Golden Spike National Historic Site – “Jupiter” Locomotive replica “A Nation previously divided by savages and wild beasts, deserts of shifting sands and whirlwinds of dust was now united” News excerpt of the day The meeting of the railroad crews of the Central Pacific Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad and the consequent driving of [...]
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GOLDEN SPIKE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE – Promontory, Utah
Monday, January 17th, 2011PONY EXPRESS TRAIL EXPLORATION: Part VIII – The Old Riverbed
Monday, August 2nd, 2010
SIMPSON SPRINGS to OLD RIVER BED The view of the road west from Simpson Springs is quite intimidating if you are seeing it for the first time. The bumpy, dusty, trail heads straight west until it is lost in the Dugway Range many miles distant. This is actually an optical illusion because the road descends [...]
PONY EXPRESS TRAIL EXPLORATION Part VII: Simpson Springs
Friday, July 30th, 2010
From Skull Valley the Pony Express trail rambles west and then south around the northern terminus of the Simpson Range. As you round the point of the mountains you will have your first views of the real desert. The view before you is what was known and feared in the 1800’s as “The Great American [...]
PONY EXPRESS TRAIL EXPLORATION – Part VI: Davis Mountain and Skull Valley
Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Lookout Pass to Simpson Springs As you leave the small valley where Lookout Station was located you will top a small rise from which you will have a fine view of the Davis Knolls below, Skull Valley, and the Great American Desert (Great Salt Lake Desert). The descent out of the mountains is quite steep [...]
PONY EXPRESS TRAIL EXPLORATION – Part V: Faust Station – Lookout Pass
Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Continuing on our exploration of the Pony Express Trail, if you head south on Utah Highway 36 from “Faust Station Marker”, after a mile you will come to the entrance of the “Pony Express National Historic Trail – Back Country Byway”. Turn right and follow this road for about 1.2 miles and you will notice [...]
PONY EXPRESS TRAIL EXPLORATION Part IV – West from Camp Floyd into the Great American Desert
Tuesday, July 20th, 2010
In this blog I will begin to outline a suggested route for traveling the Pony Express Trail west from Camp Floyd, Utah to Egan Canyon, Nevada. I will do this in sections along with some information regarding the scenery and interesting events that transpired at the station locations so that when you stop at a historical [...]
THE PONY EXPRESS – 150 Year Anniversary
Monday, June 28th, 2010
THE PONY EXPRESS The Pony Express Trail out in the west desert of Utah and eastern Nevada is in my opinion, one of the greatest historical treasures left from that era. It is true that most of the stations have turned to dust and in many cases, only a few rock ruins remain, but the [...]