Submitted by scott on Mon, 06/10/2013 - 23:46

This supposed site is presumably on State Highway 285 and U.S. 385, about three miles south and one mile west of Gurley, Nebraska. The site does not occur in official records, but would serve as a logical place for a relay station between Pole Creek No. 3 and Mud Springs. In 1960, Mattes and Henderson identify Midway as a station between Pole Creek No. 3 and Mud Springs, and noted that evidence of structures existed at the site.  In 1866, Margaret Carrington, an officer's wife, noted that the mail station received water from a "government well" at the site.  Mrs. Francis Carrington, possibly a relative of Margaret's, mentioned this station in her diary as well. 

http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/poex/hrs/hrs5c.htm#47

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Marker Category
Pony Express
Geolocation

41.408164978027, -102.97425079346

Geofield
Roughing It

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