Big Pond Station Site

Big Pond Stage Station
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Location	Near Bitter Creek Road Bitter Creek, Wyoming
Coordinates	41°29′01″N108°30′18″W / 41.4836°N 108.5050°W / 41.4836; -108.5050
Built	1862
Built for	Early pioneers, Overland Stage and Mail

Big Pond Stage Station Site was a resting spot for early American pioneers in wagon trains heading west on the Overland Trail. The site was in Sweetwater County, Wyoming, at the headwaters of the Bitter Creek, west of the present town of Bitter Creek. Big Pond Stage Station and the pioneers selected the site because it has fair water year-round from the Bitter Creek. The site was also used as a route for the Overland Stage and Mail from 1862 to 1869, which ran from Denver to Salt Lake. Travelers to Big Pond Stage Station arrived from the Laclede Station Ruin. From the Big Pond Stage Station, the Overland Trail travels west to the next stop, the Black Butte Station Site. After Big Pond station ended, the site became a sheep ranch. ^[1] With the opening of the Union Pacific Railroad's first transcontinental railroad in 1868, ^[2] the wagon trains started to end. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

See also

• Wyoming historical monuments and markers
• Rock Creek Overland Stage Station

References

1. "The Overland Trail in Wyoming | WyoHistory.org". www.wyohistory.org.
2. "The Union Pacific Transcontinental Railroad: Pursuing What's Possible and Making it Happen". Union Pacific.
3. Duhamel, Dominick (May 14, 2024). "1867 Big Wyoming: Capturing Wyoming Rail History".
4. "Overland Trail". www.visitlaramie.org.
5. "Overland Stage II--Wyoming Tales and Trails". www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com.
6. "Great Days Of The Overland Stage". AMERICAN HERITAGE.