Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site

A stop on the Oregon Trail

This was a stop on our Oregon Trail adventure. IT was an important stop along the way to the pioneers. It is great that it still exists as this place must have thousands of stories to tell.

Pony Express

Visitor center is closed on Mondays but we knew this in advance and it didn’t spoil the visit as we could look through the windows of the station itself and imagine what it was like. We were keen to...

An out of the way site worthy of a visit

We were driving to Kansas State U. on back roads and stumbled on this gem Everyone has to be amazed at the concept of the Pony Express- here is a chance to see a way station as it was. First stop at ...

A nice but short stop

This was good for about a 1 hour break on a long day of driving. But, don't expect much more than that unless you happen to go during one of their event days. This is a blue star museum so vets were ...

The park was "closed" but we were able to walk around the old station

We stopped here only to find the park was closed on Monday. It turned out, we were able to drive over to the old Pony Express station and walk around it. Although we could not get inside, we could loo...