Utah Centennial Studies

 

Ghost Riders and Rest Stops Packet B

 

ROUND STATION

Dear Students,

From Willow Springs, the trail turned north into Tooele County. After six bone jarring miles it reached Six Mile Springs, where the coaches often stopped before continuing to Round Station. Round Station was a circular fort-like rock enclosure built in 1858 as a place where travelers could defend themselves against Indians. With no agent, it offered nothing but spring water and the protection of its walls. Many times Overland Stages raced bands of Gosuite Indians for its protective retreat. Unless that danger was present, only a brief stop would be made to rest tired horses and take on fresh water before entering narrow Deep Creek Canyon a common place for Indian ambushes.