Gold Rush Byway
Mud Springs Pony Express Station, NE

The Pony Express lasted from 1860-1861, and the Mud Springs home station in Bridgeport served to refresh riders. When the Pony Express ceased operation, the station was used as a stage stop along the Sidney-Deadwood Trail, and later as a telegraph station for the first transcontinental telegraph line. In 1865, a group of 19 men held off an Indian attack and were then rescued by cavalry troops from Fort Laramie and Fort Mitchell. Not much remains of this station, and a monument describing the importance of the area stands there today. A picnic area on the site allows visitors a chance to enjoy the area.