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Kennekuk, Kansas

Kennekuk, located about 20 miles south of Hiawatha, Kansas, was bustling in the late 1850's - early 1860's. The post office there brought many interested parties, and made a smart way station for a Pony Express Rider to throw his Mochila onto a fresh horse.

For the Sesquicentennial reride, we followed the National Pony Express Association riders to a mochila switch by the old cemetary with headstones going back to the mid-1800's. We were lucky enough to receive a reviving cup of fresh homemade lemonade to carry us through.

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Read about Kennekuk on the Kansas Historical Society's website