# Discovering the Changing American West Along the Pony Express Trail

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/discovering-the-changing-american-west-along-the-pony-express-trail/
- Published: 2023-09-27T09:00:47-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo caption: Grant, with rancher Larry Chamberlain, near Douglas, Wy. Chamberlain is one of many private landowners who cares for former Pony Express stations like the La Prele. Photo credit: Claire Antoszewski. Article by Jon Gugala. Inside Hook – September 25, 2023. Agriculture consolidation, small-town decline and water scarcity are changing the composition of the country west of the Mississippi River Will Grant, author of The Last Ride of the Pony Express, is a horseman through and through. The Santa Fe, NM, resident began riding at age two and now, at 43, one could say that his is a life spent in the saddle. So when a former editor encouraged him to look into the fabled 2,000-mile trail, which began in St. Joseph, MO, and ended in Sacramento, CA, there was only one way Grant considered traveling. […] Click here to view original web page at www.insidehook.com