Pony Express Days is riding back into town this year. The popular McKinleyville event returns soon after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 health crisis. “The McKinleyville Chamber of Commerce is ...

Before there was Federal Express, there was the Pony Express. Here’s a brief history of how the mail got delivered using good old-fashioned horsepower. IMAGINE if you wrote a letter to a friend on ...

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 ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Gary Lancaster is an expert on the original express mail — Pony Express. Between April 3, 1860, and Nov. 21, 1861, the storied riders braved punishing ...

Google celebrates horseback letter carriers with a game in today's doodle. — -- Giddy up! Today's Google Doodle is celebrating the 155th anniversary of the first letter delivered by the Pony ...

After nearly four decades serving the Erie community, Pony Express will be closing at the end of the year.

This is a day when a legend of the Old West began: The first Pony Express riders set out 150 years ago today from San Francisco and St. Joseph, Mo. The Pony Express, which brought the news and the ...

The Historical Landmark sign along Highway 50 isn't promising - bent, faded, defaced with graffiti - and most folks drive on by. With a half-dead horse, however, as well as an aching butt, a seriously ...