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Though the U.S. mail contract and several other sources identify Bear River as the next station, the exact location of this site is currently unknown. According to the Settles, a Mormon named Myers managed station operations there. Bear River Station was the last Pony Express station within the state of Wyoming. (NPS)

Located 12 miles from Quaking Aspen Station on the Bear River. Bear River Station was the last station in Wyoming with the next station to the west, Needle Rock Station, Utah. (Expedition Utah)


I have this note from Douglas Baughman:  the "Mormon named Meyers" is very likely John Walker Myers who arrived in Bear River in 1855 with the Oliver Peters Wagon Company. John Walker Myers lived in Uinta County, Wyoming the rest of his life. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/john-walker-myers-1825?lang=eng&timelineTabs=allTabs and https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/K24B-DJ5/john-walker-myers-1825-1901


 

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