Pony Express – Galloping Rider, for Lake Tahoe, Nevada

Avard T. Fairbanks was commissioned to create a heroic Pony Express monument which depicts a youthful rider with hat bent back in front and sitting on the saddle covering the Pony Express Mochila, which had four pouches to carry mail. 

Although the Pony Express accelerated the delivery of mail cross country from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento, California, in 10 days; it lasted only 18 months before the transcontinental railways were completed; however, it so inspired the nation that this heroic-size statue was created and cast twice in bronze. 

One was placed in Reno, Nevada, and the other next to Harrah’s Club in Lake Tahoe on the Pony Express Route.  A smaller version of this statue has been cast in bronze and can be made available for purchase.