Mile 1655: Rock Springs Pass
"Now comes the 2,000 foot climb up and over Rock Springs Pass, the highest point along the entire Pony Express Trail, higher even than South Pass in the Rockies, or…
"Now comes the 2,000 foot climb up and over Rock Springs Pass, the highest point along the entire Pony Express Trail, higher even than South Pass in the Rockies, or…
"'An Indian for breakfast and a pony to ride' was their [105 men who volunteered under Major Ormsby after the killings at William's Station] slogan as the command started across…
"Special recognition is given to this canyon simply because it is given so much notice by the literature. Egan Canyon was named for Howard Egan who pioneered Chorpenning's mail service through there in…
"The first Pony Express rider going east after the attack upon Williams Station was "Pony Bob" Haslam, who set out for [from?] Friday's Station on May 9. If he was not aware…
"Party and train decamped at 1 P.M., and continue northwardly up valley. After proceeding 11 miles [from Smith Creek] come to rapid stream of pure water [Edwards Creek], 2 feet wide, deep, flowing…
"One story about Smith's Creek was reported in the August 1860 Virginia City Territorial Enterprise. 'One day last week H. Trumbo, station keeper at Smith's Creek, got into a difficulty with Montgomery Maze,…
There are two monuments near the site of Dry Creek Station: A Pony Express plaque An Central Overland Trail post The monuments are located at https://goo.gl/maps/M55hvLf5MFaKunwb7. In addition, various authors…
At Mile 1834, you have the option of: Staying on the Pony Express Trail to Dry Creek Station, through Simpson Park Mountains, to Simpson Park Station. This route takes Streep’s Cutoff,…
"[W]hen Streeper was ready to return, two prospectors traveling toward Salt Lake City, asked him if they could accompany him, to which he replied that they could if they were not afraid of…
"At Simpson's Park [on May 20, 1860], James Alcott was killed, the station burned, and the stock driven off during the Pah Ute War. Two Indians were employed here to…
"The rider carrying the August 1 westbound mail just missed an Indian attack on Egan Canyon station, which turned into a fierce battle between the Indians and the U.S. mounted cavalry commanded…
"On May 31 [1860], C. H. Ruffin, a Pony Express employee, wrote William W. Finney in San Francisco that he and others had been driven out of Cold Creek Station…
At the Pony Express Monument marked on the XP Route map just past Mile 1794, there are two possible routes. The first turns southwest and heads more or less straight…
"Sulphur Springs is commonly listed as a Pony Express Station. However, it could not have been one of the original stations built in the spring of 1860. In reviewing the literature,…
"Today nothing remains but a few old stones from which the old well has long since caved in with rock and dirt. It was not only was a change station…