This page has useful links and resources for additional information and web sites about the Pony Express National Historic Trail. It includes contact information for managed trail sites, a bibliography of suggested reading materials, and travel and tourism links to various states that the trail passes through:

• Chimney Rock National Historic Site
  PO Box F
  Bayard, NE 69334
  Tel: 308-586-2581
  www.nps.gov/chro/

• Scotts Bluff National Monument is a prominent natural landmark for emigrants on the Oregon and California trails. It has a visitor center, museum and bookstore. You can also drive or hike to the summit and visit trail ruts.
  
  Scotts Bluff National Monument
  PO Box 27
  Gering, NE 69341-0027
  Tel: 308-436-4340
  www.nps.gov/scbl/

• Fort Laramie National Historic Site
  HC 72, Box 389
  Fort Laramie, WY 82212
  Tel: 307-837-2221
  www.nps.gov/fola/
  

Other Federal Agencies

• The Salt Lake District Office administers 133 miles of the Pony Express Trail across public lands in Utah. Management is shared between the Salt Lake and Richfield districts. Write:
  
  Bureau of Land Management
  Salt Lake District Office
  Pony Express Resource Area
  2370 South
  2300 West
  Salt Lake City, UT 84119
  Tel: 801-977-4377
  
  or
  
  Richfield District Office
  150 East 900 North
  Richfield, UT 84701
  Tel: 801-896-8221
  
  
• The Nevada State Office can provide general statewide information on the Pony Express and California Trails. More specific information can be obtained from the districts listed below, which provide on-the-ground management of the trails. Write:
  
  Bureau of Land Management
  Nevada State Office
  850 Harvard Waymore
  P.O. Box 12000
  Reno, NV 89520
  Tel: 702-785- 6628
  
  
• The Carson City District Office can provide information on the Sand Springs pony express station. It has archaeological, historical and recreational sites along U.S. Highway 50 in Churchill County, Nevada, and district recreation guide. Write:
  
  Bureau of Land Management
  Carson City Office Suite 300
  Carson City, NV 89706-063850
  Tel: 702-885-6000
  
  
• The Battle Mountain District Office manages a segment of the Pony Express Trail in Nevada. It can provide information on accessibility and trail conditions across their management area. Write:
  
  Bureau of Land Management
  Battle Mountain District
  50 Bastian Rd
  P.O. Box 1420
  Battle Mountain, NV 89820
  Tel: 702-635-4000
  

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• Hollenberg Station State Historic Site is located on K-243 near Hanover, Kansas. In addition to living quarters for the Hollenberg family, the building served as a neighborhood grocery store, a tavern, and an unofficial post-office. Emigrants were able to obtain provisions at the ranch. Three years later, it became a Pony Express home station and later a stage station.
  
  
  Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site
  2889 23rd Road
  Hanover KS 66945-9634
  Tel: 785-337-2635
  
  
• Rock Creek Station State Historic Park was a road ranch which catered to stages, freight lines and emigrant traffic on the Oregon Trail. It was used as a stage station and swing station on the Pony Express. It offers an interpretive center, picnic and playground areas, hiking and nature trails and Oregon Trail ruts and modern campground:
  
  
  Rock Creek Station State Historic Park
  57425 710 Road
  Fairbury, NE 68352
  Tel: 402-729-5777
  
  
• Fort Kearny State Historic Park was the first military post along the Oregon Trail. There was a Pony Express Station in the vicinity of the fort. It has a museum, outdoor exhibits and bookstore:
  
  
  Fort Kearny State Historical Park
  Route 4
  Kearney, NE 68847
  Tel: 308-234-9513

Private Museums and Cooperating Associations

• Pony Express National Museum was the starting point for the Pony Express route. It has a museum, and it can provide information on the total trail, books, brochures, a list of stations and rider and a driving route close to the trail. Write:
  
  Pony Express National Museum
  914 Penn St.
  P.O. Box 244
  St. Joseph, MO 64502
  Tel: 816-279- 5059
  
  
• Patee House Museum has reconstructed offices of Russell, Majors and Waddell. It can provide the location of each station, information on the trail, museum store, books and videos. Write:
  
  Patee House Museum
  12th and Penn
  P.O. Box 1022
  St. Joseph, MO 64502
  Tel: 816-232-8206
  
  
• Marysville Pony Express Barn has a museum-Pony Express Home Station #1. It is a small research library specializing in Pony Express history. Write:
  
  Marysville Pony Express Barn
  106 S. 8th
  Marysville, KS 66508
  Tel: 913-562-3825
  
  
• Fort Sedgewick Depot Museum was the site of a pony express station and Fort Sedgewick, which has exhibits and information on the Pony Express and South Platte River Trail. Write:
  
  Fort Sedgewick Depot Museum
  P.O. Box 69
  Julesburg, CO 80737
  Tel: 303-474-2264
  
  
• The National Pony Express Association is an all-volunteer, non-profit historical group organized for the purpose of identifying, reestablishing and marking the original pony express trail through the eight states it served: California, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri.
  
  
  National Pony Express Association
  P.O. Box 236
  Pollock Pines, CA 95726
  

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For information about specific states, you may contact

• Missouri Division of Tourism
  P.O. Box 1055
  Jefferson City, MO 65102
  Tel: 573-751-4962
  
  
• Nebraska Department of Economic Development
  Travel and Tourism Division
  P.O. Box 94666
  Lincoln, NE 68509
  1-800-228-4307
  
  
• Kansas Division of Travel and Tourism
  400 SW Eighth Street
  5th Floor
  Topeka, KS 66603
  Tel: 1- 800-2-KANSAS
  
  
• Wyoming Division of Tourism
  I-25 at College Drive
  Cheyenne, WY 82002
  1-800-225-5996
  
  
• Idaho Department of Commerce, Tourism Promotion
  700 West State Street
  Boise, ID 83720-2700
  1-800-VISIT-ID
  
  
• Oregon Tourism Division
  775 Summer Street
  NE Salem, OR 97310
  Tel: 1-800-547-7842
  
  
• Utah Travel Council
  Council Hall/Capitol Hill
  Salt Lake City, UT 84114
  Tel: 1-800-200-1160
  
  
• Colorado Tourism
  1625 Broadway
  Suite 1700
  Denver, CO 80202
  Tel: 800-303-1670
  
  
• Nevada Commission of Tourism
  Capitol Complex
  Carson City, NV 89710
  Tel: 800-638-2328
  
  
• California Office of Tourism
  801 K Street
  Suite 1600
  Sacramento, CA 95814
  Tel: 800-462-2543
  

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Relevant Books and Publications

Comprehensive Management and Use Plan, Pony Express National Historic Trail. This is a large PDF document that is approximately 24.5mb in size. Contact the National Trails System Office in Salt Lake City if you would like to have a copy mailed to you. Otherwise the document can be downloaded from here. Acrobat Reader is required for viewing the document.

Benson, Joseph, The Traveler's Guide to the Pony Express. Helena, Montana, 1995.

Bloss, Roy S., Pony Express the Great Gamble. Berkeley: Howell- North, 1959.

Carter, Kate B., Utah and the Pony Express. Salt Lake City, 1947.

Chapman, Arthur, The Pony Express. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1932.

DiCerto, Joseph, The Pony Express, Hoofbeats in the Wilderness. Franklin Watts, 1989.

Hafen, LeRoy R., The Overland Mail 1849-1878.Cleveland: The Arthur Clark Company, 1926.

"Pony Express Legend and Fact." National Geographic, July 1980.

Reinfeld, Fred, Pony Express. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press; Bison Book, 1966.

Settle, Raymond W. and Settle, Mary Lund. War Drums and Wagon Wheels.Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1966.

Settle, Raymond W. and Settle, Mary Lund. Saddles and Spurs. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press; Bison Book, 1955.

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