1.5 mi E of Hanover, Hanover, Kansas. County/parish: Washington.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 15, 1966. NRIS 66000352.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
The Hollenberg Pony Express Station, also known as Cottonwood Pony Express Station, is the most intact surviving station of the Pony Express in the United States. It was built by Gerat H. Hollenberg in 1858, to serve travelers on the Oregon and California Trails, and was used by the Pony Express when it was established in 1860. The station is owned by the state of Kansas and is operated by the Kansas Historical Society as Hollenberg Pony Express Station State Historic Site. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961.
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