Upcoming Pony Express Anniversary Events
*Activities Calendar

The story of the Pony Express has continued to fascinate Americans since Johnny Fry left St. Joseph April 3, 1860, heading west to Sacramento, CA.  This relay mail service will celebrate 150 years on April 3, 2010.  The Central Overland and California Pikes Peak Express Company carried letters and telegrams for 19 months proving the train and pony with riders could make the trip over 1,966 miles in 10-14 days.  The Pony Express story is interpreted daily for visitors at the Pony Express National Museum at 914 Penn Street in St. Joseph as well as at the Patee House Museum located at 1202 Penn Street. 

No event In American History has captured the imagination of young and old alike, more than the excitement created by those young riders and their horses, as they rode across the western half of our continent. St. Joseph will re-capture that excitement when we celebrate that first ride during our sesquicentennial celebration in 2010.