Alkali Lake Station (Neb.)
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found: Work cat.: Overland Trails Digital Library Collection, 2001(Alkali Station (Neb.))
found: GNIS, Nov. 5, 2001(Alkali Lake, locale, Stage stop, Nebraska)
found: Encyclopedia of Historic Forts, 1988:p. 481 (Alkali Station. Located just south of the North Platte River, about one mile south and three miles east of Paxton, Keith County, this former Pony Express station was converted into an Army post in 1864 for the purpose of safeguarding the Oregon Trail. ... The post was abandoned in 1866.)
found: Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, 1980:p. 80 (Post Alkali, 1864-1866. Troops watched the Oregon Trail from this stockade-style station; earliier, the Pony Express maintained a stop here. Vague outlines of the post can still be seen in a hay meadow south of the South Fork of the Platte River.)
found: The Overland Stage, 1994:p. 112 (Alkali Lake or Pikes Peak. Turn south one mile off Roscoe interchange on I-80. Turn east and drive three miles on section line road. Site at northwest corner of intersection.)
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