Pony Express Riders Push Mounts Across Wyoming To Utah's Capital, Deseret News & Telegram News Article, April 7, 1960
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Pony Express Riders Push Mounts Across Wyoming To Utah's Capital, Deseret News & Telegram News Article, April 7, 1960 . News story about Pony Express Centennial Rerun.
Torrington, Wyo--Midwestern Pony Express riders sped across eastern Wyoming, Thursday, but left one of their number in a hospital there with a serious bullet wound.
Hit by a six-gun bullet in the right pelvis was Raymond Bowyer, 24, Chillicothe, MO when he stepped into the line of fire while he and a companion were target practicing. Hospital attendants in Torrington said he was in fair condition and had a better that 50-50 chance of surviving the accident.
Meanwhile, the other riders headed for Muddy Gap, about 180 miles from Torrington, which is just across the border from Nebraska.
If they reach Muddy Gap by Thursday night as expecter, they will be almost half way across Wyoming. The intend to reach Salt Lake City by 3 p.m. Saturday.
The group consists of about 70 men and 60 horses from Kansas and Missouri. They are staging re-enactment of the famous "Express" about three months in advance of the official re-run next July.
The horses are being carried in trailers except for the brief periods when they are placed in position to gallop at top speed for about a mile.
Their goal for Friday night is Green River Wyo. Early Saturday morning they will be pounding down the old Pony Express trail towards Salt Lake City.
A group from Culver City California is scheduled to pick up the mail bags in Salt Lake City and relay it to Sacramento.