{"id":1482,"date":"2021-06-25T13:45:16","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T18:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/?p=1482"},"modified":"2026-03-09T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T18:28:06","slug":"pony-express-national-historic-trail-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pnts.org\/new\/pony-express-national-historic-trail-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Pony Express National Historic Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Established:<\/strong> August 3, 1992<\/div>\n
Managing Nonprofit:<\/strong> National Pony Express Association<\/a><\/div>\n
Managing Agency:\u00a0<\/strong>National Park Service<\/a><\/div>\n
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Map of the pony Express NHT courtesy of NPS.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Founded in April 1860, the legendary Pony Express ran for only 18 months before it was rendered irrelevant by the installation of a transcontinental telegraph. Today, the Pony Express National Historic Trail marks the nearly 2000-mile route taken by Pony Express Riders during cross-country mail deliveries during the service’s tenure. Notable sites along this trail include Historic Trails Park (Marshall’s Ferry)<\/a>, Chimney Rock National Historic Site<\/a>, and the B.F. Hastings Building in Sacramento, California<\/a>. Discover more points of interest along the Pony Express Trail here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Western Terminus:<\/strong> the B.F. Hastings Building in Sacramento, California<\/p>\n

Eastern Terminus:<\/strong> Pony Express National Museum in St. Joseph, Missouri<\/p>\n

The Pony Express Trail runs westward from St. Joseph, Missouri<\/a>, through Kansas<\/a>, Nebraska<\/a>, Colorado<\/a>, Wyoming<\/a>, Utah<\/a>, and Nevada<\/a> before ending in Sacramento, California<\/a>. Incredibly, the entire trip took only about ten days for riders to complete.<\/p>\n

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  Established: August 3, 1992 Managing Nonprofit: National Pony Express Association Managing Agency:\u00a0National Park Service Founded in April 1860, the legendary Pony Express ran for only 18 months before it was rendered irrelevant by the installation of a transcontinental telegraph. Today, the Pony Express National… <\/p>\n

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