Dry Creek Station Research Paper

Established in the spring of 1860, Dry Creek Station was one of the latest stations built by Bolivar Roberts and his men. Dry Creek Station served as a break for both the Pony Express and the Overland Stage Routes. Indian outbursts were common at this station.(Dry) On May 21, 1860 four men lived at the Station: Silas McCanless, the station keeper, W. L. Ball, a Pony Express rider, John Applegate, and Ralph M. Lozier. McCanless was living and married to a Squaw Indian. The Indians that morning camped near the station and did not like the fact that McCandless was living with her, and the Indians demanded that he give her up to return to her tribe. The Indians attacked later that night, killing Lozier at the station and chasing off the other three