Original sentence: From Salt Lake City the telegraph line followed much of the Mormon/California/Oregon trail(s) to Omaha Nebraska.Initially the springs and trail were maintained by the army as a supply route to their Camp Floyd which was set up after the phony  Utah War of 1856-57.The Pony express in 1860-61 built many of their stations along the Central Route across Utah and Nevada and this combination wagon/stagecoach/pony express/telegraph line route is labeled the Pony Express National Historic Trail on the National Trail Map  Later the First Transcontinental Telegraph built in 1861 used much the same route from Carson City, Nevada to Salt Lake City
Edited sentence: Initially the springs and trail were maintained by the army as a western supply route to their Camp Floyd which was set up after the phony  Utah War of 1856-57.The Pony express in 1860-61 shared the many stage stations already built up by stage lines taking the Central Route.These combined stage and Pony Express stations along the Central Route across Utah and Nevada were joined by the First Transcontinental Telegraph stations which followed much the same route in 1861 from Carson City, Nevada to Salt Lake City, Utah.This combination wagon/stagecoach/pony express/telegraph line route is labeled the Pony Express National Historic Trail on the National Trail Map   From Salt Lake City the telegraph line followed much of the Mormon/California/Oregon trail(s) to Omaha Nebraska