On the Pony Express Trail: One Man’s Bikepacking Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle

On The Pony Express Trail: One Man’s Bikepacking Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle recounts Scott Alumbaugh’s experience bikepacking the Pony Express Trail during the summer of 2021. The narrative follows his day-to-day experiences and impressions–the challenges, the sites he visited, the country he rode through, and the interactions with the people he met–while taking a fresh look at the real Pony Express in the context of mid-1800s historical events along the trail: The Mexican-American, Utah, and Paiute Wars; the California and Pike’s Peak gold rushes; the overland emigration of hundreds of thousands to Oregon and California; the exodus of tens of thousands of Mormons to Utah; and the increasingly contentious fight over slavery along with the looming threat of civil war.

Author: Scott Alumbaugh
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Two Dot Books
Published: 06/01/2023
Pages: 314
Weight: 0.91lbs
Size: 8.82h x 6.03w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9781493068692
Language: English