Photo by Linda Kor - The 59th annual Hashknife Posse Pony Express ride will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and the riders have already begun collecting the mail for the more than 200-mile trek from Holbrook to Scottsdale via horseback. Special Pony Express mailers are available for $1, and barrels are placed at post offices in Holbrook, Winslow, Joseph City and Snowflake. Mariah Kelley (second from left) and Ella Palffy (second from right) make the ceremonial first letter drop in the barrel at the Holbrook Post Office as (left to right) posse member Tim Kelley, Holbrook Postmaster Loretta Short, and posse members Jim Mobley and Bill Perkins look on.
Photo by Linda Kor - The 59th annual Hashknife Posse Pony Express ride will begin on Wednesday, Feb. 8, and the riders have already begun collecting the mail for the more than 200-mile trek from Holbrook to Scottsdale via horseback. Special Pony Express mailers are available for $1, and barrels are placed at post offices in Holbrook, Winslow, Joseph City and Snowflake. Mariah Kelley (second from left) and Ella Palffy (second from right) make the ceremonial first letter drop in the barrel at the Holbrook Post Office as (left to right) posse member Tim Kelley, Holbrook Postmaster Loretta Short, and posse members Jim Mobley and Bill Perkins look on.