In 1936 the American Legion Post No. 77 of Cozad, Nebraska purchased the Malalley log house, the official Willow Island Pony Express Station for $75.00 and brought it to the Cozad City Park, now the Veteran’s Memorial Park. The house was taken down log by log and reconstructed to its exact size with all doors and windows in authentic places. A new roof was put on the log house.
It was moved to its present location, rebuilt and dedicated by Dawson County American Legion Post 77 in 1938. Mr. Carl Gustafson had a marker built of Colorado red rock to stand beside the Pony Express Station, and the marker contains an official Pony Express Medallion issued by the Pony Express Headquarters in San Rafael, California. A plaque which is attached to the building states: “May the spirit of those hardy pioneers who blazed a trail to the golden West never die.”
