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So this last week I'm riding along past a ranch that is on the Pony Express 
trail as we are heading in to the Cold Springs XP Station (XP is the brand 
they put on the Pony Express horses) to finish that days ride when the 
owner of the ranch comes out and starts waving something in the air. As 
Chief and I approached, he asked if the Pony Express was picking up that 
day.  I said sure, so he handed me the paper and said would you please 
deliver this for me to the Cold Springs Station.  Sure I said, and Chief 
agreed.  He wanted more than anything to be a real Pony Express horse.  We 
stopped and spoke with the owner of the ranch, Bob....and he invited all of 
the riders who might be interested to come by anytime and he'd be happy to 
show them around his place.  He just happens to have an original Overland 
Stage Station on his property complete with a 24 stall block barn, a 
blacksmiths shop, another barn and a block house.  They are all locked and 
behind fencing now, but he said he'd be happy to show anybody around that 
wants to see them and that he has photos of how they looked in their 
heyday.  During the course of the week we rode past the remains of several 
ruins of original Pony Express stations and other things and saw some 
really neat stuff.  Leaving behind only footprints and taking home lots of 
great memories (and photos!).  Oh yeah, we got the mail delivered.  The 
Pony Express always gets the mail thru!

Karen
in NV

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