Map Adventures

05/28/2026

Catch Wild Nevadacast on air TONIGHT! 

Host Dave Santina welcomes Harmony Heywood of Map Adventures , who brings her love of history and old‑school paper maps to life through her YouTube videos.

📺Watch this episode of WILD NEVADACAST on PBS Reno SATURDAY, May 9 at 5PM, or stream anytime on the PBS Reno YouTube.
🎧Listen on the PBS Reno website or on major podcast apps.

05/24/2026

𝐁𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐧𝐲 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬…

One man carried the mail through some of the harshest country in the American West.

This week on Map Adventures, I’m telling the forgotten story of George Chorpenning and the 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐥 a dangerous overland mail route that crossed deserts, mountains, and isolated wilderness long before modern transportation connected the frontier.

Using mules animals, rough wagon trails, and pure determination, Chorpenning helped prove that the Central Route across Nevada could work paving the way for the Pony Express and eventually the transcontinental telegraph.

05/13/2026

It’s a great day to be up here in Virginia City, NV representing the Sutro Tunnel Restoration Project!

Big things are happening at Sutro!!


Harmony Heywood

05/12/2026

If you haven’t checked out the Sutro Tunnel Restoration Project yet… You need to!

The Sutro Tunnel is seeking volunteers for restoration projects and visitor services. “Volunteers in Park,” or VIPs, are very important people in helping make this project possible.

Would you like to help bring history to life and preserve this important piece of the Comstock era?

Contact:
Lucy Cooke
Events & Volunteer Coordinator
[email protected]

04/29/2026

417 miles of Pony Express history run through Nevada 🏇

Join host Chris Orr as she follows this iconic route in !

Explore an antique Pony Express map with historian and creator Harmony Heywood of Map Adventures , meet National Pony Express Nevada Division reenactors keeping the tradition alive, and visit station sites uncovered through archaeological excavations.

Catch the full episode for the whole journey!

📺 Watch Wild Nevada on PBS Reno or stream anytime at pbsreno.org, on the PBS app, or on PBS Reno’s YouTube.

04/27/2026

04/24/2026

I will be on Wild Nevada on PBS Reno tonight at 8 o’clock! It’s gonna be a great episode about the pony express. Make sure to check it out!

04/23/2026

For those of you who don’t know Tina the beloved elephant from the nugget is still alive, but she needs your help. At the ripe old age of 59 she has spent all that one year of her life in captivity. Please join me and others in our quest to save Tina and have her sent to a sanctuary.

Free The Wild Cher Samuel L. Jackson Tulsa Zoo

Tina the elephant was born free in the wild — but for the last six decades, her life has been defined by captivity.This video follows Tina’s full journey: fr...