Gold Hill in Tooele County, Utah — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Burnt Station
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 23, 2024
1. Burnt Station Marker
No 94
Official Marker Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association
Erected Aug. 23, 1940
Burnt Station
300 feet west
Pony Express- 1860-61
St. Joseph, Missouri - Sacramento, California
Overland Stage 1858 - 1868
Established April, 1859 as an Overland Stage Station. Used later by Pony Express. It was burned and pillaged twice by Indians who killed five keepers and riders, and two soldiers. Rebuilt on this site May, 1861, and on the ridge south of Overland Canyon in 1864.
This monument constructed by enrollees, U.S. Grazing Division, C.C.C. Camp 116, Company 2529
Sponsored by
Utah Pioneer Trails & Landmarks Association
Tooele County Tourism tax grant
Sons of Utah Pioneers-Settlement Canyon Chapter
SUP No. 238 Rededicated 2017
Erected 1940 by Sons of Utah Pioneers. (Marker Number 94.)
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Butterfield Overland Mail, the Pony Express National Historic Trail, the Sons of Utah Pioneers, and the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association series lists. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1859.
Location. 40°
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Regionally, this marker is in Utah’s Wasatch Front, in the West Desert, and in Greater Salt Lake. It is also in the American Mountain West and in Colorado Plateau. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also Mexicos Alta California.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Central Overland Trail - Deep Creek Summit (approx. 2.4 miles away); Eyewitness Accounts (approx. 3.1 miles away); The Crowds Cheered On... (approx. 3.1 miles away); Atrocities and Hostilities (approx. 3.1 miles away); Deep Creek Station (approx. 7.8 miles away); Early Settlers of Ibapah (approx. 7.8 miles away); The Lincoln Highway (approx. 7.8 miles away); Goshute Tribe (approx. 7.8 miles away).
Also see . . . Burnt Station (Explore Tooele County). (Submitted on June 25, 2024.)
Photographed by Jeremy Snow, June 23, 2024
2. Burnt Station Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2024. It was originally submitted on June 24, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. This page has been viewed 245 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on June 24, 2024, by Jeremy Snow of Cedar City, Utah. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
