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Hashknife Pony Express Rides Again 2015
January 27, 2015 @ 9:00 am - January 30, 2015 @ 12:00 pm
Pony Express Mail Delivery Ride
Begins in Holbrook, Arizona January 27, 2015
Ends in Scottsdale, Arizona January 30, 2015.
Neither rain, sleet, nor dark of night can stop the Hashknife Pony Express. Each January for the last 54 years, the old west is brought to life as an elite group of riders thunder through Arizona. This exciting event is the oldest officially sanctioned Pony Express in the world. Each rider is sworn in as an honorary mail messenger braving weather, terrain, and modern-day obstacles to deliver the United States mail.
Beginning in historic Holbrook, Arizona the horseback mail route covers over 200 miles from the majestic Mogollon Rim through the wilderness of the Mazatzal mountain range to the desert city of Scottsdale, Arizona. I’ve been at the Payson Post Office when these cowboys ride into town, full speed ahead, to pick up the mail with the Hashknife indicia. It is quite a stirring experience! Try to station yourself at one of their stops and see the living preservation of this important tradition for yourself.