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The Midway Stage Station is a historic building in Gothenburg, Nebraska. It was built in 1859, and expanded in 1860–1861. [ 2 ] Initially built as a station for the Leavenworth City & Pike's Peak Express Company , it served as a station for the Pony Express from the 1860s to the late 1870s. [ 2 ]
Gothenburg in the 1920s. Gothenburg, Nebraska is named after Gothenburg, Sweden, and is noted for its large number of residents of Swedish descent. Gothenburg, Nebraska, and Gothenburg (Swedish: Göteborg), Sweden, are believed to be the only two cities named Gothenburg in the world. [3] Gothenburg was founded in 1882 by Olof Bergstrom.
Location of Madison County in Illinois. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Madison County, Illinois. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Madison County, Illinois, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Pony Express Station: Gothenburg: Dawson: Central: History: Two former Pony Express station sites [68] [69] Potter Historical Museum: Potter: Cheyenne: Nebraska Panhandle: Local history: Open by appointment [70] Prairie Country School: Murdock: Cass: Southeast: Education: website, 1890s-period one room schoolhouse Prairie Schooner Museum ...
Rock Creek Station: Endicott: A Pony Express Station and now a State Historical Park. Setting of an 1861 gunfight between David McCanles and Wild Bill Hickok. Oak Grove Station: Oak: A Pony Express station is marked by a monument commemorating an 1864 Indian battle called the Little Blue Raid. Simonton-Smith wagon train attack site: Hastings
In 1860, the roughly 186 Pony Express stations were about 10 to 15 miles (16 to 24 km) apart along the Pony Express route. [9] At each station, the express rider would change to a fresh horse, get a bite to eat, and would only take the mail pouch called a mochila (from the Spanish for pouch or backpack) with him.
State Park Place is an unincorporated community in Madison and St. Clair counties, Illinois, United States. State Park Place borders Collinsville to the east and Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site to the west. [2]
April 24, 1973 (County road 107 between 68 and 70 [6: Dalton: Originally listed as "Mud Springs Pony Express Station Site"; boundaries increased on September 6, 2011 [4]: 7