Cold Springs Ruins
Mount Lewis Field Office BLM ( map link ) I never want to do a long drive, and this was quite a long drive, without finding a little something along the way. Well, next to a random toilet in the middle of generally Bureau of Land Management lands along the so called Loneliest Highway in America (US-50) are three little pieces of western history all in one clump. Across to the left is an old Overland Stage and Mail stop. Across to the right, a telegraph repeater and maintenance area. On up the hill at a nice little 1.5 miles is a Pony Express stop. So many ways to communicate across the expanse of what was already, in its way, flyover country even before planes. Oh, they also could stop along the way, same as the planes. Just a big dirt and gravel lot for a short trail and two shorter trails to history. I decided first to cross over the highway to the nearby locations. There's a paved lot on that side with a state historical marker and claims to an ADA compliance all the ...