59°F
weather icon Clear

Pony Express joins Fall Festival

For the last 13 years, Pahrump has held its own version of the Pony Express. The ride has varied in length from over 40 miles to a little over 10 miles.

Most years, the Pony Express Trail Ride has been part of the Wild West Extravaganza, but Pony Express organizer Doug Shaw said the committee has moved the event to coincide with the Fall Festival in hopes of getting more support.

Shaw said this year the trail riders will participate in the Fall Festival Parade and it will serve as the beginning of the journey.

Right now, the group is promoting envelope sales. Anyone can purchase a specially commemorated envelope and have a letter delivered to anyone, including themselves.

Although the ride isn’t sanctioned by the Pony Express re-enactors, who take a yearly trek on the actual trail used to move the mail through northern Nevada, the riders do carry mail from one place to another.

This year, the charity event will benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), which represents children’s interests in a court of law.

Envelopes are $5 each and the price hasn’t changed since the first piece of mail left St. Joseph, Mo., on a trip to San Francisco, Calif., in 1860.

The letters will travel with the Pony Express Trail Ride participants to the main stage at Petrack Park on Sept. 28, where it will be postmarked.

Mail call will be around 4:30 p.m. with Judge Kimberly Wanker, who will be passing out mail from the stage.

Any unclaimed letters/envelopes may be picked up at the Pahrump Valley Chamber offices on the second floor of the Nevada State Bank building on South Highway 160.

The specially-printed envelopes cannot be sent by U.S. Postal Service.

Shaw said envelopes are available at Nevada Treasure RV Resort, Pahrump Valley Museum and the Chamber of Commerce office.

Once you have purchased the envelope, imprint the recipient’s name and address on the front. When your document is ready to send, leave it at the purchase location. A committee member will pick up the envelopes on Sept. 27.

Sponsorships for promotion on print media materials, T-shirts and in the packet of materials given to the participating riders are also welcome.

For more information, contact Shaw at siringo55@gmail.com or call 764-8004.

The trail ride is sponsored by Inspirations Senior Living, which will provide breakfast for the riders, and Arrow Over X Feed Company will provide lunch.

MOST READ
THE LATEST
GALLERY: Homeschoolers come together at Steampunk Soiree dance

Homeschool students of Pahrump and the surrounding areas were invited to celebrate the start of a brand new school year with their very own homecoming dance — the Steampunk Soiree.

After 25 years, an empire of junk in Pahrump is being sold

After 25 years, Smitty, the owner of a local salvage yard, says he’s ready to call it quits. You might know him from his blunt classifieds in the Pahrump Valley Times that advertise the parts, machinery and other fixer-uppers he’s sold over the decades.

Beatty burros are burdening town — officials aim to remove some members of massive herd

The Bullfrog Herd Management Area, which includes Beatty, is grossly overpopulated with wild burros. According to previously stated management goals, the population of the animals should be kept to around 80 burros, but it has far exceeded that number for years. The last time a gather was carried out, there were more than 800 burros, and the BLM removed more than 400, which was the capacity of the agency’s holding facilities.

GALLERY: See photos from Pahrump’s Purple Heart Day

Military service often comes with sacrifice and National Purple Heart Day is intended to honor those who have suffered wounds or made the ultimate sacrifice with their lives in defense of America.

GALLERY: Helen Keller Days raises $2k for local Federation of the Blind Chapter

The 2nd Annual Helen Keller Days took place with members of the Southern Nye County Chapter of the Federation of the Blind coming together with community supporters for an afternoon of fun and excitement, all in the name of fundraising.

GALLERY: How Pahrump marked Juneteenth

Several members of the community met at the Black Cow’s open-mic session on Wednesday evening, followed by a candlelight vigil at the corner of Highway 160 and Basin Avenue in the Petrack Park parking lot. Hymns and songs of freedom were sung by the group to mark Juneteenth in Pahrump for the fourth year since President Joe Biden signed the nation’s newest holiday into law in 2021.

95-year-old grand marshal shares the secret to his longevity

More than 40 friends and family celebrated Emil Janssen’s 95th birthday on Saturday, June 8 at the Pahrump Senior Center. The co-founder of Pahrump Family Mortuary will serve as grand marshal for this year’s Fourth of July parade in Pahrump, and says the secret to his longevity is simple.

Nye GOP Chairman: ‘A sad day in America’

In the wake of former President Donald Trump’s felony conviction, members of the Nye County Republican Party are standing by the 45th president, according to party chairman Leo Blundo.