Utah Stations

For GPS coordinates of Utah Stations, refer to “ The Pony Express Stations in Utah”, a book by NPEA members Patrick Hearty and Dr. Joseph Hatch

  1. Needle Rock / The Needles
  2. (H) Head of Echo Canyon / Echo Canyon / Echo / Castle Rock / Frenchies
  3. Half Way / Halfway / Emory / Daniels     (FYI:  Mr. Daniels, the station keeper, maybe was the source of the story (maybe true?) of the XP brand on the horses.  Local thieves kept stealing his station horses and then selling them back to the Pony Express!  So, he decided to brand them “XP” so that they could be identified.)
  4. Weber / Bromley’s / Pulpit Rock / Hanging Rock / Echo
  5. Brimville Emergency Station / Henneforville / Henefer
  6. East Canon / East Canyon / Dixie Hollow / Dixie Creek / Big Mountain / Snyder’s Mill / Carson House / Dutchman’s Flat
  7. Wheaton Springs / Winston Springs / Bauchmann’s
  8. Mountain Dale / Mountain Dell / Hanks / Big Canyon Creek
  9. (H) Salt Lake / Salt Lake House
  10. Trader’s Rest / Traveler’s Rest
  11. Rockwell / Rockwell’s
  12. Dug Out / Dugout / Joe’s Dugout / Seven Mile / Joe Butcher’s
  13. Camp Floyd – John Carson’s Inn / Fort Crittenden / Fairfield / Cedar City
  14. East Rush Valley / Pass / East Faust / Five Mile
  15. (H) Bush Valley / Rush Valley / Meadow Creek / Faust / Meady Creek
  16. Point Lookout / Lookout Pass / Jackson’s / General Johnson’s
  17. Government Creek / Government Road Junction / Davis
  18. (H) Simpson’s Springs / Simpson Springs / Egans Springs / Lost Springs / Pleasant Springs
  19. Riverbed / River Bed / Red Bed
  20. Dugway / Shortcut Pass
  21. Blackrock / Black Rock / Blackrock Springs / Rock House
  22. (H) Fish Springs / Fish Creek / Fresh Springs / Smith Springs
  23. Boyd’s / Butte / Desert
  24. Willow Springs   (original XP Station is still standing)
  25. Six Mile House / Mountain Springs / Willow Creek
  26. Canyon / Burnt / Overland / Round / Round Fort
  27. (H) Deep Creek / Deep Springs / Ibapah / Egans

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.