Photo by Ashly HayesThe Hashknife Posse is preparing for the 63rd annual Pony Express Ride slated for April 14 by setting barrels out to collect letters that will be delivered via horseback for the postal service. Here Hadley Hayes (far left) drops in the first letter at the Holbrook Post Office with the help of dad Gary Hayes while (left to right) Jim Mobley, Bill Perkins and Tim Kelley look on. Barrels have been placed at area post offices including in Winslow, Joseph City, Taylor, Heber, Overgaard, Show Low and Pinetop, as well as at the Navajo County Historic Courthouse in Holbrook. The last day to put a letter in a barrel will be by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13.
Photo by Ashly HayesThe Hashknife Posse is preparing for the 63rd annual Pony Express Ride slated for April 14 by setting barrels out to collect letters that will be delivered via horseback for the postal service. Here Hadley Hayes (far left) drops in the first letter at the Holbrook Post Office with the help of dad Gary Hayes while (left to right) Jim Mobley, Bill Perkins and Tim Kelley look on. Barrels have been placed at area post offices including in Winslow, Joseph City, Taylor, Heber, Overgaard, Show Low and Pinetop, as well as at the Navajo County Historic Courthouse in Holbrook. The last day to put a letter in a barrel will be by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 13.