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Photographer: Cosmos Mariner
Taken: August 4, 2021
Caption: Pony Express Station
Lincoln County Marker, 1931
Additional Description: (on blacksmith shop wall, behind marker)Erected by the people of Lincoln County in the year 1931 to commemorate the Pony Express riders.

This is one of the regular stations of the Pony Express riders.

The log blacksmith shop nearby is the original building used then for shoeing the ponies.

The Oregon Trail continued West along the South Bank of the Platte River.
Submitted: February 8, 2022, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p638245
File Size: 6.310 Megabytes

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