The Pony Express may have ceased business operations over 160 years ago, but the legend of the short-lived overland mail service lives on thanks to the National Pony Express Association which ended their annual Re-Ride today, June 25th, at the Pony Express statue in Old Sacramento. The Pony Express set a new standard for quick mail delivery connecting isolated California in the west with the news of the eastern United States. Prior to the Pony Express, news or letters from the east could take weeks, or more than a month to arrive in California by stagecoach or steamship. The Pony Express closed operations on October 26, 1861, just two days after the first transcontinental telegraph message was transmitted to Sacramento. On their way through Old Sacramento, the riders passed the Sacramento History Museum this past afternoon. You can learn more about the National Pony Express Association and their annual Re-Ride at the website below. nationalponyexpress.org/re-ride/current-r...