Historical Markers of Churchill County
Location: Eastern Churchill County Directions: Along US 50, 59 miles east of Fallon
N 39° 23.411 W 117° 51.264
Date Conquered: 10/21/07 Quick Description: A marker commemorating Cold Springs Station, an important station along the Pony Express. Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of US 50. Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Not the best use of linguistics, but historically accurate. In its day, an important stage stop on John Butterfield's (1861-1866) and Wells Fargo & Company's (1866-1869) Overland Stage & Mail Company's historic line along the Simpson Route between Salt Lake City and Genoa, Nevada. Fresh horses, blacksmith services, and wagon-repair facilities were available here. The Pony Express Cold Springs Station was constructed in 1860 on the sagebrush bench eastward across the highway. To the north are the ruins of a telegraph repeater and maintenance station which serviced this segment of the Overland Telegraph-Pacific Telegraph Company's pioneer transcontinental line, which was completed between Sacramento and Omaha in 1861. The line was abandoned in August 1869. The coming of the transcontinental railroad and its parallel telegraph line along the Humboldt River to the north spelled the demise of both the telegraph line and the stage route here. What you are seeing are the original ruins of the Rock Creek Overland Stage Station. Churchill County Conquered! Hazaa to another county well done! DID YOU KNOW?... The best-preserved Pony Express Station is just a mile south of here? You can access the original Cold Springs Station by taking an easy one mile hike that begins directly across the highway. Before you start your jaunt, take into account of the seasons around here. Avoid hiking to the station during the summer, and always carry plenty of fluids no matter what time of year. The reward, however, is well worth anything you'll find in Nevada. The University of Nevada Reno uncovered the station around 1984 and has since kept it preserved in a state of arrested decay. The station's location, well out of sight from the highway, leaves it relatively undiscovered in an already undiscovered part of Nevada. So then ... grab a soda at the Cold Springs Bar and get to it!
Full Description: Exact description as reads ... Not the best use of linguistics, but historically accurate. In its day, an important stage stop on John Butterfield's (1861-1866) and Wells Fargo & Company's (1866-1869) Overland Stage & Mail Company's historic line along the Simpson Route between Salt Lake City and Genoa, Nevada. Fresh horses, blacksmith services, and wagon-repair facilities were available here. The Pony Express Cold Springs Station was constructed in 1860 on the sagebrush bench eastward across the highway. To the north are the ruins of a telegraph repeater and maintenance station which serviced this segment of the Overland Telegraph-Pacific Telegraph Company's pioneer transcontinental line, which was completed between Sacramento and Omaha in 1861. The line was abandoned in August 1869. The coming of the transcontinental railroad and its parallel telegraph line along the Humboldt River to the north spelled the demise of both the telegraph line and the stage route here. What you are seeing are the original ruins of the Rock Creek Overland Stage Station. Churchill County Conquered! Hazaa to another county well done! DID YOU KNOW?... The best-preserved Pony Express Station is just a mile south of here? You can access the original Cold Springs Station by taking an easy one mile hike that begins directly across the highway. Before you start your jaunt, take into account of the seasons around here. Avoid hiking to the station during the summer, and always carry plenty of fluids no matter what time of year. The reward, however, is well worth anything you'll find in Nevada. The University of Nevada Reno uncovered the station around 1984 and has since kept it preserved in a state of arrested decay. The station's location, well out of sight from the highway, leaves it relatively undiscovered in an already undiscovered part of Nevada. So then ... grab a soda at the Cold Springs Bar and get to it!
In its day, an important stage stop on John Butterfield's (1861-1866) and Wells Fargo & Company's (1866-1869) Overland Stage & Mail Company's historic line along the Simpson Route between Salt Lake City and Genoa, Nevada. Fresh horses, blacksmith services, and wagon-repair facilities were available here. The Pony Express Cold Springs Station was constructed in 1860 on the sagebrush bench eastward across the highway. To the north are the ruins of a telegraph repeater and maintenance station which serviced this segment of the Overland Telegraph-Pacific Telegraph Company's pioneer transcontinental line, which was completed between Sacramento and Omaha in 1861. The line was abandoned in August 1869. The coming of the transcontinental railroad and its parallel telegraph line along the Humboldt River to the north spelled the demise of both the telegraph line and the stage route here. What you are seeing are the original ruins of the Rock Creek Overland Stage Station. Churchill County Conquered! Hazaa to another county well done! DID YOU KNOW?... The best-preserved Pony Express Station is just a mile south of here? You can access the original Cold Springs Station by taking an easy one mile hike that begins directly across the highway. Before you start your jaunt, take into account of the seasons around here. Avoid hiking to the station during the summer, and always carry plenty of fluids no matter what time of year. The reward, however, is well worth anything you'll find in Nevada. The University of Nevada Reno uncovered the station around 1984 and has since kept it preserved in a state of arrested decay. The station's location, well out of sight from the highway, leaves it relatively undiscovered in an already undiscovered part of Nevada. So then ... grab a soda at the Cold Springs Bar and get to it!
The Pony Express Cold Springs Station was constructed in 1860 on the sagebrush bench eastward across the highway. To the north are the ruins of a telegraph repeater and maintenance station which serviced this segment of the Overland Telegraph-Pacific Telegraph Company's pioneer transcontinental line, which was completed between Sacramento and Omaha in 1861. The line was abandoned in August 1869. The coming of the transcontinental railroad and its parallel telegraph line along the Humboldt River to the north spelled the demise of both the telegraph line and the stage route here. What you are seeing are the original ruins of the Rock Creek Overland Stage Station. Churchill County Conquered! Hazaa to another county well done! DID YOU KNOW?... The best-preserved Pony Express Station is just a mile south of here? You can access the original Cold Springs Station by taking an easy one mile hike that begins directly across the highway. Before you start your jaunt, take into account of the seasons around here. Avoid hiking to the station during the summer, and always carry plenty of fluids no matter what time of year. The reward, however, is well worth anything you'll find in Nevada. The University of Nevada Reno uncovered the station around 1984 and has since kept it preserved in a state of arrested decay. The station's location, well out of sight from the highway, leaves it relatively undiscovered in an already undiscovered part of Nevada. So then ... grab a soda at the Cold Springs Bar and get to it!
To the north are the ruins of a telegraph repeater and maintenance station which serviced this segment of the Overland Telegraph-Pacific Telegraph Company's pioneer transcontinental line, which was completed between Sacramento and Omaha in 1861. The line was abandoned in August 1869. The coming of the transcontinental railroad and its parallel telegraph line along the Humboldt River to the north spelled the demise of both the telegraph line and the stage route here. What you are seeing are the original ruins of the Rock Creek Overland Stage Station. Churchill County Conquered! Hazaa to another county well done! DID YOU KNOW?... The best-preserved Pony Express Station is just a mile south of here? You can access the original Cold Springs Station by taking an easy one mile hike that begins directly across the highway. Before you start your jaunt, take into account of the seasons around here. Avoid hiking to the station during the summer, and always carry plenty of fluids no matter what time of year. The reward, however, is well worth anything you'll find in Nevada. The University of Nevada Reno uncovered the station around 1984 and has since kept it preserved in a state of arrested decay. The station's location, well out of sight from the highway, leaves it relatively undiscovered in an already undiscovered part of Nevada. So then ... grab a soda at the Cold Springs Bar and get to it!
DID YOU KNOW?... The best-preserved Pony Express Station is just a mile south of here? You can access the original Cold Springs Station by taking an easy one mile hike that begins directly across the highway. Before you start your jaunt, take into account of the seasons around here. Avoid hiking to the station during the summer, and always carry plenty of fluids no matter what time of year. The reward, however, is well worth anything you'll find in Nevada. The University of Nevada Reno uncovered the station around 1984 and has since kept it preserved in a state of arrested decay. The station's location, well out of sight from the highway, leaves it relatively undiscovered in an already undiscovered part of Nevada. So then ... grab a soda at the Cold Springs Bar and get to it!
The University of Nevada Reno uncovered the station around 1984 and has since kept it preserved in a state of arrested decay. The station's location, well out of sight from the highway, leaves it relatively undiscovered in an already undiscovered part of Nevada. So then ... grab a soda at the Cold Springs Bar and get to it!
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