Sunday, July 1, 2012

The Pony Express




Every town has a claim to fame. It may be a famous person who once lived there or a memorable event. Here in Holbrook we have The Pony Express. The Pony Express was only in practice for 6 or 8 months but it was a jumping off point for long distance communication. Holbrook's Pony Express company name was The Hashknife Pony Express Company. Every year in Febuary, the Hashknife Company runs mail from Holbrook to Scottsdale just like they used to do over 100 years ago. Before the run kids from all three elementary schools write letters and then those letters are collected. The morning of the run all the men riding horses to deliver the mail are sworn in as offical mail carriers. Then the race is on! I've seen this happen every years since we've moved here but this is the first time I've actually gotten pictures. You can see the riders on the side of the road all the way to Scottsdale which is around 200 miles away.

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