Nevada Stations

About 80% of the Pony Express Trail in what is now Nevada is on national resource lands—available to the public.  These Pony Express miles were unforgiving and difficult for riders and station keepers, alike.  Desert and Indians.

  1. Eight Mile House / Prairie Gate / Pleasant Valley
  2. Antelope Springs
  3. Rock Spring   (summer)
  4. Spring Valley / Stone House   (winter)
  5. (H) Shell Creek / Schell Creek / Fort Schellbourne
  6. Egan Canon / Egan Canyon / Egan / Egan’s
  7. Bates’ / Butte / Butte Creek / Robber’s Roost
  8. Mountain Springs
  9. Ruby Valley                (the actual station is now located in the Elko Museum)
  10. Jacob’s Wells / Jacob’s Well
  11. Diamond Springs
  12. Sulphur Springs
  13. (H) Robert’s Creek
  14. Camp Station / Grubb’s Well      (used from about June 1861 to the Pony’s end)
  15. (H) Dry Creek
  16. Cape Horn
  17. Simpson’s Park / Simpson Park
  18. Reese / Reese River / Jacobsville / Jacob’s Spring
  19. Dry Wells / Mount Airy       (this station was used during the later months only)
  20. (H) Smith’s Creek
  21. Castle Rock             (this station’s existence is questioned)
  22. Edward’s Creek
  23. (H) Cold Springs / Telegraph / East Gate / Eastgate
  24. Middle Gate / Middlegate / Middle Creek    (During the last 7 months of the Pony, the route followed a more direct, “northern” route from Middlegate to Miller’s stations 34-41;  the earlier-used, “southern” route included stations 25-33.)
  25. West Gate / Westgate
  26. Sand Springs / Mountain Well
  27. Sand Hill
  28. Carson Sink / Sink of Carson
  29. Honey Lake / William’s / Smith’s
  30. Desert / Hooten Wells
  31. (H) Buckland’s       (used at first, until Indian Wars started)      
  32. (H) Fort Churchill    (used after Indian Wars started)
  33. Clugage’s   (mention of this station was only found on the government contract)
  34. Fairview
  35. Mountain Wells / Mountain Well
  36. Stillwater / Salt Well
  37. Old River
  38. Bisby’s / Busby’s
  39. Nevada
  40. Ragtown
  41. Desert Wells / Desert Well
  42. Miller’s / Reed’s
  43. Nevada / Nevada City / Dayton / Chinatown / Spafford’s Hall
  44. (H) Carson City / Carson
  45. Genoa / Old Mormon
  46. Van Sickle’s
  47. (H) Friday’s / Lakeside

LEGEND:

(H) = Home Station  (some of these changed over time, as needed)

              Bold = Station Name on the original U.S. Senate Executive Document, 46th Congress, 3rd Session, I, No. 21 p.7-8 “Contract with Overland Mail Co” “Route 10773”

Italics = Station Name listed on the 2010 Map prepared by the National Pony Express Association and produced and printed by the National Parks Service to celebrate the Pony Express Sesquicentennial.