Traders Rest

Traders Rest, also known as Traveler’s Rest, was located at this site and was not an original Pony Express station. The original Pony Express stations south from Salt Lake City were Salt Lake City and Rockwell’s, 20 miles apart. Starting July 1, 1861, the new mail contract required not only the same twice-a-week Pony Express trip from Salt Lake City to California but also a near-daily stagecoach trip in both directions. The 20 miles between the existing stations were too far apart for this new operation, so a new station was required about halfway and Traders Rest was created. Ebenezer Thayne took over operation of the station by the end of August 1861 and thereafter.

Midvale, Utah · United States