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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: August 11, 2017
Caption: Pony Express Rider Silhouette (located near marker; facing Road 80 West)
Additional Description: (from https://ilovelakemac.com/attractions/tri-trails-park/):
The Pony Express Rider silhouette was dedicated on June 2, 2011. The “Pony Man”, as he is affectionately called, symbolizes the spirit of the Pony Express and captures the sense of urgency that each rider and horse displayed in getting the mail through, come what may. The Pony Man was sponsored jointly by the Nebraska Division of the National Pony Express Association, Reinke Manufacturing, and the Keith County Visitors Committee. It serves as a sentinel to greet present-day Pony Express Riders as they pass by this spot each year in June, during the almost 2000-mile Pony Express Re-Ride. This is done in 10 days, riding 24/7, just as in 1860. During the Re-Ride, Tri-Trails Park serves as a location for one of the hundreds of mochila (mailbag) exchanges from horse to horse that take place along the XP Trail between St. Joseph and Sacramento.
Submitted: September 4, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p444197
File Size: 2.352 Megabytes

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