Nevada Pony Express 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.
Nevada has 47 pony express stations over 417 miles of Pony Express Trail.

Nevada Station List

Stations, East to West

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

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Legend

• (H) = Home Station  (some of these changed over time, as needed)
• Bold = Station Name on the original U.S. Senate Executive Document, 46^th Congress, 3^rd 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.