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Horseshoe Station (Wyo.)

 Organization

Dates

  • Existence: 1861-

Administrative History

Horseshoe Station (est. 1861) was a stagecoach station, mail stop, and telegraph station near Glendo, Wyoming.

Citation:
Work cat.: Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2001(Horseshoe Station (Wyo.))

Historic resource study Pony Express National Historic Trail, 1994:p. 141 (Horseshoe Creek/Horseshoe Station. This site, known as Horseshoe or Horseshoe Creek, served as the last station in Division Two of the Pony Express.)

Wyoming place names, 1988(Horseshoe Stage Station, Platte: named for the creek on which it was located; established in 1861 as an important stage station, mail stop, and later telegraph station.)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Arrival of John Phillips at Horse Shoe Station with his message of the massacre of Fetterman's command

 Digital Record
Identifier: MSS_1608_p66_b5_f5_662a
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Arrival of John Phillips at Horse Shoe Station with his message of the massacre of Fetterman's command, 1896

 Item — Box 7: Series 2 [Barcode: 31197233621926], Folder: 5
Identifier: MSS 1608 Series 2 Item 662
Dates: 1896
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections / MSS 1608, William Henry Jackson papers / William Henry Jackson photographs and art

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