Heroes' Reward

Known locally as the Pony Express Graves, old Fort Pierce was, according to legend, the burial site of one Pony Express rider (1861), and later, three US Calvary soldiers that had been ambushed by Shoshone warriors (1864).

Although the US military disclaims any record of the men being there, some years ago their three bodies were exhumed and re-buried at the Fort Douglas (UT) cemetery.

Four fenced graves with illegible wooden markers are all that remain of Fort Pierce. Egan Canyon, eastern Nevada

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