Last updated: February 18, 2024
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Kansas Pony Express Stations
Pony Riders in Kansas would stable their horse on the west side of the Missouri River if the ferry wasn’t available, and personally transport the mochila across by boat.
Kansas has 13 pony express stations over 151 miles of Pony Express Trail.
Kansas Station List
- Elwood / Wathena (1861—Atchison)
- Cottonwood Springs / Thompson’s Ranch (used in early months, then replaced by Troy)
- Troy / Smith’s Hotel (1861—Lancaster)
- Lewis / Cold Spring Rock / Cold Springs / Valley Home / Chain Pump / Syracuse
- Kinnekuk / Kennekuk / Kenneykirk
- Goteschall / Kickapoo / Whitehall / Plum Creek
- Granada
- Log Chain / Lockman’s / Muddy Creek / Lochlane / Locknane
- (H) Seneca
- Ash Point / Hickory Point / Laramie Creek / Fogtown
- Gautard’s / Guittard / Gutard / Vermillion Creek
- (H) Marysville / Big Blue / Palmetto City
- Cottonwood / Hollenburg
Legend
- (H) = Home Station (some of these changed over time, as needed)
- Bold = Station Name on the original U.S. Senate Executive Document, 46th Congress, 3rd Session, I, No. 21 p.7-8 “Contract with Overland Mail Co” “Route 10773”
- Italics = Station Name listed on the 2010 Map prepared by the National Pony Express Association and produced and printed by the National Parks Service to celebrate the Pony Express Sesquicentennial.
Visit the Stations
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- Pony Express National Historic Trail
Marysville Pony Express Barn
- Locations: Pony Express National Historic Trail
In 1859, Joseph H. Cottrell and Hank Williams built a stone barn in Marysville, Kansas. In 1860, they contracted with Russell, Majors, & Waddell to lease the barn as a livery stable for the Pony Express. The north end of the structure served as a blacksmith shop and stalls were on the other side. This stable now serves as a museum. The Pony Express station was located in the Barrett Hotel, on the corner of Eighth Street and Broadway about one block north of the stable.
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