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Pony Express Territory spans the center of Nevada,
straddling U.S. Hwy. 50. Its name reflects the fact that
U.S. Hwy. 50 parallels the historic Pony Express route,
which stretched from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento,
California, in the early 1860s. It’s a region with one
foot firmly planted in the 19th century and the other in the
21st. Pony Express Territory is a land of untrampled natural
wonders and charming mining towns and
ranches
that still look much as they did more than a century ago.
Along Highway 50 you will see Great Basin National Park,
home of ancient bristlecone pines, gnarled giants which only
grow at very high elevations and can live to be 4,000 years
old. The park has hiking trails that lead to alpine lakes
and majestic mountain tops, including 13,063-foot Wheeler
Peak, the second highest point in Nevada.
Fishing
here is very special and unspoiled. Lehman Caves, accessed
through the park’s visitor center, offers fantastic
displays of stalactites and stalagmites developed over
hundreds of thousands of years. The small town of Baker,
located five miles east of the park, offers restaurants, a
motel and a gas station. |
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