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Hike, take a mountain bike or travel on horseback along the 133 miles of Utah's Pony Express route that weaves through Tooele and Juab counties before entering Nevada.
Visitors can stop at historic stations and view modern interpretive displays along the National Backcountry Byway where exhausted riders once rested before they raced onward to complete their 1,800-mile mail run.
There is a reconstructed Pony Express station at Simpson Springs and 15 stations have been memorialized with rock monuments placed by the Civilian Conservation Corps during the 1930s. A campground is located here as well.
In addition to the historic artifacts, there are spectacular vistas, great wildlife viewing and wonderful trails for horseback and mountain bike riders.
Visitors can also catch a glimpse of wild horses from the Onaqui or Cedar Mountain herds.
The Pony Express Trail National Backcountry Byway begins near Fairfield and ends at Ibapah, Utah.
To begin tracing the hoofprints of the "Pony," visit the Stagecoach Inn State Park on State Hwy. 73, five miles south of Cedar Fort. The inn was an overnight stop for weary travelers along the Overland and Pony Express Trail. It is normally open from Easter weekend through Oct. 31.
The elevations along the route vary from 4,900 feet near Fairfield to more than 6,100 feet at Lookout Pass. The most common use of the range land along the trail is livestock grazing, which dates back to the mid 1800s.
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