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Tag Archives: pony express
County: Juab
Monument #: UPTLA 90 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - GPS: N 39° 52´ 40.9˝, W 113° 16´ 17.6˝  Location: Approximately 14 miles west of the Dugway Station and 10 miles east of Fish Springs Along a winding road across the Dugway Mountains, through the geode beds, is the marker for this Pony Express Station. The exact location has not been found. This site was without water and it had to be transported from...
County: Juab
Monument #: UPTLA 92 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - GPS: N 39° 50´ 37.5˝, W 113° 33´ 13.4˝  Location: Approximately 14 miles west of Fish Springs. This Pony Express Station, around the north end of the Fish Springs Range, was small, built of stone and contained gun ports. It is one of the best-preserved stations in Utah. The preservation is probably due to the fact that Bid Boyd, the stationmaster, stayed at the...
County: Tooele
Monument #: UPTLA 94 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - GPS: N 40° 04′ 36.5″, W 113° 50′ 44.0″ Location: Approximately six miles west of Round Canyon Station on the lower end of Clifton Flat This monument represents the approximate site of the Burnt Station also known as the original Canyon Station. It was built about 1860, and the actual site is unknown. Station keepers at this site were reportedly killed during an ambush...
County: Juab
Monument #: UPTLA 91 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - GPS: N 39° 50´ 52.9˝, W 113° 24´ 39.0˝  Location: Approximately 10 miles west of Blackrock Station This was a Pony Express Station placed by J. H. Simpson along with another about four miles north at the Warm Springs site. The latter was apparently abandoned because of bad water. This is now a National Wildlife Refuge.
County: Salt Lake
Monument #: 43 Sponsor/Year: Pioneer Heritage Chapter - 1992  Location: 2000 E. Stratford Avenue (2585 S.) The largest gristmill for grinding wheat in the Utah Territory operated from 1852–1857, when it was shut down because of the arrival of Johnston’s army. The mill reopened later as a cotton mill and then woolen mill. Parley P. Pratt’s Golden Pass Road provided not only a safer...
County: Utah
Monument #: Q Sponsor/Year: Temple Quarry Chapter - 1962 GPS: N. 40°15′ 09.90″ W. 112° 05′ 56.29″  Location: At Camp Floyd and Stagecoach Inn State Park. Col. Philip St. George Cooke commanded the Mormon Battalion on the greater part of its historic march during the Mexican War. Cooke was an impartial friend, humanitarian, and a soldier unequivocally loyal to the Union. When Federal troops entered Utah in 1858, he helped establish Camp...  Location: State Highway 36, 6 miles north of Vernon Faust Station was operated by Henry J. Faust, a native of Germany. After joining the Mormon Church he accepted a position as a station manager and part-time rider with the Pony Express in 1860. He and his wife survived a narrow escape with Indians while living...
County: Juab
Monument #: UPTLA 89 Sponsor/Year: Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association, and constructed by the CCC - 1940 GPS: N 39° 51´ 28.7˝, W 113° 02´ 10.1˝  Location: Approximately 10.5 miles southwest of the Riverbed Station (Tooele County). A Pony Express Station 1860-61, and an Overland Stage & Freight Station 1858-1868. It was a halfway stop for the Stage between Fairfield and Ibapah. Water for the station had to be hauled from Simpson Springs, approximately 18.5 miles away.
County: Tooele
Monument #: UPTLA 47 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - 1934  Location: One quarter mile past the Ibapah Historical Monument, take dirt road on the right and proceed one mile to monument. Deep Creek Station in Ibapah was the most westerly station in the present boundaries of Utah. The station was well equipped with supplies for Pony Express riders. It also became a stopping place for...
County: Salt Lake
Monument #: UPTLA 37 Sponsor/Year: Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association - 1934 |
