Have your letter cross the country in a mochilla as part of the annual re-ride of the Pony Express June 15-25, 2026.

Your letter will be carried on horseback by over 700 riders along the original 1,966-mile Pony Express Trail in just 10 days. The 2026 Re-Ride leaves from St. Joseph, Missouri, and ends in Old Sacramento, California.  Nebraska will be the highlighted state on the 250th Anniversary of the United States in this year’s Commemorative Letter. Last year was Nevada.

Pony Express Commemorative Letters highlight historical events, sites, and people of the Pony Express.   Each envelope is hand-stamped with a special US Post Office cancellation.  At $5.00, the same price as in 1860, they are the Official Souvenir of the Annual Pony Express Re-Ride. Personal letters are also available for $10.00

Application for the letter can be found HERE.

Deadline for Commemorative Letter Application submission is May 15, 2026.

Personal Letter Application deadline is May 1, 2026.

For more information on the Re-Ride and its June 24 stop in South Lake Tahoe, visit https://nationalponyexpress.org/re-ride/.

The Pony Rides Again
A lone rider gallops across a landscape of prairie grass and sagebrush and mountain terrain. The sound of approaching hoofbeats is heard from afar. Another rider and horse awaits in the shade of a tree. The incoming rider reins in and greetings are exchanged. Dismounting, the incoming courier lifts a leather mochila from the saddle. It is placed on the new horse and the fresh rider steps into the stirrup, swings into the saddle and begins a ride over the horizon and back into history

Each June, members of the National Pony Express Association recreate the Pony Express in a Commemorative Re-Ride over a 10-day period. Letters are carried in a mochila over the original trail. The 1,966-mile, eight-state event is conducted 24 hours a day until the mail is delivered to its destination. This national event is an opportunity for all young and old to ride the Pony Trail and to receive mail via the Pony Express!

Over 750 riders participate and around 1,000 letters are mailed each year.