The Scott’s Bluff Pony Express station was located 589 feet away on a true azimuth of 206 degrees. After the Pony Express ended in 1861, the station continued to serve the stage line until that line was moved in July 1862, and the site then became a local ranch. In 1864, the military opened a new post there to protect the nearby transcontinental telegraph line, and in 1865 it was called Fort Mitchell. The 1923 Oregon Trail monument gave a bearing and distance to the northwest corner of Fort Mitchell and stood where the Oregon, California, and Pony Express Trails crossed. From this monument, the trails are now 270 feet due west, and the northwest corner is on a true azimuth of 199 degrees and is 155 feet away.