On The Pony Express Trail One Manamprsquos Bikepacking Journey to Discover History from a Different Kind of Saddle recounts Scott Alumbaughamprsquos experience bikepacking the Pony Express Trail during the summer of 2021. The narrative follows his daytoday experiences and impressionsampmdashthe challenges the sites he visited the country he rode through and the interactions with the people he metampmdashwhile taking a fresh look at the real Pony Express in the context of mid1800s historical events along the trail The MexicanAmerican Utah and Paiute Wars the California and Pikeamprsquos 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.