Located at Fourth and Main

Spirited horses and skilled horsemen will again carry Pony Express mail from St. Joe , Missouri , to Sacramento , California in 10 days from June 11-21. The Kansas Association Riders will do the mochilla exchange in front of the Pony Express Museum at approximately 9:00 p.m. Give or take a half hour due to weather conditions at the time.

To commemorative the event, the Pony Express Museum will host a free will donation meal They will be serving BBQ sandwiches, cowboy baked beans, coleslaw and a drink. Serving will start at 5:30 p.m. The public is invited to join in the activities, such as having their pictures taken in Seneca oldest jail, or dress up for a photo at its “local Carrie Nation Bar”. Dirk Colgrove will do some musical numbers as well as Teresa Rettle’s dancers. She will also have her guitar students sing and play. Of course, it goes without saying that Glenette Mitchell and Theresa will have a sing along. Thanks to the Seneca Chamber and the Seneca Impact, Inc. cooperation, they will have an old fashioned “Sasprilla Bar.

KMZA will be on hand to give prizes for their Wheel of Fortune. The museum will give tours. It’s season opens June lst. Hours are Wednesday thru Friday, 10-4; Saturday 10-3 or by appointment. This fundraiser will help support the much need restoration of the Pony Express building. Come join the members for a good meals and entertainment.

Any questions, please contact me at 785-336-2285 or 785-336-1739-cell. Work Rachael Anne’s 336-3772. Mary Jane Fleming, president, Pony Express Preservation Society.

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The Pony Express is located on the same corner where the original Smith Hotel was located 1n 1860, except it is to the N/E instead of the S/W of the intersection at Fourth and Main. .

Located on 4th and Main Street across the street from the Pony Express Monument. The Museum houses memorabilia from the Pony Express era (1860 - 1862), includes buggies and a blacksmith shop. On display at the museum is an Olympic torch from the 1996 Olympic Relay. The museum also assists with the Pony Express Re-ride held annually in June. There is also on of the oldest Jail's which is constructed of 2 x 4's.

The Pony Express is housed on one of the old building in at 315 Main. Seneca, Kansas. The building was the Siomons Fair Grocery about 1900. The building is pictured to the left.

The street is lined with buildings from the as far back as the 1800's and early 1900's. The streets are of a very few are left in the Midwest that is still are paved with brick. Many of the buildings lining this street and elsewhere in the town, are rich with historical lore. The three blocks from third to Six and a bit beyond are now on the Historical Register. Their facades reveal dates of establishments from the 1800s and many others attest to their use at the turn of the century.

Seneca has been and still is a town that looked to the future with it's brick streets, and new homes being built in all parts of the town as well as around the new golf Course. There is a , new Golf Course and plans for new pool. There are many homes that date into the 1800's and have a great deal of history with them. It is a well kept up city there are those in the city that plan on it keeping it this way well into the future. We have lost some very interesting buildings before there was the interest to preserve them. Today with the helps of grants and the know-how to preserve these treasures. There is much interest in preserving all our Historic Buildings,