Mile 642: Bridgeport
"After Bridgeport, Nebraska, the landscape changed dramatically, from grasslands to spare, dry sagebrush country, and the soil turned from sandy brown to pink. We were entering the magic, pastel geology…
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…
An Indian for Breakfast
"'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…
Mile 1677: Egan Canyon
"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…
Mile 395: Cozad, NE
"In 1879 the explorer and geologist John Wesley Powell, later the director of the U.S. Geological Survey, established the 100th meridian as the "moisture line," often locally called the 'dry line,'…
Pony Bob Halsam’s Ride
"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…
Mile 1925: Edwards Creek Station
"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…
Mile 1900: Smith Creek Station
"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,…
Mile 1835: Dry Creek Monuments
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…
Mile 1834: Route Alternatives
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,…
Mile 1835: Dry Creek
"[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…
Mile 1850: Simpson Park Station
"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…
Mile 1678: Egan’s Station
"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…
Mile 1480: Route Alternate
At Mile 1480 (west side of Fish Springs, UT), the XP Bikepacking continues north on the Pony Express-Overland Stage Trail to go around the north end of the Fish Springs…
Mile 1804: Roberts Creek Station
"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…