Last updated: February 18, 2024
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Colorado Pony Express Stations
Julesburg was a wild and storied town. The saga of Pony Express Division 2 Superintendent Jack Slade and Julesburg’s namesake Jules Beni was one of raw western “justice”.
Colorado has 2 pony express stations over 27 miles of Pony Express Trail.
Colorado Station List
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Frontz / Frontz’s / South Platte / Butte
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(H) Julesburg (original Old Julesburg) / Overland City
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(H) = Home Station
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Bold = Station Name on the original U.S. Senate Executive Document, 46th Congress, 3rd Session, I, No. 21 p.7-8 “Contract with Overland Mail Co” “Route 10773”
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Italics = Station Name listed on the 2010 Map prepared by the National Pony Express Association and produced and printed by the National Parks Service to celebrate the Pony Express Sesquicentennial.