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People cheered for the horseback riders as they carried a bag of mail over 1,966 miles.
Published on June 26, 2026
by Shelley Ho
For 46 years, thousands of horses have galloped day and night across eight states to reenact the Pony Express, the short-lived but revolutionary express mail service that employed young riders to transport mail from Missouri to California.
After 10 days, this year’s ride came to a conclusion on Thursday in California, passing through the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the early morning, traveling through Folsom and along the American River Parkway before ending at the Pony Express Statue in Old Sacramento, where a crowd gathered to welcome the final rider.
Throughout the journey, riders passed along a mochila, Spanish for knapsack, which carried over a thousand letters sent in by the public...
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