Address Restricted, Dalton, Nebraska. County/parish: Morrill.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 24, 1973. NRIS 73001068.
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The Mud Springs Station Archaeological District, which includes the Mud Springs Pony Express Station Site, near Dalton, Nebraska, has significance dating to the mid-19th century. The Pony Express station at Mud Springs, staffed by U.S. soldiers, was attacked by Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribesmen during February 4–6, 1865, in what became known as the Battle of Mud Springs.
In 1966, the site of the Pony Express station was a 150-by-150-foot (46 m × 46 m) plot. Part of the present area was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 as Mud Springs Pony Express Station Site, and the listing was expanded to 48 acres (19 ha) and renamed on the register in 2011. It has also been designated Nebraska historic site 25MO72.
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