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Pony Express Rides Again (And Again)...6 by Christopher Corbett* Pon y Express Rides Again GGuuiiddeettooHHiissttoorriiccaall SSiitteessAAlloonnggtthhee PPoonnyyEExxpprreessssTTrraaiill Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Express SPECIAL EDITION ON THE PONY EXPRESS S E V I H C R A O G R A F S L L E W Introduction and Locator Map...4 The Pony Express Rides Again (and Again)...6 By Christopher Corbett* Re-Riders of the Purple Sage...11 Map of Express Route and Highlights...14 National Pony Express State Coordinators...21 *Chris Corbett, a former news editor and reporter, is author recently of Orphans Preferred: The Twisted Truth and Lasting Legend of the Pony Express (Broadway Books 2003) and The Poker Bride: The First Chinese in the Wild West (Atlantic Monthly 2010). Special section produced by American Heritag e. For additional copies contact John Dawson at American Heritage Publishing, 416 Hungerford Drive, Suite 216, Rockville, MD 20850-4127. For subscriptions to American Heritag e, call 800-777-1222. © American Heritage Publishing, 2010. www.americanheritage.com 2 AMERICAN HERITAGE OLD SACMENT ONATI ONAL HI STORIC DI STRICT is a tribute to the city’s historic Gold Rush past. Recreated and restored buildings and streets feature living history characters, shops, restaurants and historic aractions. New underground tours start this summer. www.oldsacramento.com CALIF ORNIA STATE ILR OAD MUSEUM is North America’s most popular railroad museum. Step aboard restored locomotives and cars, play with toy trains, and see exhibits showcasing how railroads shaped California and the West, uniting a nation. Enjoy the thrill of a steam train ride on weekends from April-September. www.csrmf.org FO LSO M a perfect weekend getaway rich with California Gold Rush history and incredible recreation, is conveniently located midway between Sacramento and Lake Tahoe. e celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Folsom Pro Rodeo and Annual Cale Drive will feature the Pony Express in fun family activities! Promotional packages available. www.visitfolsom.com HI STORY LIVE S IN SACMENT O and its surrounding communities. Just follow the Pony Express trail to California’s capital…then discover gold in everything from renowned museums to historical aractions to the wineries of the Gold Country. Make plans today to visit Sacramento. Enjoy extra savings and special treatment with the FREE SACMENT O GOLD CARD . Simply ask for one when you check in at a Pony Express statue in Old Sacramento ppaarrttiicicippaattiinngg hhototeel.l. On Monday, June 7, Anniversary riders depart Old Sacramento discovergold.org Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of the Pony Express THE NATIONAL PONY Because much EXPRESS Association of the trail crosses (NPEA), which annually remote country, organizes a re-ride for the amateur radio op - entire 1,966-mile route, erators have volun - has big plans for the teered to help 150th anniversary this riders and their summer. The re-ride usu - captains communi - ally crosses the country as cate. A GPS device, the original riders did, carried by the rid - finishing the route in 10 ers in one of the days of hard riding day cantinas on the and night. This year the mochila, will trans - re-ride will only run dur - mit the mail’s loca - ing daylight hours and tion at all times and take three weeks, from enable anyone to June 6 to 26, so that com - follow the mail in munities along the trail real time on the can join in the celebration. will trace the old route from Sacramento NPEA web site (www.xphomestion.com). Riders, who are all volunteers, will up and over the Sierra Nevada Moun - If you’re unable to enjoy the festivi - carry special commemorative letters in tains and then through Nevada and ties in June, you can make stops along the their mochila, or mail bag, with cachets Utah, some of the driest and most deso - National Park Service’s federally-desig - to show they were carried by the Pony late lands in North America. Before nated Historic Trail any time, visiting any Express with a special U.S. Postal Serv - reaching the terminus at St. Joseph, Mis - one of the hundreds of museums, monu - ice cancellation. 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