Wyoming Pony Express Stations

The Pony Express Trail sent riders up and over the Continental Divide and through the South Pass.
Wyoming has 43 pony express stations over 489 miles of Pony Express Trail.

Wyoming Station List

Stations, East Side of Continental Divide

1. Cold Springs / Spring Ranch / Junction House / Torrington / Spring
2. Verdling’s Ranch / Bordeaux’s Ranch / Laramie City / Beauvais Ranch / Badeau’s
3. Fort Laramie      (the XP Station was located a short distance west of the garrison)
4. Nine Mile House / Nine Mile / Sand Point / Ward / Central Star      (at Register Cliff)
5. Cottonwood / Cottonwood Creek / Bitter Cottonwood
6. (H) Horse Shoe / Horseshoe / Horseshoe Creek
7. Elk Horn / Elkhorn
8. La Bonta / La Bonte
9. Bed Tick / Clute’s Ranch / Fetterman / Douglas / Orin
10. Lapierelle / La Prele / La Prelle
11. Box Elder
12. (H) Deer Creek
13. Little Muddy / Glen Rock
14. Bridger / Platte
15. North Platte / Platte Bridge / Casper
16. Red Butte / Red Buttes
17. (H) Willow Springs / Willow Spring
18. Horse Creek / Greasewood Creek
19. Sweet Water / Sweetwater Bridge / Independence Rock
20. Plant’s Ranch / Plante’s / Plounte’s (near Devil’s Gate)
21. Split Rock
22. (H) Three Crossings
23. Ice Springs / Ice Slough
24. Warm Springs
25. (H) Rocky Ridge / Mary’s / Rocky Bridge / Foot of the Ridge
26. Rock Creek / Strawberry
27. Upper Sweet Water / Upper Sweetwater / South Pass / Gilbert’s / Burnt Ranch

Stations, West Side of Continental Divide

28. Pacific Springs
29. Dry Sandy
30. Little Sandy
31. Big Sandy
32. Big Timber / Big Bend / Simpson Hollow
33. (H) Green River / Green River Crossing
34. Michael Martin’s
35. Ham’s Fork
36. Rock Ridge
37. Church Butte / Church Buttes
38. (H) Millersville
39. Fort Bridger / Camp Scott
40. Muddy / Muddy Creek / Little Muddy
41. Quaking Aspen / Quaking Asp / Spring
42. Hanging Rock
43. Bear River / Briggs

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Legend

• (H) = Home Station  (some of these changed over time, as needed)
• Bold = Station Name on the original U.S. Senate Executive Document, 46^th Congress, 3^rd Session, I, No. 21 p.7-8 “Contract with Overland Mail Co” “Route 10773”
• 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.