Cyclist Lachlan Morton Completes Historic Pony Express Route by Bike

Cyclist Lachlan Morton alongside Pony Express rider Petra Keller in front of The Odeon in Old Town Dayton on Oct. 11. | Photo credit: Karter Machen, Velo, Outside Online

After 3,217km across the western half of America, Cyclist Lachlan Morton rolled into Sacramento at 11:19 p.m., completing his ride in six days, 21 hours and 15 minutes.

That put him 19 hours and 45 minutes ahead of the horseback relay that carried Abraham Lincoln’s inaugural address from Missouri to California in 1861...

Read the full story "Cyclist Lachlan Morton Beats Pony Express Record by Nearly 20 Hours" by Andrew Hood at Velo.outsideonline.com.

Along the way, Morton connected with communities across the country that are preserving the route’s history, including our very own Old Town Dayton and its historic Pony Express Station. What an amazing accomplishment and reminder that our local history is part of the much bigger American story.

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