Old Sacramento on Thursday, June 21, 2007 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Pony Express riders will gallop west across the historic Pony Express Trail of 1860 - 1861 to carry mail by horseback across the Missouri River Missouri River River, central U.S. The longest tributary of the Mississippi River, it rises in the Rocky Mountains of southwestern Montana. It flows east to central North Dakota and south across South Dakota, forming sections of the South Dakota–Nebraska boundary, the across the plains to the Sacramento River Sacramento River River, northern California, U.S. Rising near Mount Shasta, it flows 382 mi (615 km) southwest between the Cascade and Sierra Nevada ranges, through the northern Central Valley. , following the original Pony Express route. The 10-day ride - the longest equestrian event in the nation -commemorates the 147th anniversary of the Pony Express. The 2007 Pony Express Re-Ride commences on Monday, June 11 at 10:00 a.m. in St. Joseph, Missouri at the Patee House, 1860 Pony Express headquarters. The re-ride will conclude on Thursday, June 21 at approximately 11:30 a.m. when the final Pony Express rider, dressed in the official NPEA NPEA National Pony Express Association NPEA Northwest Polygraph Examiners Association ride uniform, gallops into the historic district and completes the final leg of the 1,966 mile ride from St. Joseph, Missouri. The public is invited to attend the 11:00 a.m. Welcome Ceremony at the Pony Express Plaza, located at Second and J streets, in Old Sacramento, California “Sacramento” redirects here. For other uses, see Sacramento (disambiguation). Sacramento is the capital of the State of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. . Visitors will have the opportunity to meet legendary Pony Express riders and witness one of the most remarkable feats to come out of the 1860 American West. More than 550 riders and horses, stationed at intervals coming or happening with intervals between; now and then. See also: Interval to ride 1-5 mile segments of the route, will travel from Missouri to Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and across California to Sacramento. Organized by the National Pony Express Association, the re-ride is a non-stop event in which a mochila filled with commemorative letters and personal mail is relayed by horseback over the Pony Express National Historical Trail. The private mail service carried mail for 18 months on the central route between St. Joseph and San Francisco to prove it was passable pass·a·ble adj. 1. That can be passed, traversed, or crossed; navigable: a passable road. 2. Acceptable for general circulation: passable currency. 3. all year. Although short-lived, it created history and legends that live on today. For more information and for real-time coverage, visit The Pony Express Web site at www.xphomestation.com or call (916) 332-8382. Photos available upon request. |
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