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 begins their annual Re-Ride on Wednesday, June 11th, 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. Join us to see the first rider begin the 10-day journey from Old Sacramento to St. Joseph, Missouri. A ceremony held by the National Pony Express Association will begin around 1:00pm at the corner of J and 2nd Streets with the first rider departing around 2:...