"At Boyd Station is a well 12 feet deep."
Cornelius Prather July 31, 1862
"Left camp [at Fish Springs] at seven o'clock. Drove on to the first station [Boyd Station] and nooned."
Albert Jefferson Young August 12, 1862
2017 Utah . . . — — Map (db m249756) HM
"Soon after starting it commenced to rain, which softened the road so much as to cause the wagons to stall... At this point the road doubles the point of the range along which we have been traveling."
Captain James H. Simpson, May 7, 1859 . . . — — Map (db m249752) HM
In 1845, it took six months to get a message from the East Coast of the United States to California. By the late 1850s, a half million people had migrated west and were demanding up-to-date news from home. Something had to be done to deliver mail . . . — — Map (db m249762) HM
Strategically placed relay stations across the western frontier proved to be a major contributing factor to the early success of the Pony Express mail service. "Station keepers" assigned to these outposts readied swift horses, fresh and rested, . . . — — Map (db m249757) HM
The first teams of Pony Express riders amazed the nation by accomplishing their east and westbound deliveries within the projected 10-day schedule. The speed of the riders even had a role in swaying a divided California to stay with the Union . . . — — Map (db m249761) HM
