Pony Express Arizona

The rigid pony express schedule required 150 stations.

Pony express arizona. The terrain determined the number and the distance between home stations and relay stations. The public can purchase them for 1 each at the holbrook overgaard pine heber payson fountain hills and scottsdale post offices. In the next few days the national schedule will be posted on our website along with the new state schedules. All ride letters will be carried during the ride in august.

At each relay station riders would exchange their tired horse for a fresh one. Locations were governed by necessity not convenience. Due to the covid 19 pandemic we are re scheduling the annual re ride to august 2020. Each station was located between 15 to 20 miles apart.

Choose the pony express national historic trail and then zoom in to find the details you need for trip planning. To all our pony express supporters. The top left menu lists. Bottom line borderline rude seemingly lazy and expensive.

The pony express was a mail service delivering messages newspapers and mail using relays of horse mounted riders that operated from april 3 1860 to october 24 1861 between missouri and california in the united states of america. The official pony express envelope will be available on december 1 2010. Posted in arizona january 21 2017 by monica spencer most people don t know the pony express still operates in arizona reminiscent of another time the pony express was a mid 19th century mail delivery operation that became a legend in its own right. Your letter will be hand stamped with the official ride logo the treasured cachet coveted by stamp collectors around the world.

Phoenix the pony express is coming to town. There are menu options at the top right and top left of the map viewer. According to the arizona department of transportation riders will travel between holbrook and the east valley this week to reenact the pony express. Has been providing specialty transportation in arizona to the private sector and various federal state and local contracts for over 30 years.

Interactive trails map viewer. I ve been to the previous location a couple of times and as another reviewer wrote shipping materials are. The top right menu allows you to look at the trail overlaid on street topographic or imagery maps. We specialize in products made in arizona and the southwest.