Point of the Rocks

Each time we've made the trip to and from Utah, we've passed a certain exit with a historic sign and never stopped to get off and check it out until our last trip back.

This area was part of the Overland Stage Route and there was supposed to be the ruins located near by but we couldn't see it from where we were. Upon our arrival home, I checked this place out and found out all kinds of interesting historical facts. Read below...

This native sandstone structure, built in 1862 by the Overland Stage, is one of the only remaining stations on the Overland Trail. The stables are in ruins, but the station building has been restored. It withstood an attack and attempted burning by Plains Indians and the reported robbery and murder of stagecoach passengers by Jack Slade, outlaw and once stage line superintendent. With the coming of the transcontinental railroad in 1868, it remained a station for a stage line running between the railroad and the Sweetwater gold mines to the north, then served as a home, schoolhouse and ranching headquarters.

We will be checking this out in more detail on our next trip west.