Pony Express to pass through Genoa
Each year, the National Pony Express Association re-creates the Pony Express of 1860-1861 by riding from St. Joseph, Mo., to Sacramento. Mormon Station State Historic Park is hosting this event in Genoa on Aug. 26 at 8am.
The national, 10-day, 24 hour-a-day event includes more than 600 riders stationed at intervals to relay a mochila (mailbag) filled with Pony Express Mail for the 1,966 mile ride.
The Pony Express rider will ride into Mormon Station’s stockade, exchange the mochila and see the next rider ride out to the next stop. Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev., is scheduled to be the rider leaving Mormon Station.
Although the rider is scheduled to arrive at Mormon Station around 8:30am, because of the distance traveled, it’s difficult to predict exactly when they arrive.
At about 11:30-12:00 Davy “Doc” Wiser will ride away from State Line area, not in front of Harrah’s as usual, but from the street between Harrah’s and Embassy Suites. Be there; you will enjoy the excitement. This will happen Friday August 26th.
Equally important as NPEA Pony Express Rider Sen. Dean Heller R-NEv (the outbound rider in Genoa)… is the inbound rider Deby Jones-O’Gorman. On this historic ride…no one rider is more important the other,just as it was 150 years ago! Also, the inbound rider to Embassy Suites is Bob Moore. Bob Moore and Davey “Doc” Wiser have been exchanging the mail in the historic ReRides for serveral years. Always fun to see them “hand off” to each other! Go PONY! ~Kim copél, Nevada NPEA