This map is geo-referenced ~IO l ~ -i' \I\ T (.>Oele Valley RESPECT r..:.~ DUGWAY ~Xwr1 SoJ1~ ,- '1foo 'lti} , PROTECT ~• ' ? Archaeological sites and artifacts are an G> important and irreplaceable part America's 196 0 heritage. C .,.-· Please visit these places respectfully. Moving PROVING WII T \\f'­ :P or taking cultural artifacts, including historic J ::0 ST\tf;.. .' t rash, from public lands is a violation of fodcrnl :i:. law. Violators will be held legally and \flUT R I financially responsible for historical, archaeological, cultural. or ecologica1 values SK ............... _ damaged, destroyed, or removed. fi0<.""18."' GROUND ""°" V A I I. E Y l N r l ,\ l's ,.;¥. _/ ;1· / I v ," TOOELE "-f -·~ ARMY r r. ' ' ··•=•• 0 DEPOT ,/· .! -z. ) l \_,;.,. ,_ X b Named after station keeper, \ ·i;:: '''"' C: "Doc" Faust, the station was a ' ~ two story stone structure f..,- Camp Floyd/ ( ·, I • located some distance from I -1 !. !. ~ the present marker. A change ~ y Stagecoach nn The origins for a horse-and-rider-mail-delivery system c , . of riders took place and the State Park and z ·',...."{ mail stage stopped for rest Rush Valley lSANO -; ·\ breaks at this station. Museum - ".... between east and west were due to slow mail. Prior to )> ·-----, This Inn was an overnight stop for The Canyon Station was located northwest of this "--... weary travelers a long the site in Overland Canyon. Built in 1861, it consisted \ the Coach and Pony Express mail delivery, time from • Overland and Pony Express Trail. of a log house, a stable, and a dugout where meals It is normally open from Easter were cooked and served. Due to a fatal and the east to the west-by ship down the Gulf of Mexico, \ weekend through October 31 . destructive encounter with Native people, the "'uJ l• Overland station was rebuilt at the presently This station bears the name of explorer uJ • marked site, which was a more defensible across Panama by mule, then by ship again up to San Captain J. H. Simpson who stopped "<.) ..<V \ here in 1858 while searching for an I: • location. ~· Stone outlines of the 1863 station are still visible. Francisco-might take six weeks, and if the winds were overland mail route between Salt Lake 0. .-\ City and California. This site is one of uJ ... ~ There are remnants of a round fortification built w i;:.• j ust behind the station which served as a lookout the most dependable watering points in 0 ! and place of refuge. It probably never had a roof so off, eight weeks. this desert region. George Chorpenning defenders could quickly climb over the wall and established a mail station at this site in begin firing through the rifle ports. The depression 1858, which was later used by the Pony on the south side of the parking lot indcates where During its prime, the Pony Express provided the fastest Express and Overland Express. the corral and blacksmith shop were probably located. -:., .~ x;;~t Canyon means of communication between St. Joseph, ·'( '-·". .. x~:;' Station Missouri, and Sacramento, California. At a cost of $1.00 I -r} '--' "'a, 0 '· ~~ "' per ounce of mail and averaging no more than 20 \ :=; :.> '"0 !h pounds per trip, Pony Express riders could relay a mail r, ...,., 1-, CAUTION: rr pouch from St. Joseph to Sacramento in ten days. After =D\ ""--~- Muddy road "' only 18 months, the Pony Express became obsolete ~ -~~ when wet. due to the completion of the first transcontinental • \''"/ \_ . / Riverbed \~~ telegraph system. \ )' --~-.~ IJ EEl' <1l I > ~ I Willow Springs ~~ rn \ ~ . (/)..... -- f J .,,. ..,,,. rrsn S'l'l'l>Y .... Goshute J! z I' \8 I ..... ~ COSlll TE SP IU )'.;(; 8 n Geodfi! / / ~ \I{ 1,; .\ 0 >• meeds x~ '- l\,\'l'lON L\L \ >- ;:: lU 0 .,,; ,,• 0 ,.,,.,,,. .; W f l. lJ r, ( r, E ex·- <( ... .., z 1\:-C > X""" Named after Big Boyd, a station keeper Fish - i ""' It E Fen 1,; 0- .,,. who continued to live here into the earty t::=x r Springs cl z _,,,,._. (/) . years of this century. t - (/) ;e <( ~ ~ The partially dug out. rock-walled living i ~ ,_ r ,I quarters contained bunks which were " 2: c~ --· ,n Granite FIS ll - ::, 'I+~ built into the wall s. Furniture consisted - ,,,,,.,. 0 w:J Creek of boxes and benches. Life at the isolat· .:; x=.. ed station was lonely. Activities of the SPHIN(•::, ; t x ~t,·M station keeper, spare rider and black­ - """"'""" smith centered around caring for the Ii ) WI I. I) 1,; I{:\! ES S 2: • horses and a simple existence. " ,,. ,::: ST L' I) Y .!'"' -:lo'?., '!,. ,J> ! ~o_. I"%, ? -;:, ~ I ..., l ~, ~ ., - i ......? "' '\ i-­ (fl .,, \ C ~]·-J I .__....._., ; \ [ no,· K\\' F r.1 L- r '! \ 11· 11.n ,.: n, l·'.s::­ <., 7. --, J I ;; ~ :-1TI>) f-1 ~ " ~ I _.J ./ -< "'h t \111-:\ ~ _, RF. ~ J ., /5. ( r .