Pony Springs, Nevada

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Pony Springs, Nevada
Unincorporated community
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Pony Springs is located in Nevada
Pony Springs
Pony Springs
Coordinates: 38°19′08″N 114°36′24″W / 38.31889°N 114.60667°W / 38.31889; -114.60667Coordinates: 38°19′08″N 114°36′24″W / 38.31889°N 114.60667°W / 38.31889; -114.60667[1]
CountryUnited States
StateNevada
CountyLincoln
Elevation
[1]
6,155 ft (1,876 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID856109

Pony Springs is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Nevada, United States. Pony Springs is located along U.S. Route 93.

Pony Springs was a watering hole for early ranchers.[2]

Pony Springs is the site of a roadside rest area.[3]

This location is in Lincoln County and was not a stop on the Pony Express. See Pony Springs in White Pine County[4] which was also known as a Butte and was a stop on the Overland Trail and later the Pony Express.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pony Springs
  2. ^ Wilkerson, Lyn (2010). Slow Travels - California and Nevada. p. 273. ISBN 9780557607648. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Velotta, Richard N. "First US 95 electric car charging station opens in Beatty". Las Vegas Review-Journal. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
  4. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Pony Springs (White Pine County)
  5. ^ Petersen, Jesse G. (2008). "Pleasant Valley to Roberts Creek". Route for the Overland Stage: James H. Simpson's 1859 Trail Across the Great Basin. University Press of Colorado. pp. 38–63. ISBN 9780874216936. JSTOR j.ctt4cgqjd.8.


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