Guide to Nevada's Pony Express Territory attractions, cities, towns, and activities.

Nevada's Pony Express Territory
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Overview
  The Pony Express Territory is home of the "Loneliest Road in America", Highway 50, which is pretty much the route the Pony Express riders traveled right through the heart of Nevada. Sand Mountain and the Navy's Top Gun Flight School are located in Fallon, and birders flock to see the the 250,000 migrating birds that spend time in the wetlands in the Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge each spring and fall. The second largest city in the state, Austin, is home to three churches build in the late 1800s that are still standing, and several of the original buildings from the 19 century are still standing in Eureka, including the Eureka Courthouse and the Opera House. Ely is a copper mining town and you can ride the Ghost Train of Old Ely, pulled by a steam locomotive dating back to 1910. Murals and sculptures decorate this renaissance Nevadan town. The Lehman Caves and the Great Basin National Park provide beautiful and fascinating natural wonders and Fort Churchill State Historic Park gives a glimpse into the Civil War period.
  Attractions activities include golf, camping, hiking, skiing, fishing, gaming, Austin Historical Society Museum, Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park, Dayton Museum/Dayton Valley Historical Society, East Ely Railroad Deport Museum, Garnet Hill, Nevada Northern Railway national Historic Landmark, Ward Charcoal Ovens State Historic Park, White Pine Public Museum, Barrick-Ruby Hill Mine, Eureka County Courthouse, Eureka Opera House, Eureka Sentinel Museum, Churchill County Museum and Archives, Top Gun Raceway, Wigwam Native American Museum, McGill Drugstore, Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Hickison Petroglyph Recreation Area, Baker Archaeological Site, Great Basin National Park, Mt. Morian Wilderness Area, Sacramento Pass Recreation Area, Blue Mass Scenic Area, Cave Lake State Park, Egan Crest Trails, Ely Elk Viewing Area, Garnet Hill, Timber Creek Recreation Area, Ward Charcoal Owens State Historical Park, Ward Mountain Recreation Area, Grimes Point/Hidden Cave Archaeological site, Lahontan State Recreation Area, Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Sand Mountain Recreation Area, Pony Express National Historic Trail, Fort Churchill State Historic Park, and more.
  Scenic Drives include the Great Basin Scenic Byway, 148 miles desert stretch of highway running through most of Nevada's state parks, including Beaver Dam, Cathedral Gorge, Echo Canyon, Kershaw-Ryan and Spring Valley, and Highway 50, the Pony Express Riders route.