pony express barn

This is the only original Pony Express Barn left along the entire route. We did not get inside because it was Sunday but the plaques and signs on the outside gave a good description. There were also many statues neat the barn with information about the riders, horses and route.

If you appreciate history and have some spare time this museum is well worth your time to visit. There is so much more to see than I imagined. Check it out, you won't regret it.

Staff was very friendly and informative, building was well maintained with public restrooms. A short video presentation was a helpful introduction to the Pony Express. There were some small gift-shop type items available.

This site includes an interesting museum and a stable from the pony express days. four dollar admission. The museum also has about 8 interesting dioramas made in the 1930's apparently made as part of a WPA project.

If you like the old west and history this is a great stop! The actual Pony Express Station is still standing and you can actually see the barn door the riders used. Fascinating! Inexpensive also!!

If you are driving along the Pony Express Route in northern Kansas - And you should! This is a very nice little diversion. It is great to see this wonderfully preserved site. The outside of the barn is in great shape. The interior is a little dark and musty, but it is filled with an important collection. I am grateful that the community is archiving and protecting this information and memorabilia.

Yes, it's a barn. But wagon ruts are just trenches in the dirt unless you have a feeling for the history. And this barn is packed full of history. The museum is filled with great displays that interpret the Pony Express experience through the history of the town of Marysville, but the barn is the main attraction. Step into the past as you go through the double doors. Imagine the horses with their muzzles pressed against the ventilation holes, trying to breathe, while the blacksmith pounds on the anvil in the corner. Picture trying to sleep in an overheated barn while your bunkmate snores up a storm. Listen to the wind whistling through the cracks in the walls, and smell the dirt floor, littered with straw and spit and horse doo-doo. Breathe in the history, and be humbled by the longevity of the barn and the legend. The curator, Jill, has lots of stories and knowledge. Ask about the giant gun on the wall.

The Pony Express came through this town back in the day -- they've restored the original barn where they kept the horses and the riders most likely. Plus, there are a lot of other historical pieces of yesteryear from this little town. I'd highly recommend a stop if you have the time.

I was surprised to see that Marysville had so much history (even my husband who had grown up there was surprised at the amount). The front part of the building is the actually stables for the Pony Express. It houses most of the original items....though I was a bit disappointed that it was all cramped into the space....some relevant to the Pony Express but alot was just from the time period.The rest of the building (which was added later and made to look like the original stone building of stable) was also very cramped and though some of it were from the time period of the Pony Express it also had farm equip and other things not from that time period. The 2nd floor of the building has the story of Marysville and how it is related to the Pony Express but I was sorta disappointed in it...as it was just 5 spaces with some items in there and signs on wall by each space to tell the story...but not every sign matched what was in the space. And since I have problems with stairs it was difficult to get up there. But for the space and the amount of history that it contains it was a good place to visit.

The curator has many stories of the town and its formation. I've heard stories of the Pony Express since my childhood, but this experience was truly enlightening.

It's a barn. It is part of history and it had it's importance, but it's a barn.

I stopped at the Pony Express Barn while driving from St. Joe, Mo to Concordia, KS. I am fascinated by Pony Express Stops. This station was easy to find and fascinating to look at. There was quite a bot of memorabilia inside. Sadly, as I started looking around, I learned form the clerk that Concordia was further away than I thought, so I had to cut my visit short and hope to return someday. I thought my brief stop was evry interesting and well worth my time and effort.