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Rock Creek

Rock Creek

Marysville-main-streetMarysville-main-streetAnother brick Main Street. This one is Marysville on a Friday morning.
Trail-crossingTrail-crossingThese trail crossing signs appear every now and then along the auto route. But I can never see the actual trail crossing.
Hollenberg-memorialsHollenberg-memorialsPony Express memorials at the Hollenberg Station visitors Center.
Hollenberg-signHollenberg-signHollenberg Station’s claim to fame
Hollenberg-stationHollenberg-stationLooks old, right? I will say it’s a lot nicer than the stations out in Nevada
Another-trail-markerAnother-trail-markerHere’s another one from just up the road. I could not tell if they marked the trail, and if so, whether I was on it or if it ran through the fields
Trail-marker-nebraskaTrail-marker-nebraskaThese small markers appear throughout Nebraska, dating from the early 1900s
Rock-house-otoe-stationRock-house-otoe-stationreported site of the Rock House/Otoe Pony Express Station. No marker, but I thought it was an interesting intersection.
Oregon-trail-nebraska-statelineOregon-trail-nebraska-statelineThis massive memorial wasn’t marked on my map, so it was a surprise to come across. It is three sided, but the other two sides must face the weather, because I couldn’t read the inscriptions.
Trail-rutsTrail-rutsTrail ruts from prairie schooners. In some places, you can see the swales they created. Here, not so much.
Dale-and-MarilynDale-and-MarilynDale and Marilyn Ackerman

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Scott AlumbaughIn early March 2020, I decided to bikepack the length of the Pony Express Trail in Summer 2021, following the Pony Express Bikepacking Route, a nearly all off-road route created by Jan Bennett. You can learn more here >

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