RURAL LOCATIONS

Dugway Station (UPTLA #89)
Sponsors – Oregon Trail Memorial Association, Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association, and constructed by the CCC, 1940
Location – Approximately 10.5 miles southwest of the Riverbed Station (Tooele County).
GPS – N 39° 51´ 28.7˝, W 113° 02´ 10.1˝

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.

Blackrock Station (UPTLA #90)
Sponsor – Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Location – Approximately 14 miles west of the Dugway Station and 10 miles east of Fish Springs
GPS – N 39° 52´ 40.9˝, W 113° 16´ 17.6˝

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 Fish Springs.

Fish Springs (UPTLA #91)
Sponsor – Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Location – Approximately 10 miles west of Blackrock Station
GPS – N 39° 50´ 52.9˝, W 113° 24´ 39.0˝

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.

Boyd Station (UPTLA #92)
Sponsor – Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Location – Approximately 14 miles west of Fish Springs
GPS – N 39° 50´ 37.5˝, W 113° 33´ 13.4˝

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 site well into the 1900’s.

Willow Springs Pony Express Station (UPTLA #83)
Sponsor – Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Location – Western Juab County, at old townsite of Callao, seventeen miles east of Nevada border.
GPS – N 39° 54' 00", W 113° 42' 46.06", elevation 4336 ft.

The Willow Springs Home Station was established April 8, 1860. It is located at the Bagley Ranch on the western end of Callao. This station, because of its existing structures, is one of the most intresting and most frequently visited in Utah. The monument and the buildings are still in good condition. It is one of the best preserved stations in the U.S. and is the only existing home station maintained on private property. An overland stage station was operated here from 1859 to 1870.