| Park Creek Station Site | |
|---|---|
  Park Creek Station Location of Park Creek Station Site in Colorado  Park Creek Station Park Creek Station (the United States) | |
| Location | W Co Rd 70, east of U.S. Route 287 East of Wellington, Colorado |
| Coordinates | 40°45′13″N105°07′25″W / 40.75363°N 105.1235°W |
| Built for | Early pioneers, Overland Stage and Mail |
Park Creek Station, was a rest stop for early American pioneers in wagon trains heading west on the Overland Trail. The site is in Larimer County, Colorado. [1] The station is on the east banks of Park Creek and east of U.S. Route 287, west of the City of Wellington, Colorado. The Park Creek Station site has good year-round water from Park Creek, just west of the station. The site was used as a route for the Overland Stage and Mail from 1863 to 1869, which ran from Denver to Salt Lake. Travelers to the Park Creek Station arrived from the LaPorte Station to the south. From the Park Creek station, the Overland Trail travels north to the next stop, Stonewall Creek Cherokee Station. [2] Park Creek Station was built in 1863 and replaced the Bonner Springs Station, three miles away to the west. The Bonner Springs Station was abandoned. The Park Creek Station was built as the Overland Trail route changed in 1863. The first Park Creek Station was a simple log cabin. The log cabin was destroyed in an Indian attack. A new, larger, and defensible Park Creek Station was built. The new station was able to house overnight travelers. The station also dug and built an underground cave safe house. [3] [4] There are no remains of the station. [3] [4]
With the opening of the Union Pacific Railroad's first transcontinental railroad in 1868, the wagon trains started to end. [5]
