Dates

• Existence: 1862-

Administrative History

Virginia Dale Station (est. 1862) was a stagecoach station near the current community of Virginia Dale, Colorado.

Citation:

Work cat.: William Henry Jackson Papers Digital Library Project, 2001(Virginia Dale, a famous overland stage station)

North Forty News History of Virginia Dale website, June 7, 2001 (The small community of Virginia Dale can be found near Highway 287, just south of the Wyoming border ... The stage station was built by Jack Slade in 1862 in a beautiful setting among granite outcroppings. He named the station for his wife and served as the first station agent.)

Virginia Dale Overland Trail Stage Station website, June 6, 2001 (Built by Jack Slade ... in 1862, the Virginia Dale Overland Trail Stage Station is a remarkably intact hand-hewn log building, remaining to this day as the only stage station on the Overland Trail to survive its original site into the 20th century ... In 1985, the stage station was designated on the National Register of Historic Properties.)

The Overland Stage, 1994:pp. 152, 154-55 (Virginia Dale Station. A half-mile northwest of Virginia Dale on US 287, turn right (north) on good dirt toad, continue 1.25 miles to rance. Ask permission to visit station building. Map shows Virginia Dale between Stonewall Station and Wyoming state line.)

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