• Stone Ruins at the Sand Springs Pony Express Station in Nevada

    Pony Express

    National Historic Trail CA,CO,KS,MO,NE,NV,UT,WY

Brochures

Pony Express NHT Driving Directions

Link to Pony Express Auto Tour Route Driving Directions.

US NPS / NTIR - SLC

Below is a current listing of Pony Express National Historic Trail and Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guides in Acrobat Reader PDF document format.

For a hard copy of the official Pony Express trail brochure e-mail us. To download the map from this guide: http://hfc.nps.gov/carto/PDF/MOPImap1.pdf

Download the text only trail brochure in large print.
The guide is formatted for ADA standards when printed at 11" x 17".
To receive a printed copy e-mail us.

The Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guide series are state by state guides that provide an overview of local trail history and driving directions to suggested sites and points of interest that provide interpretive media and/or educational services.The series can also be found in printed publication format at many travel and tourism centers along the historic trail route.

The Auto Tour Route Interpretive Guide series are a work in progress. Below are the interpretive guides currently available. As new guides are developed, they will be posted here.

The button link to the upper-right will take you to the web site pages with the state by state general driving directions for the Pony Express Auto Tour Route.

Did You Know?

Patee House served as the eastern terminal for the Pony Express.

The Patee House Hotel in St. Joseph, MO, was considered a luxurious place for lodging, served as the general office for the Pony Express in 1860-1861, and lodged the pony riders who carried the U.S. mail when they were in town. More...