Hollenberg Ranch Pony Express Station

The building is a frame structure of a story and a half on a stone foundation, divided into six rooms. Four were the Hollenberg family's home, one was a shop and one a bar and tavern, and the riders and other guests slept in the loft. A stable and a blacksmith's shop stood with it. It served as a home station, where riders switched mounts, and also as a relay for the Overland Mail. After Hollenberg's death in 1874 it was a farmstead until 1941, when the state bought it; it became a National Historic Landmark in 1961.

What the plaque says

Hollenberg Ranch Pony Express Station This building, constructed in 1857 by G.H. Hollenberg on his ranch here on the Oregon Trail, was a station on the Pony Express route in 1860-1861. It is believed to be the only such station which has remained unaltered on its original site.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Rock Creek Station State Historical Park — 18 mi
  A stage and Pony Express station on the trail southeast of Fairbury where James Hickok killed David McCanles in July 1861, with the court papers that cleared him, and deep wagon ruts.

More markers nearby

• Hollenberg Ranch and the Pony Express — 4.1 mi
• The Oketo Cutoff — 10 mi
• Marysville — 12 mi
• 1880 Diller 1980 — 15 mi