Point plotted about 6 miles SE of Cozad 

The Willow Island or Willow Bend Station site is most likely in Dawson County, Nebraska, approximately six miles southeast of Cozad. Sources generally agree on its identity as the Willow Island an/or Willow Bend Station.  Some sources associate Pat Mullaly's Ranch with Willow Island Ranch or Station.  R. C. Freeman conducted ranch operations after Mullaly. 

In 1866 the station's structures included an adobe house, stables, and a frame store.  

The Dawson County American Legion Post No. 77 purchased the station's original log cabin and moved the building to Cozad's park for Boy Scout activities. As late as 1960, a 1938 plaque identified the cabin's role in the history of the Pony Express.

http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/poex/hrs/hrs5a.htm#30