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UTAH DIVISIONPONY EXPRESS RE-RIDE

2006

COMMUNICATORS’HANDBOOK

For Volunteer

Amateur Radio Operators

DCARC PO Box 763 Bountiful, Utah 84011-0763

Table of ContentsIntroduction...............................................................................................................................1

Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................2Out of the Past.......................................................................................................................5

The Deseret News.............................................................................................................5The Trail............................................................................................................................6Government Creek............................................................................................................6Point Lookout ...................................................................................................................6Mountain Dell...................................................................................................................7Halfway..............................................................................................................................8Head of Echo Canyon........................................................................................................9The Needles.....................................................................................................................10

Guidelines for Traveling the Pony Express Trail...............................................................11PreEvent Checks............................................................................................................12Other items to not forget:................................................................................................13

VHF Communications.........................................................................................................15Frequency Use Plan For 2Meter VHF Frequencies.....................................................15Area Radio Repeater Information..................................................................................16

Six Meter Operations..................................................................................................17Eastern Mountain Repeaters.....................................................................................17Western Desert Repeaters..........................................................................................19

Radio Volunteers Operating Schedules..........................................................................23Organization Of The Radio Volunteers..........................................................................23

The Mobile Radio Operators......................................................................................23The Net Control Operators.........................................................................................25Updating The Pony Express ReRide Web Page........................................................26Script For Net Controls...............................................................................................27Know Your Tools and Keep Your Cool........................................................................27

Expected VHF Repeater Coverage.................................................................................28The Repeaters of the Pony Express............................................................................29West Desert Zone........................................................................................................30

Black Crook.............................................................................................................30Wendover Peak........................................................................................................31Fairfield Zone..........................................................................................................32Black Crook.............................................................................................................32Dell Peak Black Mountain....................................................................................33Lake Mountain........................................................................................................33West Mountain........................................................................................................34

Salt Lake Zone............................................................................................................35

Farnsworth Peak Fox 13........................................................................................35Lake Mountain........................................................................................................36West Mountain........................................................................................................36

Summit Zone...............................................................................................................38Scotts Peak..............................................................................................................38Snow Bird................................................................................................................39

Dealing with Emergencies..................................................................................................41Care (Medical) Flights....................................................................................................41Key Telephone Number:..................................................................................................42

U.S. Federal.................................................................................................................42Morgan County...........................................................................................................42Summit County...........................................................................................................42Salt Lake County........................................................................................................42Utah County................................................................................................................43Tooele County..............................................................................................................43Air Ambulance............................................................................................................43Ambulance ..................................................................................................................43

An Overall Look At The ReRide, From East To WestExpected ......................................45Movement of the Mochila Through Utah.......................................................................45Driving Instructions........................................................................................................46Modern Map Through Utah...........................................................................................55West Desert Section........................................................................................................57Fairfield Section..............................................................................................................59Salt Lake Section.............................................................................................................61Summit Section...............................................................................................................63

Pony Express Stations Through Utah................................................................................65Ibapah..................................................................................................................................67Canyon Station....................................................................................................................69Willow Springs.....................................................................................................................73Boyd Station........................................................................................................................75Fish Spring Monument.......................................................................................................79Black Rock...........................................................................................................................83Dugway................................................................................................................................85Riverbed Station..................................................................................................................87Simpson Spring...................................................................................................................89Lookout Pass........................................................................................................................93Foust Station.......................................................................................................................95Rush Valley..........................................................................................................................97Five Mile Pass....................................................................................................................101Camp Floyd........................................................................................................................103

Redwood Road....................................................................................................................107Point of the Mountain........................................................................................................109State Road 71.....................................................................................................................111Murry Park........................................................................................................................1138th Street...........................................................................................................................115This is the Place Monument..............................................................................................117Little Mountain.................................................................................................................119Big Mountain Pass............................................................................................................121Bauchman..........................................................................................................................123Dixie Hollow......................................................................................................................125Henefer...............................................................................................................................127Weber.................................................................................................................................129I80, Exit 180.......................................................................................................................133Castle Rock........................................................................................................................135Wahsatch............................................................................................................................137Baker Ranch......................................................................................................................139

Reader Notes

Davis County Amateur Radio club § Pony Express Re-Ride Communications

Davis County Amateur Radio Club2006 Pony Express Reride Communications

Communications Handbook

Dave Harris (K7PDW), Project ManagerSyracuse, Utah

email: [email protected] Hasty (N7YOQ), Editor

Layton, Utahemail: [email protected]

Introduction

DCARC has accepted the invitation to provide communication support for the Utah Division of the National Pony Express Association during the Utah portion of the year 2006 reride. This handbook provides instruction and guidance for amateur radio communications.

By accepting this assignment and participating as a volunteer communicator (Amateur Radio Operator) during the 2006 Pony Express Reride, you agree to hold the National Pony Express Association, Inc (NPEA), and Davis County Amateur Radio Club (DCARC) and all other agencies and groups involved in the reride harmless from and against any claims, liabilities, damages and personal equipment failures and/or losses, including costs rising directly or indirectly from your participation.

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Reride COMMUNICATORS’ “TEN COMMANDMENTS”

I. KEEP OTHERS INFORMED. Communication is what we’re all about.

II. MEET THE NEEDS OF RIDE CAPTAINS AND RIDERS. Don’t be hard to find.

III. THINK SAFETY. Safety is ALWAYS a prime objective.

IV. BE “ON STAGE” CONTINUOUSLY. We represent amateur radio

V. RESPECT PRIVATE PROPERTY AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS. Always leave gates the way you found them.

VI. ANTICIPATE. Consider contingencies BEFORE they occur.

VII. ADAPT. Surprises are inevitable Roll with the changing needs.

VIII. BE TEAMCONSCIOUS. Seek recognition from the superior GROUP EFFORT, not showboating.

IX. STAY ORIENTED. Be able to report locations clearly, such as “Rye Patch Canyon, 23 miles east of Austin.”

X. ENJOY. We are part of a great exercise Take full advantage of the experience SEE Utah!!

Acknowledgments

Our thanks go to Art Hendricks K4CTZ (SK) who developed the contents of this handbook for the 1989 Pony Express ReRide in Nevada. This handbook’s format has remained largely unchanged since that time, except for directions of travel, list of participants, maps and instructions for operators. Also, thanks goes to Will Lewis KD7NIR in Nevada for providing a copy of their handbook, in 2005, to use as a model for our own in

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the Utah Division. Those changes from the Nevada format are for the sake of our needs in Utah.

Our thanks also go to those whose graphic images are used in this handbook.

● Bureau of Land Management○ pages iii.

● XPHOMESTATION.COM, Tom Crews○ pages 1, 510, 45.

● RadioMobile○ pages 2839.

● Davis County Amateur Radio Club○ pages Cover Sheet.

● National Pony Express Reride, Utah Division○ pages 510.

● Utah VHF Society○ pages 1521.

● Quest○ pages 4142.

● Google Earth○ pages 4854.

● DeLorme○ pages 55145.

● Utah State○ pages 55145.



Out of the Past

This is a reprint from The Deseret News Great Salt Lake City, Wednesday, April 11, 1860. Just some of the great research material found at XPHOMESTATION. Your are invited to take an Internet visit and discover other interesting information about this unique history.

The first Pony Express from the west left Sacramento City, Cal., at 12 p.m., on the night of the 3rd inst., and arrived in this city at 11:45 p.m. of the 7th, inside of prospectus time. The roads were heavy and the weather stormy. The last 75 miles was made in 5 hours, 15 minutes, in a heavy rain.

The express from the east left St. Joseph, Missouri, at 6:30 p.m., on the evening of the 3rd and arrived in this city at 6:25 p.m., on the evening of the 9th. The difference in time between St Joseph and this city is something near 1 hour and 15 minutes, bringing us within six days communication with the frontier, and seven days from Washington a result which we Utonians, accustomed to receive news three months after date, can well appreciate.

Much credit is due the enterprising and persevering originators of the enterprise and although a telegraph is very desirable, we feel well satisfied with this achievement for the present.

The weather has been disagreeable and stormy for the past week and in every way calculated to retard the operations of the company, and we are informed.

We are indebted to Mr. W. H. Russell for a copy of the St Joseph Daily Gazette, printed expressly for Utah and California with dates from Washington and New York to the evening of the 2nd, and from St Joseph to 6 p.m. of the 3rd instant.

The probability is, the express will be a little behind time in reaching Sacramento.

The Deseret News

Great Salt Lake City,

Wednesday, April 11, 1860



The Trail

The route of the Pony Express (since 1992, the Pony Express National Historic Trail) angles south and west from South Pass, across the Green River and on to Fort Bridger. The trail continues at a distance south of Interstate 80 and follows Coyote Creek, entering Utah from the east at The Needles, a few miles south of where Evanston, WY, now stands. The riders proceeded past historic Cache Cave and down Echo Canyon, the modern route or I80 and I84, to the presentday town of Henefer. There they turned south through East Canyon, crossed Big and Little Mountains, and entered the Salt Lake Valley by way of Emigration Canyon. The trail to Salt Lake City followed in large measure, the trail of the Donner Party and the Mormon Pioneers.

From Salt Lake City, they rode south, pretty much along our modern State Street to the area of the Utah State Prison, then crossed the Jordan River and angled south and west to the town of Fairfield and Camp Floyd, a site steeped in history. The route then led south and mostly west past Simpson Springs, Fish Springs, Willow Springs, and across the northern end of the Deep Creek Mountains to the presentday village of Ibapah. There the riders left what is now the state of Utah, and continued west across presentday Nevada.

Information provided by Patrick Hearty, NPEA Utah, 2005

Government Creek

About eight and a quarter miles from Lookout we cross Government Creek. Although a telegraph relay station, operated by David E. "Pegleg" Davis, was located here in late 1861, the existence of a Pony Express relay station is a matter of debate. No contract or mail company schedule mentions a station at Government Creek. But the distance and topography between Simpson and Lookout would make this a logical location for a change of ponies, and it is speculated that the telegraph station may have been placed there because of buildings already standing.

Point Lookout

Above a flat on the west side of Lookout Pass (General Johnston's Pass in the days of the Pony Express) we find the marker for the location of the station also known as Point Lookout. A rock alignment and the trace of the old road can be seen between the stone



monument and a dam built to catch water from a small spring.

An employee of Howard Egan stated that Egan built a station here in April of 1860, but that the station was in ruins by the following September. Sharp describes the station as a small tworoom log house. Burton, in September of 1860, mentions halting near "the ruins of an old station." How it fell so quickly into ruin is not explained.

A few years later, Horace Rockwell, brother of Orrin Porter Rockwell, and his wife Libby lived in a small log house at Lookout. They had no children, and Aunt Libby, as she was called, kept several dogs upon which she doted. The stone enclosure a short distance to the south was built to protect the cemetery where her beloved dogs are buried. Three emigrant graves are also said to be found within.

An entertaining story is told of a time when one of Aunt Libby's beloved dogs was sick. She sent to Tooele, about 40 miles away, for the nearest doctor. She sent the message that one of the ranch hands was critically ill, knowing that old Doctor Dodds would never make the trip to treat a dog. When he arrived, late at night, he was nearly apoplectic to find he had rushed out there for a sick dog. Aunt Libby just smiled and gave him a $20 gold piece, and everyone was happy.

Sir Richard Burton expressed his enthusiasm for the country to the west, and for the journey across it:

"Standing upon the edge of the bench, I could see the Tophet in prospect for us till Carson Valley.......... All was desert: the bottom could no longer be called basin or valley: it was a thin fine silt, thirsty dust in the dry season, and puttylike mud in the spring and autumnal rains. The hair of this unlovely skin was sage and greasewood: it was warted with sandheaps; in places mottled with bald and horrid patches of salt soil, while in others minute crystals of salt, glistening like diamonddust in the sunlight, covered tracks of moist and oozy mud. "


Mountain Dell

The contract lists the seventh Utah station as being in "Mountain Dale." It was also called Big Canyon Creek, and often, Hanks Station for Ephraim Hanks who managed the place. This is another station the exact location of which has been much debated. It stood a distance up the slope from Little Dell Reservoir, but neither study of contemporary ac



counts nor an extensive archeological dig conducted by researchers from Brigham Young University has answered the question of the actual station site.

Utah artist Danquart Weggeland's painting of Hanks Station appears to show a small log house with an "L" shaped barn. An old stone house in the area, known as the Armstrong House, has often been called the Pony station, but it was not built until the 1870's.

Station keeper Ephraim Hanks was a colorful character on the Mormon frontier. It was widely rumored that he was a leading figure among a group of Mormon "hitmen" called the Danites, or Destroying Angels. Again we quote Sir Richard:

"I had often heard of this individual, as one of the old triumvirate of Mormon desperadoes, the other two being Orrin Porter Rockwell and Bill Hickman as the leader of the dreaded Danite band, and in short, as a model ruffian..... The "vile villain," as he has been called by antiMormon writers, â€¦ was a middlesized, lighthaired, good looking man, with regular features, a pleasant smile and humorous countenance, and the manly manner of his early sailor life, touched with the rough cordiality of the mountaineer "Frank as a bear hunter," is a proverb in these lands."

Mark Twain was not so favorably impressed. His description, as quoted from Jabusch, follows:

"I had heard a deal about these Mormon Destroying Angels and the dark and bloody deeds they had done, and when I entered one's house I had my shudder all ready. But alas for all our romances, he (Ephe Hanks) was nothing but a loud, profane, offensive old blackguard! He was murderous enough, possibly, to fill the bill of a destroyer, but would you have any kind of angel devoid of dignity? Could you abide an angel in an unclean shirt and no suspenders? Could you respect an angel with a horselaugh and a swagger like a buccaneer?"


Halfway

About half way down Echo Canyon was the appropriately named Halfway Station. The third contract station in Utah, it was also called Emory, Daniels, or sometimes Hanging Rock. An undated photograph published in Fike and Headley's 1979 monograph, and labeled as "Government Creek Telegraph Station," was ascertained by Jabusch and



Nardone to actually depict Halfway Station. The photo shows an old log cabin with a covered entry, and a newer structure of sawn lumber.

Fike and Headley tell an unresearched story that, in the early days of the Pony, rustlers in the area would steal the express horses, then later sell them back to the company. When the horses began to be branded with the XP (Express) brand, the rustling ended.

Information provided by Patrick Hearty, NPEA Utah, 2005.

Head Of Echo Canyon

The station at the head of Echo Canyon was also known as Frenchies and Castle Rock. It was a contract station on the Pony Express and Stage route. Jabusch believes that the station originally stood in the abandoned town called Castle Rock, which was located about a mile and a half down the canyon from the present junk yard site known as Castle Rock. The structure was apparently built of logs, and after being sold to a French trapper in 1867, was moved up to the canyon to the junk yard site, owned in recent years by the late Curtis Moore.

Traveler and author Horace Greeley did not enjoy the ride through Echo Canyon. His description:

"The canyon reminded me afresh that evil and good are strongly interwoven in our earthly lot. Throughout the desolate region which stretches from the Sweetwater River nearly or quite to Bridger, we had in the main the best natural road I ever traveledâ€¦. But in this fairlygrassed ravine, hemmed in by steep, picturesque bluffs... we found the 'going decidedly bad,' and realized that in the dark it could not be but dangerous."

Burton, who often found little to praise on the western frontier, seemed to be fascinated with the "picturesque bluffs." Despite a team of unbroken and rather fractious mules he wrote,

"A whole Petra was there, a system of projecting prisms, pyramids, and pagoda towers, a variety of form that enabled you to see whatever your peculiar vanity might be; columns, porticoes, facades and pedestals. Twin lines of bluffs, a succession of buttresses all fretted and honeycombed, a double row of steeples slipped from perpendicularity, frowned at each other across the gorge. And the wondrous variety was yet more varied by the kaleidoscopic transformation caused by change of position: at every different point the



same object bore a different aspect.

"Echo Canyon has but one fault: its sublimity will make all other similar features look tame."

Back to the southeast, and unfortunately on private land, one finds the wellknown trail landmark called Cache Cave. The cave was a popular camping spot on the emigrant trail, and, high up on the cave walls where livestock cannot rub, the names of many Mormon Pioneers can still be seen.


The Needles

The station at Needle Rocks, also known as The Needles, is just on the Utah side of the border with Wyoming. It lies on Yellow Creek, almost 10 miles south of the town of Evanston. Little is known of the station, as none of the contemporary writers left a description. The station is named for a rock formation described by British explorer Sir Richard Burton as "...a huge Stonehenge, a crown of broken and somewhat lanceolate perpendicular conglomerates or cemented pudding stones called not inappropriately Needle Rocks."

Two stone foundations remain at the location of the station. The site is on private land.




Guidelines for Traveling the Pony Express Trail

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has researched and marked the Pony Express Route across Utah. About 90% of the route is on national resource lands and is accessible to the public. BLM maps cover much of the state. They show the actual Pony Express Route as identified by historical research and ontheground examination.

There are Pony Express Route markers every one or two miles along the trail. At major and secondary highways, there is often a large wooden sign to direct you. The rest of the route is marked intermittently by concrete monuments, wooden signs, and steel posts. Most bear a logo indicating the Pony Express Route, or the letters PX near top of the post. Unfortunately, souvenir hunters have removed or vandalized quite a few of these markers topographic maps, used with a Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) system, are a great help in following the route.

A few words of advice as you travel the trail:

I. Motorists are cautioned to inquire locally about road conditions before traveling on unpaved roads.

II. Some of the route is on private land, and cooperation of the landowners will determine whether future access will be possible. Please honor private property including fences, gates, and ‘no trespassing’ signs where they exist. Ranchers use fences and gates to keep cattle where they want them to be. One of the most insensitive offenses you can commit on a rancher’s land is to find a closed gate and leave it open after you have passed through, or viceversa. The rule is to leave it the way you found it, and do not remove or damage anything on the rancher’s property. Vandalism or thoughtless damage will almost guarantee to you that future public access to that rancher’s property will be denied.

III. Like all cultural resources, historic ruins and artifacts of the Pony Express Route is protected by Federal Law. As you find these at station sites along the route, please do not damage or remove them. Leave them as they are for others to enjoy.

IV. Portions of the Pony Express Route cover some very remote areas. Always let someone know where you are going and when you plan to



return. That way, if you run into trouble, they can send help. Also, in hot desert areas, always take plenty of water for both the vehicle and yourself.

V. Most of the route is off of county and state highways. In many of these areas the BLM recommends a 4wheel drive, high clearance vehicle for maximum safety.

It is hoped that you will enjoy your trip on the Pony Express Route. There are brochures and other information on the Pony Express available at BLM offices throughout Utah.

PreEvent Checks

Reconnoiter your area and check out communications capabilities in your sector before the reride, if possible. Dry runs for those covering nighttime portions of the reride are particularly useful. It is not too early to assemble and check out the equipment and other items you’ll be using during the reride. With advance planning, last minute panic can be reduced and potential problems addressed.

Consider, for example:

☑Binoculars or telescope

☑Camera, film

☑Change for coin phones

☑Extra batteries and charger

☑First Aid equipment, with sun block, sunburn lotion, and bug repellent

☑Flashlight(s) and batteries

☑Food, and heating and serving utensils

☑Prescription glasses spare pair

☑Maps and GPS

☑Radio gear (Rig, mikes, batteries, antenna(s), fuses, coax, etc)

☑Telephone numbers of key individuals and emergency services

☑Toilet articles



☑Medications

☑Towel and wash cloth

☑One full change of clothes

☑Wet and cool weather gear and a sleeping bag and pillow

☑Water supplies, vehicle & human, 1 gallon per day per person recommended

☑Writing materials

☑Dress in layers

☑Tools, mechanical, electric and jumper cables

☑Fire making materials

☑Trash bags leave nothing behind except the Mormon Crickets

This is just a foodforthought list there may be other items you wish to take and some items you deem unnecessary. Remember your training.

Other Items To Not Forget:

☑ ________________________________________________________________

☑ ________________________________________________________________

☑ ________________________________________________________________

☑ ________________________________________________________________

☑ ________________________________________________________________

☑ ________________________________________________________________



VHF Communications

VHF Mobile Operators are the heart of the “track the pony” operation. These stations are typically 2Meter ground mobile Units. At the direction of the NPEA Trail Chief or the rider, they either follow the rider or position themselves at key spots along the route. Their task is to inform the Net Control Station of the progress of the mail, and through them, the entire system. Communicating impressions and some of the more colorful aspects of the reride is encouraged. The VHF mobile unit that is in contact with the pony rider should make reports of the pony’s location to the Net Control Station at least every 30 minutes. This report will help insure the safety of all and that there is an open path of radio communications. Ride location and terrain permitting.

A number of other Amateur Radio Operators will be monitoring the frequencies during the ReRide. Their assistance is invited and encouraged, to relay traffic along the route. We are indebted to the repeater operators and users of the repeaters for their cooperation and any assistance they may offer.

Frequency Use Plan For 2Meter VHF Frequencies

These are the expected repeaters to be used during the ReRide. It is advised that operators will have programmed their radios before the event, and know how to use their equipment. Only the repeaters listed with the station information sheets will be monitored by the Pony Express amateur radio operators, unless Net Control changes frequencies or repeaters for some reason. It is imperative that the Mobile Radio Operators are to monitor Net Control before they arrive at their assignment.



Repeater Data Summary

Frequency Offset PL Tone Location Name VHF Soc Site Name145.270 100.0 Brighton Scott's Hill

145.390 100.0 Vernon Black Crook

146.980 100.0 Tooele Delle Peak

147.120 + 100.0 Salt Lake Farnsworth Peak Fox 13

147.180 + 100.0 Snow Bird Snow Bird

147.200 + 100.0 Wendover Wendover Peak

147.280 + 141.3 Lake Mountain Lake Mountain

147.340 + 100.0 West Mountain West Mountain

147.360 + 100.0 Lewis Peak Lewis Peak

147.570 Simplex frequency to use

While most of the trail points have been check before hand, adverse conditions may exist. If it turns out that one of these repeaters are not reachable, a table of area repeater information is provided. In the event that the selected repeater is in use by another activity, there are secondary, alternate and simplex frequencies selected. We are on a shared use basis and let us be mindful of these other users and their needs. They may not have an alternate frequency available.

Area Radio Repeater Information

First off we would like to thank the area repeater owners. Without their work and resources, none of this would be possible on VHF. Thanks goes to the repeater users as well. Their cooperation and understanding allows this support of the Annual Pony Express ReRide to take place. Hopefully all those with an interest in this event will monitor the repeaters. Helping out when the need arises, through the control operator will be appreciated. Again, thank you for allowing the tactical traffic to move smoothly through the system.

The following list shows the VHF frequencies most likely to be useful. BOLD type shows the recommended primary frequency. Radio Teams are free to change frequencies



to improve signals or reduce QRM. Coordination responsibility rests with the Net Control Operator. Let as many stations as possible be aware of any changes so that communications are maintained.

OUR SIMPLEX PRIMARY FREQUENCY WILL BE 145.570.

Six Meter Operations

Six meter, for those capable of it, will have an excellent chance for wide area coverage from many points along the trail back to Salt Lake City. Please report your personal coverage as ‘mileage may vary’. Since actual capabilities and coverage is unknown, this not a primary communication mode. But we would like to learn if this could be viable. If the reader decides to experiment in this band, please contact the Editor or the Project Manager beforehand.

For the FM mode there is one Six Meter repeater available. The information below will allow anyone to access this open repeater. Otherwise the simplex frequencies listed in the table will be selected.

Output Input CTCSS Call Links Site Name Expected Coverage Area

53.1500 52.1500 146.2 KI7DX 448.175 Farnsworth (Fox 13)

• Salt Lake Valley Communities from Salt Lake City to Draper

• Utah County from Alpine to Payson.

• Tooele Valley and communities from Grantsville down toward Vernon.

• Interstate 80 corridor west of the Wasatch Front to the Nevada border.

• South Davis County, from North Salt Lake to Farmington.

50.250 simplex • SSB

51.520 simplex • FM



Eastern Mountain Repeaters

Output Input CTCSS Call Links Site Name Coverage Area

145.230 144.630 100.0 NZ6Z 447.500 Quarry Mtn QTH

• Park City, Heber, Coalville and other nearby communities.

145.350 144.750 AC7H Summit Park• Park City, Heber, Coalville and other

nearby communities.

145.590 144.840 123.0 K7HEN 146.680 Promentory Point

• Wasatch Front from Ogden to the Utah/Idaho border.

• Ogden and South Ogden area.

• North Salt Lake to Ogden.

146.680 146.080 123.0 N7JSQ 145.590 Herd Mtn• City of Morgan and surrounding com

munities.

147.060 147.660 KB7ZCL Morgan • City of Morgan and surrounding communities.

147.120 147.720 100.0 K7JL 147.180 Farnsworth Peak Fox 13

• Wasatch Front from Payson to Tremonton.



• West Desert areas around Dugway and into Wendover and the areas. generally to the north and west of the Great Salt Lake.

• Intermountain Intertie.

147.180 147.780 100.0 K7JL 147.120 Hidden Peak


• Western side of the Salt Lake Valley.


147.200 147.800 88.5 N7ZOI 449.525 Wilson Peak • Heber City and surrounding communit



Output Input CTCSS Call Links Site Name Coverage Area

ies.

147.360 147.960 100.0 WA7GIE Lewis Peak• Western side of the Salt Lake Valley.


447.500 442.500 NZ6Z 145.230 Quarry Mtn QTH


448.200 443.200 131.8 N7HMF Clayton Peak• Park City, Heber, Coalville and other

nearby communities.

448.475 443.475 KB7HAF Park City • Park City, Heber, Coalville and other nearby communities.

448.650 443.650 WA7GIE Lewis Peak• Park City, Heber, Coalville and other

nearby communities.

448.900 443.900 WB7TSQ Lewis Peak • Park City, Heber, Coalville and other nearby communities.

449.525 444.525 146.2 K7JL 147.200 Scott’s Peak• Park City, Heber, Coalville and other

nearby communities.

449.550 444.550 100.0 WA7GIE Lewis Peak• Park City, Heber, Coalville and other

nearby communities.


449.875 444.875 167.9 W7MVKShepherd

Peak• Park City, Heber, Coalville and other

nearby communities.

146.860 146.260 100.0 K7JL 147.180 Medicine Butte

• Southwestern Wyoming including Kemmerer and Evanston

• Intermountain Intertie



Western Desert Repeaters

Output Input CTCSS

Call Links Site Name Coverage Area

145.190 144.590 123.0 W7IHCLittle Farnsworth Que

star

•

145.350 144.750 K7HK Delle BLM


145.390 144.790 W7EO 146.980

Black Crook


• Westcentral Utah around Delta.

146.620 146.020 W7SP

146.620

synchronously

linked to Scott's Hill

Farnsworth Peak KSL 5





146.980 146.380 100.0 W7EO 145.39Delle Peak

(Black Mtn.)



147.120 147.720 100.0 K7JL 147.180Farns

worth Peak Fox 13



• Tooele Valley and communities from



Output InputCTC

SS Call Links Site Name Coverage Area

Grantsville down toward Vernon.



147.180 147.780 100.0 K7JL147.12

0Hidden

Peak




147.200 147.800 100.0 W7EO 146.98 Wendover Peak



147.300 147.900 100.0 W7EOSouth Moun

tain• Wasatch Front from Payson to

Tremonton.

449.100 444.100 146.2 WA7XFarnsworth

Peak





449.225 444.225 100.0 K7MLA Delle Peak (Black Mtn.)




Output InputCTC

SS Call Links Site Name Coverage Area

449.350 444.350 100.0 W7EO South Mountain


449.500 444.500 100.09 K7JLFarnsworth

Peak







Radio Volunteers Operating Schedules

The VHF Net Control points will be activated two hours before the expected arrival of the muchila into the Utah Division in order to keep the first NPEA Ride Captain for Utah advised of the location of the mail. Mobile Radio Operators are expected to monitor Net Control for the latest update. The Mobile Radio Operator is also expected to be in place ahead of the mochila and be ready to assist the NPEA Ride Captains. An up to date schedule will be available separately from this document. Changes are expected and the schedule needs the flexibility to reflect those changes. The most current information will be available from the Net Control Operator during the event, and the DCARC web site prior to the event.

http://www.dcarc.netBe sure to check the web site a day or two before. We expect late minute informa

tion from the NPEA people as late as four days before the muchila enters Utah. Additional information may be available on the “Pony Express Home Station” web site. This is the place for end to end information of the Pony Express Reride. We are indebted to Tom Crews who maintains this site, posting information from the pool of special correspondents in a timely manner. This site is also a great place to spend time in the research that is available. Great reading.

http://xphomestation.com/It is extremely important to check with Net Control two to three hours ahead of the

mochila arriving at your assignment because of last minute changes in the pony’s arrival time.

Organization Of The Radio Volunteers

A sector is a segment of the trail passing through the Utah Division that is managed by a NPEA Ride Captain.

The Mobile Radio Operators

They are the closest to the mochila. These operators follow (or go ahead of) the pony, according to the wishes of the Ride Captain or the Rider. They may be asked to move ahead of the pony to give the next rider reports of the mail’s progress and whether it is ahead, or behind schedule. The operator will also need to be aware of the vehicle traffic.



Many parts of the trail are on public roads or highways. The operator is not expected to do traffic duty. Nevertheless, there is a lot happening at the change points and your eyes may avert a dangerous situation. The mobile operator will keep the Net Control Operator informed about where they are, and what they have been asked to do. They will also:

● Only the Net Control Operators will be contacting emergency responder resources.

● Monitor Net Control prior to arriving at assignment.

● Be on station at least one hour before the mail is scheduled to enter your sector. It may be necessary to act as a relay to Net Control from the Mobile Radio Operator ahead of you.

● Establish successful communication with the Net Control, through relays if necessary.

● While the mochila in your sector, maintain radio contact, at least every 15 minutes, with Net Control.

● Report the location of the pony back to the Net Control at least every 30 minutes, and after it reaches each major location listed on your schedule for your sector.

● Maintain contact, through Net Control; if possible, with the Mobile Radio Operator whose sector comes after yours, to provide them with advance information on the location of the mail. That information will help the Ride Captain who is ahead, to have riders ready to receive the mail.

● After the mail has left your sector, the Mobile Radio Operator will remain on station until your NPEA Ride Captain and the next Mobile Radio Operator no longer require your assistance to relay information back to the Net Control.

● Inform the Net Control that your assignment is closing down.

● Carry a GPS, if possible, and learn to use it before the reride. It will be invaluable for determining your location, especially at night. Carry a flashlight to read the GPS at night. Back lights that run continuously gobble up GPS batteries.

● Keep in contact with the Net Control Operator and use the modes and frequencies they prefer.

● Be prepared by programming other modes and frequencies into your radio, es



pecially for VHF and PLL tones. Practice in advance.

The Net Control Operators

Net Control will monitor and communicate with Mobile Radio Operators who are in the field. The use of two EOC’s is anticipated. The Clearfield EOC and the Tooele EOC may be made available for this event. The Net Control is a vital element to assure that communication will flow from Mobile Operators, to Net Control, to the Internet or the proper authorities when requested. NPEA Ride Captains are not amateur radio operators, and get much of the information they need from the Mobile Radio Operator, or via cell phone and landlines. Net Control will establish and maintain contact with the Mobile Operators for sectors that are near the mail through relay stations when necessary. The EOC are the “Net Control” stations for the reride, and will:

● Only the Net Control Operator will be contacting the emergency responder resources.

● Work in shifts that rotate to another operator every 4 hours.

● Determine, with the help of Mobile Operator, the frequencies they will use for BasetoField communication and will announce them frequently and verify that all are aware of frequency changes.

● Set their VHF radios to scan all frequencies and repeaters that are likely to be used on the reride. (See: Frequency Plan For 2Meter VHF Frequencies).

● Every 30 minutes, read the preamble that encourages other Amateur Operators to assist the reride by yielding the frequency briefly when traffic needs to be passed. See “Script for Net Control” for on the air announcement.

● At least once every 15 minutes, verify that they are still able to communicate with the Mobile Operators who are in the vicinity of the mail, through relays if necessary.

● Update the Internet whenever the mail goes through one of the stations that are listed in the schedule. See (Updating the pony Express ReRide Web Page) below

● Keep logs of all the reride radio traffic and the updates of the Internet for the critique that will follow the reride.



● Be prepared to operate from another location if necessary.

Updating The Pony Express ReRide Web Page

Hints:

● Have your status report written out in the event log.

● Make it interesting, the world will be reading it.

● It may be helpful to proof read the report before posting the message.

● If you are having problems with email, you may call the Project Manager or Handbook Editor and let them know of the situation.

● The following is a suggested format:

Address Email to: [email protected] the Pony Express ReRun Utah Division Radio Team, sponsored by Davis

County Amateur Radio Club. This is the 2006 Pony Express ReRun status update for

. day , date , at time am/pm , the mail arrived at

. name of station . This message will be up dated as new in

formation becomes available. At this point, add any additional information that will be of interest

to the reading public, i.e.: any notable events, weather reports, reasons for the mochila being early or late and so on. The

reader is looking for any newsworthy information about the reride .



Script For Net Controls

Let us mention that no reference should be made in any communication as to any late or early arrival of the mochila. Due to the nature of the reride, it is not possible to know if the riders are on schedule or not. Reporting only the actual times that the mochila arrives and/or leaves a station will be preferred.

NET CONTROLS SHOULD TRANSMIT THIS PREAMBLE AT LEAST EVERY 30 MINUTES AND WHEN CHANGING REPEATERS, THAT THEY ARE ON DUTY. IT WILL HELP OTHER AMATEUR RADIO OPERATORS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE DOING, AND HELPS THE OPERATORS IN THE FIELD KNOW THAT THE BASE OPERATOR IS STILL AWAKE!

● This is (call sign) with the Utah division of the 2006 Pony Express ReRide.

● ( do not repeat this point, make note that in the even number years, the mochila passes from Sacramento to St. Joseph. In the odd number years the mochila passes from St. Joseph to Sacramento. do not repeat this point)

● The reride started in Sacramento, California and will end in St Joseph, Missouri . The reride is now passing through Utah, where it runs day and night for about 28 hours to cross the state. It is being supported with amateur radio stations all along the two hundred sixty plus mile route across Utah.

● This frequency is being monitored for traffic from these stations. Other amateur stations may certainly use the frequency without restrictions, but we would appreciate your understanding when reride traffic needs to be passed.

● We thank all amateur stations for their courtesy and assistance during this event.

● This is (call sign) , with the 2006 Pony Express reride.

Know Your Tools and Keep Your Cool

In an emergency, remember Net Control will be monitoring the secondary repeaters. Give that a try first. Second, try simplex 145.570 MHz. If that fails, try turning off the repeater offset on your radio and go simplex on the repeater’s output frequency. Be sure to say that you are simplex on the repeater’s output so anyone who hears you will know what you are doing. Don’t be in a hurry. Give the other operator time to contact Net



Control to tell them what is going on. Keep it short or go to the simplex frequency. Don’t forget to restore the offset when you come back to the repeater, otherwise you will not be able to talk into the repeater. You will only hear it. However, you will interfere with it.

When you hear someone that is too weak into the repeater, check “reverse” (some radio manufactures call it monitor). If they are near by, you may be able to copy them on “reverse”. Let Net Control know that you can get the traffic on reverse and relay it. Net Control should then inform the other operator to send their traffic and that you are to relay back to Net Control.

If you are not familiar with these two techniques, ask someone for help. Both of these tricks can be a lifesaver when the repeater is fifty miles away behind a rock and another operator is ten miles away within line of sight.

Expected VHF Repeater Coverage

A series of charts and maps follow that will illustrate the coverage that can be expected. Repeaters have been noted that offer a linked system. The two primary linked systems are the Intermountain Intertie and the Tooele County Amateur Radio Emergency Service. There are other repeaters that are link as well. It is anticipated that the use of the Intermountain Intertie repeater net will be kept to a minimum. Of course some communications will not need to be linked to reach from the Mobile Radio Operator to the Net Control Operator.

The route has been divided up into four zones. Each zone offers similar operating characteristics. These zone are “West Desert”, “Fairfield”, “Salt Lake”, and “Summit”. We welcome corrections to the data that are offered. The coverage patterns are based upon the characteristics of the selected repeater and a standard mobile unit at forty watts, quarter wave ground plan antenna.

Please note on the Station Sheets any discrepancies or other information of note. If possible these Station Sheets will be collected at the end of the ride to help update any information that is in error or additional to that already given. Your cooperation in this will be appreciated.



The Repeaters of the Pony Express

Zone RepeaterName

Frequency Offset CTSSC Call Sign SystemLink

Fairfield Black Crook 145.390 100.0 W7EO West DesertDelle Peak 146.980 100.0 W7EO West Desert

Lake Mountain 147.280 + 141.3 K7UCSWest Mountain 147.340 + 100.0 K7UCS

Salt Lake Farnsworth Peak 147.120 + 100.0 K7JL IntertieLake Mountain 147.280 + 141.3 K7UCSWest Mountain 147.340 + 100.0 K7UCS

Summit Scotts Hill 145.270 100.0 KB7YAF IntertieHidden Peak 147.180 + 100.0 K7JL IntertieLewis Peak 147.360 + 100.0 WA7GIA

West Desert Black Crook 145.390 100.0 W7EO West DesertWendover Peak 147.200 100.0 W7EO West Desert



West Desert Zone

Repeater Name Black Crook

Frequency145.390

Offset +CTSSC

100.0Call Sign W7EO

Linked To 146.980 Delle Peak

Notes



Repeater Name Wendover Peak

Frequency147.200

Offset +CTSSC

100.0Call Sign W7EO


Notes

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Frequency

Offset

CTSSC

Call Sign

Linked To

Notes



Fairfield ZoneRepeater Name Black Crook

Frequency145.390

Offset +CTSSC

100.0Call Sign W7EO


Notes



Repeater Name Dell Peak Black Mountain

Frequency146.980

Offset CTSSC

100.0Call Sign W7EO

Linked To 145.390 Black Crook

Notes

Repeater Name Lake Mountain

Frequency147.280

Offset CTSSC

141.3Call Sign K7UCS

Linked To 449.675 8.325

Notes



Repeater Name West Mountain

Frequency147.340

Offset CTSSC


Linked To

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Frequency

Offset

CTSSC

Call Sign

Linked To

Notes



Salt Lake Zone

Repeater Name Farnsworth Peak Fox 13

Frequency146.120

Offset CTSSC

100.0Call Sign K7JL

Linked To 147.180 HiddenPeak

Notes



Repeater Name Lake Mountain

Frequency 147.280

Offset CTSSC 141.3

Call Sign K7UCS

Linked To 449.68 8.325

Notes

Repeater Name West Mountain

Frequency147.340

Offset CTSSC


Linked To 449.675 8.325

Notes



Summit Zone

Repeater Name Scotts Peak

Frequency145.270

Offset +CTSSC

100.0Call Sign KB7YAF

Linked To 147.180 Hidden Peak

Notes



Repeater Name

Snow Bird

Frequency147.180

Offset +CTSSC

100.0Call Sign K7JL

Linked To 147.120 Farnsworth Pk.

Notes

Repeater Name Lewis Peak

Frequency147.360

Offset +CTSSC

100.0Call Sign WA7GIE

Linked To

Notes



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Dealing with Emergencies

An EMERGENCY is any situation that constitutes an immediate threat to human life.

● Be careful, only Net Control will be contacting emergency responders. Give them a chance to use their available resources.

● Interrupt the Pony Express reride (or any operating frequency) with the words “Break, Break, Break, this is an emergency.”

● When acknowledged, say, “This is (your call) with emergency traffic. Over.”

● A station on frequency should acknowledge with their call sign, and all stations should take copy.

● The calling station advises the nature and location of the emergency and requests that the authorities be notified.

● The calling station should, if safe to do so, stand by on location to give further radio or other assistance as needed by the responding authorities.

Care (Medical) Flights

In the unlikely event a CARE FLIGHT is needed, the following information is VERY IMPORTANT:

● The person requesting the dispatch of emergency vehicles, ambulances, land or air, and other emergency vehicular traffic, is usually responsible for the compensation to those responding. Therefore it is recommended that an emergency dispatcher be notified of an “injury accident” and leave the calling for emergency vehicles to that governmental agency.

● Give them the information you can regarding the emergency, but leave the decision to them for what the response should be.

Our capability should be included in the request for help. Like radio frequencies in use.



Key Telephone Number:

IF NUMBERS SHOWN BELOW DO NOT GET THE NEEDED ASSISTANCE, DIAL “0" (OPERATOR) FOR ASSISTANCE OR

911

U.S. Federal

U. S. Bureau of Land Management 801.539.4001National Fire Information Line 208.387.5050

Morgan County

Utah Highway Patrol 801.393.1136Morgan County Sheriff 801.629.8221Morgan County Emergency Services/Ambulance 801.845.4048

Summit County

Utah Highway Patrol 801.655.3445

Salt Lake County

Salt Lake Valley Emergency Communications Center 801.840.4000

Utah Highway Patrol 801.284.5520Salt Lake City Police Department 801.799.3000SLC Police Dept. Desk Officer 801.799.3100Midvale Police Dispatch 801.840.4000

Midvale Animal Control 801.256.2528

University of Utah’s Health Care Team 801.581.2121Salt Lake Regional Medical Center 801.350.4631



St. Mark’s Hospital 801.268.7129Pioneer Valley Hospital 801.964.3600Jordan Valley Hospital 801.562.4242

Utah County

Utah Highway Patrol 801.234.8285Utah County Sheriff 801.851.4080Sheriff’s Dispatch 801.851.4100Search and Rescue 801.851.4130

Tooele County

Utah Highway Patrol 435.843.4436Tooele County Sheriff 435.882.5600Tooele County Hospital 435.882.1697Mountain West Medical Center 435.843.3600

Air Ambulance

Advanced Air Ambulance 801.355.7500

Accredited Air Ambulance Emergency Medical 800.558.5387

Air Ambulance by Global Air Response 800.631.6565

Rocky Mountain Helicopters 801.375.1124

Ambulance

Gold Cross Ambulance Service 801.972.1211

Gold Cross Transportation 801.975.4130



An Overall Look At The ReRide, From East To WestExpected

Keep in contact with Net Control as changes are expected and subject to last minutes circumstances. The pony can be plus or minus two hours. Remember, we are all volunteers. You may note any schedule changes on this table.

Movement Of The Mochila Through Utah

All times and distances are APPROXIMATE

Station Location Expected TimeTravel Arri vial

Additional Notes

Ibapah 0.0 12:00 AMCanyon 18.8 11:56 PM

Willow Springs 27.4 01:14 AMBoyd 39.4 02:26 AM

Black Rock 61.8 04:40 AMDugway 78.6 06:20 AMRiverbed 89.2 07:33 AM

Simpson Springs 97.3 12:00 AMLookout Pass 116.1 09:42 AM

Foust 134.9 11:24 AM AMRush Valley 142.5 12:05 PM

Five Mile Pass 148.5 12:37 PMCamp Floyd 153.9 01:06 PM

Redwood Road 170.2 02:34 PMPoint of the Mountain 179.3 03:23 PM

State Road 71 185.0 03:54 PMMurry Park 195.0 05:00 PM

8th Street 201.3 05:47 PMThis is the Place Monument 204.9 06:14 PM

Little Mountain 213.5 07:18 PMBig Mountain Pass 221.0 08:14 PM

Bauchman 226.4 08:54 PMDixie Hollow 233.2 09:45 PM

Memorial Park 240.0 10:36 PMWeber 246.1 11:21 PM



Station Location Expected TimeTravel Arri vial

Additional Notes

I80 exit 180 256.8 12:41 AMCastle Rock 262.5 01:23 AMWahsatch 270.1 02:20 AM

Baker Ranch 274.3 03:00 A.M.

THIS IS ALL DESERT COUNTRY. ROADS ARE FAIR IN DRY WEATHER. THERE ARE NEITHER SERVICES NOR LODGING. INQUIRE AS YOU PRO

CEED AS TO ROAD CONDITIONS. CHECK YOUR GASOLINE AND DRINKING WATER BEFORE ENTERING THE AREA. NOT ALL ROADS ARE SUITABLE

FOR ALL VEHICLES. KNOW YOUR ROUTE AND PLAN BEFORE YOU LEAVE.

Driving Instructions




1 0.0 0.0 10:30 PM Ibapah 10:30 PM 14.4 274.5 5

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514.4 14.4 11:56 PM Canyon 04:11 PM 13.0 260.1

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327.4 13.0 01:14 AM Willow Springs 02:53 PM 12.0 247.1

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39.4 12.0 02:26 AM Boyd 01:41 PM 22.4 235.11

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Head east go 15 ft Turn right go 15 ft

Turn left at Ibapah Rd go 3.1 mi Turn left at Ibapah Rd go 3.1 mi

Turn right at Lower Goldhill Rd go 5.3 mi Turn left at Lower Goldhill Rd go 5.3 mi

Turn right at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 2.4 mi Turn left at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 2.4 miTurn right at Overland Canyon Rd go 3.6 mi Head northwest from Overland Canyon Rd go 3.6 miHead southeast from Overland Canyon Rd go 8.2 mi Bear left at Overland Canyon Rd go 8.2 mi

Bear right at Pony Express Rd go 4.7 mi Turn right at Pony Express Rd go 4.7 miTurn left go 0.1 mi Head northwest go 0.1 miHead northwest go 0.1 mi Turn right go 0.1 mi

Turn left at Pony Express Rd go 1.0 mi

Turn left at Pony Express Rd go 1.0 mi Turn right go 9.8 mi

Turn right go 9.7 mi Bear right at Granite Ranch Rd go 1.2 miTurn right at Pony Express Rd go 1.2 mi Bear right and head toward Granite Ranch Rd go 0.1 miTurn hard left at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ft Head southeast from Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ftHead southeast from Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ft Bear right at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ft

Station Point St. Joseph Missouri to Sacramento California

read down from the top read up from the bottom

Driving Direction by Road Driving Direction by Road

Sacramento California to St. Joseph Missouri

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539.4 12.0 02:26 AM Boyd 01:41 PM 22.4 235.1

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761.8 22.4 04:40 AM Black Rock 11:27 AM 16.8 212.7

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78.6 16.8 06:20 AM 09:47 AM 10.6 195.91

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389.2 10.6 07:23 AM Riverbed 08:44 AM 8.1 185.3

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1 97.3 8.1 08:00 AM Simpson Springs 08:00 AM 18.8 177.2 4

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4116.1 18.8 09:42 AM Lookout Pass 12:27 AM 18.8 158.4

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Turn hard left at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ft Head southeast from Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ftHead southeast from Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ft Bear right at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 95 ft

Bear left at Pony Express Rd go 0.1 mi Bear right at Pony Express Rd go 0.1 miBear left at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 4.1 mi Turn right at Pony ExpressOverland Stage Trl go 4.1 mi

Turn left at Pony Express Rd go 6.4 mi Turn right at Pony Express Rd go 6.4 mi

Turn left go 5.9 mi Turn right go 5.9 mi

Turn left at Pony Express Rd go 2.3 mi Continue on Pony Express Rd go 2.3 miContinue on Simpson Springs Callao Rd go 3.6 mi Head west from Simpson Springs Callao Rd go 3.6 miHead east from Simpson Springs Callao Rd go 15 mi Turn left at Simpson Springs Callao Rd go 15 miTurn right at River Bottom Rd go 1.7 mi Dugway Head north from River Bottom Rd go 1.7 miHead north from River Bottom Rd go 1.7 mi Turn left at River Bottom Rd go 1.7 mi

Turn right at Simpson Springs Callao Rd go 2.3 mi Continue on Simpson Springs Callao Rd go 2.3 miContinue on Pony Express Rd go 6.6 mi Head west from Pony Express Rd go 6.6 miHead east from Pony Express Rd go 8.1 mi Head southwest from Pony Express Rd go 8.1 miHead northeast from Pony Express Rd go 3.3 mi Turn right at Pony Express Rd go 3.3 mi

Turn left at Simpson Springs Rd go 0.8 mi Turn left at Simpson Springs Rd go 0.8 mi

Turn right go 12 mi Bear right go 12 miBear left at Lookout Pass Rd – go 2.82 mi Head west from Lookout Pass Rd go 2.8 miTurn left at Hatch Ranch Rd go 0.1 mi Turn left at Hatch Ranch Rd go 0.1 mi





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4116.1 18.8 09:42 AM Lookout Pass 12:27 AM 18.8 158.4

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134.9 18.8 11:24 AM Faust 10:45 PM 7.6 139.61

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1 142.5 7.6 12:05 PM Rush Valley 10:04 PM 6.0 132.0 2

2148.5 6.0 12:37 PM Five Mile Pass 09:32 PM

11 5.4 126.0 3

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4153.9 5.4 01:06 PM Camp Floyd 09:03 PM 16.3 120.6

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6170.2 16.3 02:34 PM Redwood Road 07:35 PM 9.2 104.3

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Bear left at Lookout Pass Rd – go 2.82 mi Head west from Lookout Pass Rd go 2.8 miTurn left at Hatch Ranch Rd go 0.1 mi Turn left at Hatch Ranch Rd go 0.1 mi

Turn right go 13 mi Turn right go 13 miTurn left at UT36 go 0.1 mi Turn left at UT36 go 0.1 miTurn right at Faust Rd go 158 ft Head west from Faust Rd go 158 ftHead from Faust Rd go 7.6 mi Head from Faust Rd go 7.6 mi

Head east from Faust Rd go 6.0 mi Turn right at Faust Rd go 6.0 miTurn left at UT73 go 44 ft Head east from UT73 go 44 ftHead east from UT73 go 0.3 mi Turn hard left at Cedar Valley Rd go 5.0 mi

Continue on Cedar Valley Rd go 4.7 mi Continue on N 18150 St W go 0.1 mi

Turn hard right at N 18150 St W go 0.1 miContinue on N 18150 West go 0.3 mi Head north from N 18150 West go 0.3 miHead north from N 18150 West go 0.3 mi Continue on N 18150 West go 0.3 miContinue on N 18150 St W go 0.1 mi Bear left at N 18150 St W go 0.1 mi

Bear right at UT73 go 10 mi Continue on UT73 go 10 mi

Continue on Cedar Fort Rd go 0.3 mi Continue on Cedar Fort Rd go 0.3 mi

Continue on UT73 go 3.8 mi Continue on UT73 go 3.8 miContinue on W 8570 N go 1.5 mi Head west from W 8570 N go 1.5 miHead east from W 8570 N go 2.6 mi Continue on W 8570 N go 2.6 mi





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6170.2 16.3 02:34 PM Redwood Road 07:35 PM 9.2 104.3

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10179.3 9.1 03:23 PM Point of the Mountain 06:46 PM 5.7 95.1

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6185.0 5.7 03:54 PM State Route 71 06:15 PM 10.0 89.4

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Continue on W 8570 N go 1.5 mi Head west from W 8570 N go 1.5 miHead east from W 8570 N go 2.6 mi Continue on W 8570 N go 2.6 mi

Continue on W Main St go 0.6 mi At the traffic circle, take the 1st exit onto W Main St go 0.5 mi

At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit onto N 500 W go 1.1 mi Bear right at N 500 W go 1.1 mi

Bear left at W State St go 0.8 mi Continue on W State St go 0.9 mi

Bear right and head toward N 1200 W go 0.1 mi Take the US89 S exit 285 to Lehi go 0.5 mi

Bear right at N 1200 W go 0.1 mi Bear left into the I15 S entry ramp to Provo go 1.2 mi

Bear left into the I15 N entry ramp go 1.3 mi Turn right at W 11000 N go 0.2 mi

Take the UT92 exit 287 to Cedar Hills/Highland/Alpine go 0.3 mi

Turn right at W 11000 N go 0.1 miTurn left at N Frontage Rd go 2.1 mi Head southeast from N Frontage Rd go 2.1 miHead northwest from N Frontage Rd go 0.1 mi Continue on N Frontage Rd go 0.1 mi

Continue on Minuteman Dr go 2.3 mi Turn right at Minuteman Dr go 2.3 mi

Turn left at Highland Dr go 0.1 mi Turn left at Highland Dr go 0.2 mi

Turn right into the I15 N entry ramp go 2.8 mi Take the UT140 exit 291 to Draper/Bluffdale go 0.3 mi

Take the UT71 exit 294 to Draper/Riverton go 0.3 mi Bear right into the I15 S entry ramp to Provo go 2.8 miTurn left at W 12300 S go 0.1 mi Head east from W 12300 S go 20 ftHead east from W 12300 S go 0.1 mi Bear right at W 12300 S go 20 ft





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6185.0 5.7 03:54 PM State Route 71 06:15 PM 10.0 89.4

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6195.0 10.0 05:00 PM Murray Park 05:00 PM 6.3 79.4

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1 201.3 6.3 05:47 PM 800 South Street12:04 PM

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4204.9 3.6 06:14 PM This is the Place 11:37 AM 8.6 69.5

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3213.5 8.6 07:18 PM Little Mountain 10:33 AM 7.5 60.9

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221.0 7.5 08:14 PM Big Mountain Pass 09:37 AM 5.4 53.41

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Turn left at W 12300 S go 0.1 mi Head east from W 12300 S go 20 ftHead east from W 12300 S go 0.1 mi Bear right at W 12300 S go 20 ft

Turn left into the I15 N entry ramp to Salt Lake go 8.5 mi Take the W 12300 S ramp go 0.1 mi

Take the UT173 exit 303 to Murray/Kearns go 0.5 mi Take the UT71 exit 294 to Draper/Riverton go 0.6 mi

Bear right at W 5300 S go 193 ft Turn left into the I15 S entry ramp to Las Vegas go 8.3 mi

Continue on Spartan Way go 0.6 mi Turn right at Spartan Way go 0.7 miTurn left at S State St go 0.3 mi Head south from S State St go 0.3 miHead from S State St go 6.3 mi Head from S State St go 6.3 mi

Head north from S State St go 49 ft Turn left at S State St go 49 ft

Turn right at E 800 S go 2.0 mi Bear right at E 800 S go 2.0 mi

Bear left at Sunnyside Ave go 1.4 mi Turn right at Sunnyside Ave go 1.4 miTurn left go 0.2 mi Head west go 0.2 miHead west go 0.2 mi Turn right go 0.2 mi

Turn left at Sunnyside Ave go 0.7 mi Bear right at Sunnyside Ave go 0.7 miBear left at Emigration Canyon Rd go 7.7 mi Head west from Emigration Canyon Rd go 7.7 miHead east from Emigration Canyon Rd go 1.5 mi Turn right at Emigration Canyon Rd go 1.5 miTurn left at UT65 go 6.0 mi Head southwest from UT65 go 6.0 miHead from UT65 go 5.4 mi Head southwest from UT65 go 5.4 mi





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2221.0 7.5 08:14 PM Big Mountain Pass 09:37 AM 5.4 53.4

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1 226.4 5.4 08:54 PM Bauchman 08:57 AM 6.8 48.0 1

1 233.2 6.8 09:45 PM Dixie Hollow 08:06 AM 6.8 41.2 3

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3240.0 6.8 10:36 PM Memorial Park 07:15 AM 6.1 34.4

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6246.1 6.1 11:21 PM Weber 06:30 AM 10.7 28.3

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256.8 10.7 I80 exit 180 05:10 AM 5.7 17.61

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4262.5 5.7 01:23 AM Castle Rock 04:28 AM 7.7 11.9

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Turn left at UT65 go 6.0 mi Head southwest from UT65 go 6.0 miHead from UT65 go 5.4 mi Head southwest from UT65 go 5.4 mi

Head north from UT65 go 6.8 mi Head southwest from UT65 go 6.8 mi

Head northeast from UT65 go 6.5 mi Make a Uturn at UT65 go 6.5 mi

Make a Uturn at UT65 go 0.3 mi Turn right at UT65 go 0.3 miTurn left go 111 ft Head north go 111 ftHead north go 111 ft Turn left go 111 ft

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Modern Map Through Utah



West Desert Section



Fairfield Section



Salt Lake Section



Summit Section



Pony Express Stations Through Utah

Deep Springs Foust 800 South Street

Canyon Rush Valley This is the Place Monument

Willow Springs Five Mile Pass Little Mountain

Boyd's Camp Floyd Big Mountain Pass

Black Rock Redwood Road Bauchman's

Dugway Point of the Mountain Dixie Hollow

Riverbed State Road 71 Henefer

Simpson Springs Murry Park Weber



Ibapah



Information

Tactical Call Sign IbapahCounty Location: Tooele 40° 2.138' N 113° 59.017' W

Event TimingShift Start Expected Arrival Expected Finish

10:30 PMNPEA Ride Captain: Team #2 with Joe Hatch and George Lange

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Canyon Station



InformationThe Canyon Stations was located northwest of this site in Overland Canyon. Built in 1861, it consisted of a log house a

stable, and a dugout where meals were cooked and served. in July 1963, Indians killed the Overland agent and four solders, and burned the station. The Overland Station was built in 1863 at the present marker site, which was a more defensible location. Stone outlines of the 1863 station are still visible. There are remnants of a round fortification built just behind the station which served as a lookout and a place of refuge . It probably never had a roof so defenders could speedily clime over the wall and begin firing through the rifle ports . The depression on the south side of the parking lot indicates where the corral and blacksmith shop were probably located.

Canyon Station is also known as Burnt Station, as two apparent attempts at a Pony Express station in Overland Canyon were destroyed by fire. The first was built in the mouth of Blood Canyon near available water, and seems to have been rather shortlived. The second Canyon Station was located just west of the CCC monument which is visible across a deep wash west of the road. The station is said to have consisted of a log house with adjoining stable, and a dugout where meals were cooked and served. Five express employees and two soldiers were killed when Canyon Station was Burnt in July of 1863. Looking on west across Clifton Flat, you will see a twotrack which is probably the remnant of the old stagecoach and pony express road.

Round Station

This stabilized fortification, known in modern times as Round Station, was built in 1863 to serve the Overland Stage. It was probably the third incarnation of Canyon Station, the first two having been burned by Indians. The ruin at Round Station is that of a structure probably used for defense, and the foundation of the station is visible to the south and east across the parking lot. The interpretation is the product of a cooperative agreement among the BLM, National Park Service, and the Utah Division of the National Pony Express Association.

Of the canyon ahead, now called Overland Canyon, Burton observed:

"Nothing, certainly, could be better fitted for an ambuscade than this gorge, with its caves and holes in snow cuts, earthdrops, and lines of strata, like walls of rudely piled stone; in one place we saw the ashes of an Indian encampment; in another a whirlwind, curling, as smoke would rise, from behind a projecting spur, made us advance with the greatest caution."




Tactical Call Sign Canyon StationCounty Location: Tooele 40° 2.662' N 113° 48.208' W


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Willow Springs



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Tactical Call Sign Willow Springs StationCounty Location: Juab & Tooele 39° 54.001' N 113° 42.829' W


01:14 AMNPEA Ride Captain: Team #1 with Jack Rhodes and Dave Reit


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Boyd Station



Information

This relay station get it's name from Bid Boyd, a station keeper who continued to live here into the early years of the 20th Century. In the days of the Pony Express, it was know as Butte or Desert Station. Only a portion of the rock walls that once provided pro tection from the elements now remains.

Living conditions were extremely crude. The partially dug out, rockwalled living quarters contained bunks that were build into the walls. Furniture consisted of boxed and benches. Life at the isolated station was lonely. Activities of the station keeper, spare rider and blacksmith centered on caring for the horses and a simple existence. The monotony was broken only by the arrival and almost immediate departure of two riders each day.

Boyd Station, or Boyd's, may also have been known as Butte or Desert Station. It does not appear on the 1861 mail contract, but Burton describes a stop here, and Egan mentioned it as a Pony Express station. It was built by and named for station keeper George Washington Boyd in about 1855. George W. died in Salt Lake City in 1903. "Bid" Boyd, a relative of George, lived at the station until around the turn of the century. According to local resident and Pony Express historian David Bagley, he didn't do much but hang out there and enjoy the solitude.

In Saddles and Spurs, the Settles say that Boyd Station was a log structure, but the stabilized ruins are of stone, in agreement with most other accounts. James Sharp says it was a oneroom stone cabin which had gun ports on all four sides. There was apparently a small spring of very brackish water near Boyd Station. A well was dug to try to improve the water supply, but all that was found was brine so strong they used it to cure meat, according to Sharp. A poison spring was found a distance to the north, marked by numerous bones of dead animals.

The stabilized ruin at Boyd's, on BLMadministered land, is one of the best preserved of the Pony Express stations in western Utah.




Tactical Call Sign Boyd StationCounty Location: Juab 39° 50.594' N 113° 33.158' W




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Fish Spring Monument



InformationFish Springs was the 21st contract station in Utah. Sharp mentions it as a home station. The area, named for the numerous

small fish found in the abundant warm springs, has been an important oasis in the Great Basin desert since prehistoric times. Although the CCC monument was built adjacent to the road, the station stood a distance to the east, near the presentday camp ground. The best estimate places the old station just south and west of the big trees visible to the east, near what is called the House Spring. Simpson described a thatchroofed shed on the site in 1859, but extensive development and activity at Fish Springs since the days of the Pony have rendered difficult any accurate interpretation of the its early appearance.

Today, station site and the surrounding area are a part of Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, administered by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Refuge, established in 1959, covers almost 18,000 acres, including approximately 10,000 acres of marsh land. It serves as an important stop on the migration routes of thousands of birds from dozens of species, as well as a prime location for a variety of fields of wildlife research.

When Burton and company arrived here late at night, "â€¦the strong ate supper and the weak went to bed, thus ending a somewhat fatiguing day."




Tactical Call Sign Fish SpringCounty Location: Juab 39° 50.876' N 113° 24.0633' W


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Black Rock



InformationBlackrock was also known as Butte, or Desert Station. It was named for the black basalt outcropping just to the north of the

road and the CCC monument. Sharp says it was also known as Rock House. Little is known about Blackrock station, or its usage. A structure of native black stone was apparently built here in 1861, while other structures in the area are suggested. At Blackrock, as at many sites in Pony Express history, we have more questions than answers.


Tactical Call Sign Black Rock StationCounty Location: Juab 39° 52.673' N 113° 16.276' W




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Dugway



InformationDugway Station, also known as Shortcut Pass, is located east of Dugway Pass, which connects the Dugway mountain range

to the north and the Thomas range on the south. The station was located about a mile south of the modern road, about eight and a quarter miles west of Riverbed. Burton says that the station was simply a dugout roofed over with split cedar logs, with a rude adobe chimney. Three wells were attempted, the deepest being dug to a depth of more than 150 feet. All were dry, and water had to be hauled from Simpson or Riverbed. Greeley, passing by in 1860, describes Dugway as "â€¦about the forlornest spot I ever saw."


Tactical Call Sign Dugway StationCounty Location: Tooele & Juab 39° 51.150' N 113° 5.154' W




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Riverbed Station



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Tactical Call Sign Riverbed StationCounty Location: Tooele 39° 57.545' N 112° 53.67' W




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Simpson Spring



InformationSimpson Spring

This station bears the name of explorer Captain J. H. Simpson who stopped here in 1858 while searching for an overland mail route between Salt Lake City and California. It is one of the most dependable watering points in this desert region. Captain Simpson first named the spring “Pleasant Spring” because of the good water.

Even before the days of the Pony Express, freighting companies used the springs as a watering stop. George Chorpenning established a mail station at this site in 1858, which was later used by the Pony Express and Overland Express.

A number of structures have been build and destroyed in the vicinity of Simpson Springs over the years. It is not known for sure which served as the station for the Pony Express. The restored structure is located on a building site that dates to the period (1860) and closely resembles the original. A BLM campground is located just east of the station with drinking water, toilets, and fourteen camping sites.

Simpson Springs Station bears the name of explorer Captain J. H. Simpson who stopped here in 1858 while searching for the overland mail route between Salt Lake City and California. It was one of the most dependable watering points in this desert region. Captain Simpson first named the spring "Pleasant Spring" because of the good water. He later renamed the spring "Simpson Springs" because of the spring's significance as the "last stop for water" for travelers heading west.

Even before the days of the Pony Express, freighting companies used the springs as a watering stop. George Chorpenning established a mail station at this site in 1858.

The water at Simpson Springs became a necessity for the Pony Express from 18601861 and for the Overland Stage from 1861 to 1869. At the turn of the century, the spring was still being used by freighters hauling supplies from mining towns around Gold Hill to western Utah. It is still a key watering location for livestock.

Horace Greeley got this story from the station keeper:

"Some few days previously to our arrival, he ascertained that his oxen, eight in number, had gone off, two or three nights before, taking a southerly course; so he mounted a horse and followed their trail. He rode upon it one hundred miles without reaching water or overtaking the cattle, which had lain down but once since they started, and were still a day's journey ahead of him. â€¦so he turned about and left his oxen to die in the desert or to be found and eaten by savages."

Burton also passed this way, and left with a story to tell:

"We are now in a country dangerous to stock. It is a kind of central point, where Pavant , GoshYuta (popularly called Gosh Ute), and Panak (Bannacks) meet. Watches, therefore, were told off for the night. Next morning, however, it was found that all had stood guard with unloaded guns."

A number of structures have been built and destroyed in the vicinity of Simpson Springs over the years. It is not known for sure which served as a station for both the mail route and the Pony Express. There is a restored structure (reconstructed in 1974 by the FFA) located on a building site which dates to the period (1860) and closely resembles the original. The site, nature and use of the old buildings were determined by archaeological investigation


http://www.xphomestation.com/facts.html#A


Tactical Call Sign Simpson Springs StationCounty Location: Tooele 40° 2.363' N 112° 47.263' W


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Lookout Pass



InformationLookout Point

From Lookout Pass Station, courageous young riders braved the lonely stretches east to St. Joseph, Missouri, and west to Sacramento, California. Lookout Pass consisted of a small log cabin and a small spring just a few feet away. Following a very brief stop the rider was again on his way with little more than a fresh mount, a bit of jerky, and a miniature Bible.

Tactical Call Sign Lookout PassCounty Location: Tooele 40° 7.174' N 112° 34.606' W


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Foust Station



InformationAs you travel west along the Pony Express Trail, this stop offers the first opportunity to view interpretive work completed

in 1976 by the BLM. there is also a marker at the site, which was constructed in 1939 by the Civilian Conservations Corps, CCC, as part of it's project to mark the original Pony Express Trail. Named after station keeper “Doc” Fousts, the station was a twostory stone structure located some distance from the present marker. A change of riders took place and the mail stage stopped for rest breaks at this station

Tactical Call Sign Foust StationCounty Location: Tooele 40° 10.42' N 112° 25.649' W


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Rush Valley



InformationRush Valley Station was also known Meadow Creek Station, and, erroneously, as Bush Valley. Today, it is commonly called

Faust's Station, but James Sharp says it never bore that name in the old days. It was the first home station west of Salt Lake City for the Pony riders. The station was a large log structure with a low, pitched roof, located in the meadow approximately three quarters of a mile south of the site of the stone monument. The site is on private property owned by Tooele City.

Henry Jacob Faust was born in Germany and emigrated to the U.S. at an early age, probably around 1841. He attended medical school, but dropped out to hunt for gold in California. Faust was station keeper here, and raised horses for the Express and the Army. When the Pony Express began operating, Faust was put in charge of the station on the west side of Rush Valley. He was probably already there as an employee of George Chorpenning who had the mail contract before Russell, Majors, and Waddell. The following is an excerpt from a chapter in History of Tooele County Volume II, which was written by Ouida Blanthorn:

"By using his skills and medical knowledge for the benefit of the Indians, Henry became known as "Doc" Faust, and the station as Faust Station, rather than Rush Valley Station. He homesteaded 160 acres of meadowland and established a fine ranch, bringing in thoroughbred stock from Canada. This ranch was later sold to Orrin Porter Rockwell, ... Within the confines of (what was then) the Meredith Sod Farm the C.C.C. erected a monument in 1935; but when this monument on the Faust Ranch was destroyed, a new one was dedicated July 4, 1970 by the S.U.P. (Sons of Utah Pioneers)...."

Burton describes Doc Faust as "a civil and communicative man, who added a knowledge of books and drugs to the local historyâ€¦."

East Rush Valley

The stone monument out on the flat marks the location of East Rush Valley, or Pass Station. Located about 10 miles from Fairfield and Camp Floyd, not much is known about the structure which was here or its use. It was not listed as a Pony Express contract station.

This monument at the site is typical of those found at the location of Pony Express Stations all across western Utah. The monuments were constructed in the late 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The workers were stationed at a CCC camp at Simpson Springs, and left a legacy of monuments, trails, and other improvements around the region. Each monument featured two bronze plaques. One was a circular Pony Express Rider plaque, sculpted by A. Phimster Proctor. The other was rectangular, and gave information describing the nearby station. The plaques were provided by the Utah Pioneer Trails and Landmarks Association. Most of the bronze plaques have been stolen, but in recent years the Utah Division of the National Pony Express Association has been working with the Bureau of Land Management to maintain these markers and to replace the round horseandrider plaques.




Tactical Call Sign Rush Valley StationCounty Location: Tooele 40° 12.372' N 112° 17.593' W


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Five Mile Pass



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Tactical Call Sign Five Mile PassCounty Location: Tooele & Utah 40° 13.86' N 112° 11.036' W




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Camp Floyd



InformationLocated by Fairfield

This station was located with John Carson's Inn and was used by both the Pony Express and stage travel. The Fairfield adobe building was built in 1858 and is still standing, has a wooden facade, and is open to the public. It was operated by the Carson Family until 1947 and lodged such visitors as Mark Twain, Porter Rockwell, Bill Hickman and Sir Richard Burton.

Adjacent to Fairfield is Camp Floyd later named Fort Crittenden. It was established in November 1858 and named for Secretary of War, John B. Floyd. Camp Floyd was the second military establishment in Utah and it's mission was to establish a military route to California and to investigate the Gunnison Massacre

At it's peak, Fairfield had a population of 7,000 of which 3,000 were soldiers. At the time, Fairfield was the third largest city in the territory.

In 1857, President James Buchanan sent an army of U.S. troops under Albert Sidney Johnston to quell a purported uprising in Utah. When the "Mormon War" was settled in 1858 without a battle, Johnston and his army of 3000 Union soldiers built Camp Floyd, named for Secretary of War John B. Floyd. The pastoral village of Fairfield soon became a raucous town of 7000, including 17 saloons, the third largest city in Utah. Then the Civil War broke out and in early summer of 1861, the army, now under Col. Phillip St. George Cooke, was recalled to the United States.

John Carson built his two story home in Fairfield in 1855. The Carson Inn, the building now known as the Stagecoach Inn, served as an Inn and a station for the Overland Stage. Today it is the centerpiece of Camp Floyd/Stagecoach Inn State Park. The Pony Express Station was a small adobe building about a block northeast of the Inn.

For soldiers marooned in this desert spot, knowing that civil war seemed eminent, news from the east was eagerly awaited. On "Pony Day," the day when the pony express mail was to arrive, a lookout was stationed on the roof of one of the camp buildings to raise a cry when the pony rider came in sight.

In 1858 James Hervey Simpson was a Captain in the Army Corp of Topographical Engineers. When President Buchanan ordered the Army to send troops to Utah to put down "The Mormon Rebellion," Simpson was attached to the command of Brigadier General Johnston and sent to Camp Floyd. Soon after arriving here he was assigned to make a preliminary reconnaissance into the desert to the west in an effort to find a central route to California. Prior to this time, anyone heading west from Salt Lake City had to go around the north end of the Great Salt Lake and down the Humboldt River, or follow the Mormon Corridor and the Old Spanish Trail to Las Vegas and Los Angeles. In October of 1858 Simpson, with a small expedition of about 40 men and 5 army wagons left Camp Floyd and headed west. After going about 70 miles, winter weather started closing in and they returned to Camp Floyd. Simpson was optimistic about what he had seen and the following May, he started out again, this time to go all the way to Genoa, just south of Carson City, Nevada, and then to return by another route. This was the opening of the Central Overland Wagon Road. A few emigrants started using it right away and the following year its route was adopted by the Overland Stage and the Pony Express.

A grove of trees can be seen about a quarter of a mile south of SR 73. This is the cemetery where soldiers and other residents of Camp Floyd were buried. It is well maintained, and every Memorial Day weekend a number of folks bring their motor homes and camp trailers and spend a couple days, and hold a militarytype memorial service. Local American Legion posts and Civil War reenactment groups also take an active part.


All that remains are the commissary building, where the museum is now, and the cemetery.

The Stagecoach Inn was built in 1858 across the street from the commissary and served as a Pony Express stop. The inn was restored in 1959.

The museum is open yearround from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. but is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Dayuse facilities include picnic tables with drinking water, restrooms, barbecue grills, fire pits and covered pavilions.

For more information: Click Here or call 8017688932


http://www.stateparks.utah.gov/park_pages/camp.htm


Tactical Call Sign Camp Floyd StationCounty Location: Utah 40° 14.656' N 112° 8.398' W




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Redwood Road



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Tactical Call Sign Redwood RoadCounty Location: Utah 40° 23.241' N 111° 54.983' W




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Point of the Mountain



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Tactical Call Sign Point of the MountainCounty Location: Salt Lake 40° 27.120' N 111° 54.858' W




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State Road 71



InformationThe westbound pony rider proceeded south along today's State Street to the next station which was located just south of the

Utah State Prison. This was at Porter Rockwell's Hot Springs Brewery Hotel. The hotel and brewery made this a popular stopping point for travelers. A large adobe barn stood at the site well in to the previous century. A stone monument, largely vandalized of plaques, can be found at the southeast corner of the prison compound.

Orrin Porter Rockwell was one of the most colorful characters on the Mormon frontier. He became a close friend and adherent of Joseph Smith while still in his teens, and served as bodyguard for both Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. In Utah, Rockwell served as a territorial lawman, with a reputation for relentless pursuit, and swift and final justice. Whether he was in fact a loyal defender of his Church and its leaders, or a cold blooded murderous villain, Porter is said to have asserted that he "never killed a man who didn't need killing." Photographs and drawings of Porter Rockwell show him with long, flowing hair and beard. It is said that Joseph Smith promised him that as long as he never cut his hair, a bullet would not take his life. Indeed, Porter died of heart failure in 1878, at age 65.


Tactical Call Sign State Road 71County Location: Salt Lake 40° 31.586' N 111° 53.426' W




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Murry Park



InformationTraveller's Rest

Just north of 7200 South street, on the west side of State Street, stood Travelers' Rest, or Traders' Rest, the first pony express station out of Salt Lake City. This station was probably used only for a short time, and no evidence of its existence can be found at the site. The location is marked by a granite marker placed by the Pony Express Trail Association.


Tactical Call Sign Murray ParkCounty Location: Salt Lake 40° 39.629' N 111° 53.272' W


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8th Street



InformationSalt Lake City Monumeent

A monument on Main Street marks the location of the Salt Lake City Pony Express Station

Salt Lake House

The Salt Lake House was a home station for Pony Express riders. The Salt Lake House was a hotel located at about 150 S. Main Street, the location of the old Tribune Building. It was a long, twostory structure with a veranda in front and a large livestock yard in the rear. According to Sir Richard Burton, "â€¦upstairs we found a Gentile ballroom, a tolerably furnished sittingroom, and bed chambersâ€¦." After traveling almost three weeks by stage coach, he says "I had not seen aught so grand for many a day." A granite monument with bronze plaques marks the location today.


Tactical Call Sign 8th Street StationCounty Location: Salt Lake 40° 45.098' N 111° 51.234' W




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This is the Place Monument



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Tactical Call Sign This is the Place monumentCounty Location: Salt Lake 40° 45.123' N 111° 48.965' W




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Little Mountain



InformationMountain Dell / Ephraim Hanks Pony Express Monument

From Salt Lake City take route 65 (Pioneer Trail) to Mountain Dell Station and Bachmen's Station. On this road is an overlook of Salt Lake, “ This is the Place Monument” museum.

Tactical Call Sign Little Mountain StationCounty Location: Salt Lake 40° 46.509' N 111° 43.11' W




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Big Mountain Pass



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Tactical Call Sign Big Mountain StationCounty Location: Morgan 40° 49.72' N 111° 39.24' W




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Bauchman



InformationBauchmann's Station on East Canyon Creek, was a stop for both the Pony Express and the stagecoach. It was the sixth con

tract station in Utah. The station was also known as East Canyon and Carson House Station, or sometimes as Dutchman's Flat by riders who could not remember the name of the German, Bauchmann.

The station was a oneroom cabin built of squared logs. As we see it today, the building has been extensively remodeled to make an attractive and comfortable summer cabin. It has been moved about one hundred yards southwest from its original location. The station and site are owned by the ClaytonMacfarlane Ranch.

Burton's party stopped for the night at "the 'Carson House Station' at Bauchmin's Fork." Although his stay was not unpleasant, his sleep was somewhat disturbed by a skunk which prowled the grounds at night and threatened to enter the cabin. "And why, naturally asks the reader, did you not shut the door? Because there was none."


Tactical Call Sign Bauchman StationCounty Location: Morgan 40° 51.399' N 111° 35.384' W




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Dixie Hollow



InformationThis station in Dixie Hollow was also commonly known as Dixie Creek and East Canyon. The name listed in the contract

was Wheaton Springs. The exact location has been a matter of considerable debate. Joe Nardone agrees with Mormon Trail authority Lamar Barrett that the station sat directly in the mouth of the draw, at a site marked by a pile of rocks. David and Susan Jabusch found no artifacts of any type during their initial and thorough survey. According to members of the Bertagnole family, who have been on the land for generations, the right location is a short distance to the south where a catch basin for watering livestock and a small grove of trees are found today. Construction of the small reservoir obliterated any evidence of a station at that spot. The U.S. Geological Survey, after consultation with prominent Utah historians, placed Dixie Station at the Bertagnole site.

From Burton's colorful narrative, in this area late in the day: "â€¦ even the artemisia [we just call it sage brush] put on airs of bloom and beauty, blushing in contrast with the sharp metallic green of the quakingasp and the duller verdure of the elderâ€¦."


Tactical Call Sign Dixie Hollow StationCounty Location: Morgan 40° 56.417' N 111° 33.574' W




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Henefer



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Tactical Call Sign Henefer StationCounty Location: Summit 40° 40.1004' N 111° 30.583' W




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Weber



InformationWeber Station, like most others, was known by a variety of names, including Bromley's, Pulpit Rock, Hanging Rock, and

Echo. It was Utah's fourth contract station. The appearance of the station and its actual location have been the subject of much debate. Old photographs are available, but as David Jabusch notes, "Interpretation of these old photographs is more an art than the science one might suppose." By the time of the Pony Express, a small village existed here, and it is difficult to determine which of the photographed structures might have served as the station. Modern developments including the building of the railroad, U.S. Highway 30, and later, the Interstate freeways have destroyed much of the original topography, including The Obelisks and Pulpit Rock, making futile any appeal to archeology.

James Bromley settled here in 1854. He was later hired by Russell, Majors, and Waddell as division superintendent for the section of the line between Pacific Springs and Salt Lake City, and his ranch at Weber became the Pony Express and Stage station. He is quoted: "I was put in charge of the road: I bought mules, built stations, fought Indians, and did everything that came in the line of my dutyâ€¦ In 1860, the Pony Express was put on. I bought horses in Salt Lake, to stock the line to Fort Laramie, and hired many of Utah's young men to ride them. Nobly and well did they do their work."

Passing through in 1859, Greeley found "Two 'groceries,' a blacksmith's shop, and a mail station" at the location. Burton also describes the location, saying, "â€¦we debauched upon Weber River Station. It lies at the mouth of the ravine almost under the shadow of the lofty red bluffs, called 'The Obelisks,' and the green and sunny landscape contrasting with the sterile grandeur behind, is exceedingly pleasingâ€¦. The station was tolerably comfortable, and the welcome addition of potatoes and onions to our fare was not to be despised."




Tactical Call Sign Weber StationCounty Location: Summit 40° 58.571' N 111° 25.941' W




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I80, Exit 180



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Tactical Call Sign Exit 180County Location: Summit 41° 4.066' N 111° 16.39' W


12:41 A.M.NPEA Ride Captain: Team #3 with Dean Atkin and Pat Hearty


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Castle Rock



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Tactical Call Sign Castle RockCounty Location: Tooele 40° 31.586' N 111° 53.426' W


1:23 A.M.NPEA Ride Captain: Team #3 with Dean Atkin and Pat Hearty


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Wahsatch



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Tactical Call Sign WahsatchCounty Location: Tooele 40° 31.586' N 111° 53.426' W


02:20 AMNPEA Ride Captain: Team #3 with Dean Atkin and Pat Hearty


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Baker Ranch



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Tactical Call Sign Baker RanchCounty Location: Tooele 40° 31.586' N 111° 53.426' W


03:00 AMNPEA Ride Captain: Team #3 with Dean Atkin and Pat Hearty


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Some of the trail may be impassible. The following map shows a paved road from Evanston Wyoming.



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communicators’ handbook - xmissiondcarc/downloads/pony...the first pony express from the west left...

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