Pony Express Station

Salt Lake City sat squarely on the Pony Express, the fast mail relay that stitched Missouri to California for eighteen months in 1860 and '61 — and this was its division headquarters. From here the superintendents ran their stretch of the line, among them Howard Egan, who both bossed a division and rode it. The plaque honors the Utah riders by name, Egan and his kin among them — young men who carried the mail at a gallop across the desert until the transcontinental telegraph, wired through this same city, put them out of work overnight.

What the plaque says

Pony Express Division Headquarters Here, Ben Ficklin, General Superintendent, and Major Howard Egan and James C. Bromley, Division Superintendents, had their headquarters. The Following Were Honored Utah Riders Howard Egan • William Dennis • Wm. H. Streeper • Richard E. Egan • Thomas Dobson - William Page • Howard R. Egan • J. H. Faust • Henry Worley • William F. Fisher • George E. Little • Michael Whalen • John Fisher • Elijah H. Maxfield • Elijah N. Wilson

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Salt Lake City — 0.4 mi
  Utah's capital and largest city — where the Wasatch Range meets the Great Salt Lake.
• Temple Square — 0.4 mi
  The spiritual and architectural heart of Salt Lake City
• Liberty Park — 1.6 mi
  Salt Lake Citys beloved 80-acre urban park since 1882
• Ensign Peak — 1.7 mi
  A short hike to the spot where Brigham Young surveyed the valley

More markers nearby

• Pony Express Centennial — steps away
• First Security Branch of Wells Fargo — steps away
• Pioneer Telegraph Office — steps away
• Pioneer Telegraph — steps away