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Emigrant Crossing Station was a Butterfield Overland Mail Company station on Captain Pope's New Road from Franklin to Horse Head Crossing or Upper Road, in what is now Ward County, Texas. The station was located 65 miles down the east bank of the Pecos River from Pope's Camp Station, and 55 miles upstream from Horse Head Crossing Station.

Historic Emigrant Crossing on the Pecos River c.1849 Historic Emigrant Crossing on the Pecos River in Ward County. Where 1849 California Emigrant Road intersects Butterfield Overland Mail Road (1858-1861). Glen Sample Ely, The Texas Frontier and the Butterfield Overland Mail, 1858–1861, University of Oklahoma Press, March 2016.