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  1. 57426 710th Rd. | Fairbury, NE 68352-5550. Make Your Reservation. Rock Creek Station was a stage and Pony Express station and a stop for those traveling the Oregon and California trails. Today, it is a state historical park encompassing 350 acres of prairie hilltops, timber-studded creek bottoms, and rugged ravines.

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  2. Rock Creek Station was a stagecoach and Pony Express station in southeastern Nebraska, three miles northeast of the present-day village of Endicott. The site is preserved as Rock Creek Station State Historical Park.

  3. Apr 29, 2024 · Rock Creek Station State Historical Park. California National Historic Trail, Oregon National Historic Trail, Pony Express National Historic Trail. Visit Rock Creek Station State Historical Park. NPS Photo. Quick Facts. Location: 57426 710 Rd., Fairbury, NE 68352. Significance: Supply station the emigrant trails & a Pony Express Station.

  4. Mar 2, 2020 · Rock Creek Station. Fairbury, Nebraska. Rock Creek station was established along the Oregon-California Trail in 1858 to sell supplies and other services to the emigrants. The station subsequently served as a relay station for the Pony Express, and finally as a stage station for the Overland stage.

  5. Oct 29, 2022 · Rock Creek Station is the name for two stations or road ranches on either side of a ford of Rock Creek on the Oregon-California Trail in extreme southern Jefferson County, NE. The ranches were occupied from 1857-1867 and served many roles including: as a pony express station, stage station, general store, blacksmith shop, and likely a post office.

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  7. Rock Creek Station SRA is a 40-acre campground adjacent to Rock Creek Station State Historical Park, where you can explore the Oregon and California trails. The campground offers electric, basic and equestrian sites, picnic areas, trails and a visitor center.

  8. Learn about the history of Rock Creek Station, a former supply center and resting spot for emigrants and travelers on the Oregon and California Trails. Discover the story of the McCanles Massacre, where Bill Hickok shot and killed David McCanles in 1861, and how the station became a state park.

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