Jake P.
3/29/2025
I enjoy hitting the PX museums and this one is very nice. Great information and displays, friendly staff, not crazy priced. I look forward to returning someday. Thank you for a good experience!
Pony Express Barn
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106 S 8th St
Marysville, KS 66508
The Pony Express was a service that ran from 1860 to 1861 to deliver mail across the Old West of the United States. The Marysville Pony Express Museum is the only remaining original home station from the route. The museum's pride is the barn that was used as a livery stable for the Pony Express. The museum's theme has been enlarged to include trails and railroads. Running only 19 months from April of 1860 to October of 1861, the Pony Express has become a part of American lore. Riders travelled day and night through all conditions to relay letters from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, and back. This usually took 10 days with riders changing horses every 12 to 15 miles. Each rider would ride 75 to 100 miles before turning the mail in a mochila over to a new rider at one of the “home stations.”
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4.05 reviews
Erik P.
1/6/2025
Very nice place. The docent was very nice and very informative! We actually showed up on free museum day which was a bonus.
Nate W.
5/12/2011
If you're as big a fan of Americana as I am and love anything associated with the old west, this is your place. Would you believe that as much hoopla there is in film/literature/history about the...
C B.
9/27/2011
This museum covers the Marysville connection to the pony express story. Part of the exhibits ingeniously use repurposed store mannequins in full scale dioramas to tell the story. The barn is...
Jeff D.
1/11/2018
This is one of those great pieces of history which made a nice stop on a long road trip. Certainly more interested than an ode to the Jackalope...also up the road a ways. It was great how they...
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