Diamond Springs Station (N39 54 47.7 W115 52 21.2) (P)

Today the site of the station sits on private land owned by Olive Thompson. The limestone slab section of the original Pony Express station that Edna Patterson spoke of in her narrative is still partially standing among large cottonwoods at the mouth of Telegraph Canyon. Diamond Springs, overgrown with cat tail and salt grass, is located in the meadow nearby. There is another stone dugout among the trees, but no one knows how long it has been there. The structures are visible from the country road on the west side of the Diamond Mountains. There is a brass Pony Express centennial plaque mounted in a stone and concrete monument near the ranch house just one mile south of the actual station site.  http://www.expeditionutah.com/featured-trails/pony-express-trail/nevada-pony-express-stations/

DIAMOND SPRINGS STATION

Sources generally agree on the identity of Diamond Springs Station as a Pony Express station, although for no apparent reason Mabel Loving cites it as Drumong Springs.  Richard Burton visited the station on October 9, 1860, and noted its Mormon stationkeepers and the site as a water source.  According to Burton, the station was named after the "warm, but sweet and beautifully clear water bubbling up from the earth."  Another source mentions that Diamond Springs received its name from Jack Diamond, a miner and prospector.  Edna Patterson lists the stationkeeper as William Cox during the Pony Express era. Cox remained at Diamond Springs when the Overland Telegraph arrived and served as a telegraph operator and maintenance man for stations between Cherry Creek and Roberts Creek, Nevada.

As of 1979, remnants of the station existed in a grove of cottonwoods near the mouth of Telegraph Canyon, and Diamond Springs still flowed nearby. A stone and concrete marker with a brass plaque stands one mile south of the station site.

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