Benson Pony Express

04/04/2026

On this day in history in 1860 the first Pony Express delivery riders left St. Joseph MO heading west and Sacramento CA heading east.

01/25/2026

Bring your money!! What a great cause!!

12/25/2025

From our stables to yours we wish you all a very Merry Christmas!
Stay tuned for some very special events for our upcoming 40th Anniversary in 2026!!

12/09/2025

Team Benson Pony Express proudly carried 823 pieces of mail this year! I believe that’s a new record😳
Thank you to the students and teachers at Benson, Cochise, Dragoon, Pearce, Pomerene and St David who participated.
Thank you to Ryan at the Dragoon post office for doing our swearing in ceremony.
Thank you to the Dragoon Women’s Club for providing coffee and delicious burritos.
Thank you to Chris Frost for documenting our journey.
We hope to see you all in October 2026 to celebrate our 40th anniversary. More details to follow stay tuned.

12/01/2025

All mail was successfully picked up today from Pomerene, St David and Benson schools
You can join us at the Dragoon Post office on Saturday December 6th at 8 am for our swearing in ceremony and to see the first riders off
We plan to hand the letters off to Santa on Saturday December 6th at noon at Apache Park!
There is still time to drop off letters at Zearing’s before 4 pm on Friday December 5th! Please contact Cindy Allen for more information at 520-631-5507.

11/27/2025

Happy Thanksgiving from our stables to yours.
We hope to see you next week on December 1 at the multiple school pick ups or on Saturday morning December6th at 8 AM for the swearing in at the Dragoon post office or you can catch us at noon at the old-fashioned Christmas event at Apache Park.

11/22/2025

Still time to get your letters to Santa or your Holiday cards into our mail bags!! Contact Cindy Allen with any questions.
520-631-5507

10/15/2025

06/29/2025

06/29/2025

We are honored to have been selected with being the honor guard for the Pioneer Day’s Parade being held Saturday July 19th commencing at 9 am in beautiful St. David, AZ.
Hope to see you all there

06/08/2025

We will be riding in this fun event!! Hope to see you all there!!

02/14/2025

Awww this is nice. The St David Heritage society has Pony Express on the front page. This is from a while ago we have since changed our outfits.