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Annual Pony Express Re-ride Begins

By Greg Bebermeyer

06/17/2013

Pony Express Riders Make Stop in Seneca

( MSCNEWS )--The annual Pony Express re-ride across the Pony Express Trail by horseback began Monday morning in St. Joseph.

The 10-day, 24-hour event sponsored by the National Pony Express Association will end June 27th in Old Sacramento, California.

The route will be over the more than 19-hundred mile Pony Express National Historic Trail, from Missouri, across Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, to California

More than 600 riders will participate. They will be carrying commemorative letters and personal mail.

The Re-ride is an annual event to commemorate the Central Overland California and Pikes Peak Express Company of 1860-1861.

In conjunction with the Re-ride, the Seneca Area Chamber of Commerce and Seneca Downtown Impact held the 3rd annual Pony Express Re-ride Party Monday evening on Main Street in Seneca.

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