Pony Express Ferry Oakland

Pony Express Ferry Oakland
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This waymark is located at 20 Broadway, Oakland, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 37° 47.665 W 122° 16.640.

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At the summit of Fish Ranch Road Pony Express Rider Thomas Bedford followed today's Claremont, Telegraph and Broadway Streets to the pier located at this site.

Captain Falkenburgh arrived here with the "Oakland" at 9:15 a.m. The telegraph had informed him about Bedford. He waited awhile but then gave the order to "haul in" and "let go." Bedford was then sighted and the plank put out against for the flying horse and Pony Express mail. At 9:32 a.m. Bedford rode on board and arrived in San Francisco at 10:30 a.m.

Bedford's trip from Martinez covered 25.9 miles in 1 hour and 40 minutes. This was an average of 15.5 MPH. This first overland trip between Sacramento and San Francisco on April 23, 1860 covered 98.7 miles, in 9 hours and 45 minutes, by two riders.

Rancho Cordova Pony Express Marker

Of all the historical markers that I have stumbled across in the last few years, this one may have surprised me the most. It is about two miles from my work. I would never have expected to find a Pony Express Marker at this location...

Rancho Cordova Pony Express Marker
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This waymark is located at 10271 Folsom Boulevard, Rancho Cordova, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 35.190 W 121° 18.510.

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To the memory of the riders of the Pony Express 1860-1861. First relay out of Sutter's Fort. Dedicated April 19, 1936. By the Native Sons and Daughters of the Golden West.

Fort Churchill Post Headquarters

Wandering home after this year's Petersen Shootout, this is one of the places I stopped. I visited five Nevada State historical markers [Buckland's Station #192, Camels in Dayton #199, Halls Station #200, Chinatown #163 and Dayton #7] and three Pony Express Markers [Nevada Station, Dayton and Fort Churchill] and wandered through the Fort Churchill ruins.

Fort Churchill Post Headquarters
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This waymark is located in Fort Churchill State Historic Park, Silver Springs, Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 17.600 W 119° 16.182.

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Indian raids and the interruption of Pony Express mail service spurred the construction of Fort Churchill on the banks of the Carson River. Captain Joseph Stewart and his men began building the fort on July 20, 1860, as a permanent installation, consisting of adobe buildings erected on stone foundations. This fort housed the Pony Express station in its headquarters building, which is still standing. When Richard Burton arrived on October 19, 1860, he gave it a positive review and named Captain F. F. Flint as the commander.

Post Headquarters

The commander's office and courtroom were located in this building which served as the administrative headquarters of the fort.

Between the post headquarters and the officers quarters ran the Pony Express. The rider would stop here momentarily to pick up mail.

Nevada Historical Marker #200

Wandering home after this year's Petersen Shootout, this is one of the places I stopped. I visited five Nevada State historical markers [Buckland's Station #192, Camels in Dayton #199, Halls Station #200, Chinatown #163 and Dayton #7] and three Pony Express Markers [Nevada Station, Dayton and Fort Churchill] and wandered through the Fort Churchill ruins.

Hall's Station
Nevada Historical Marker #200
Pony Express Marker
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This landmark is located at 225 Pike Street, Dayton, Nevada. There are 18 other historical markers in Lyon County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 14.149 W 119° 35.548.

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Spafford Hall's Station was the first Pony Express stop in Dayton. The Union Hotel now occupies the second site for the remount station.

HALL’S STATION

Spafford Hall built this station and trading post in the early 1850s to accommodate emigrants bound for California. Hall, who was the first permanent settler here, was severely injured in a hunting accident in 1854 and sold the station to one of his employees, James McMarlin. It became known as McMarlin’s Station. Major Ormsby bought the station sometime between 1854 and 1860. The title was still in his name in 1860 when he died in the first battle of the Pyramid Lake War.

A special niche in Nevada’s history is accorded this site as the place where the first recorded dance was held on New Year’s Eve, 1853. The exact site was destroyed by an excavation for building materials.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 200

STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE

DAYTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY

Nevada Historical Marker #192

Wandering home after this year's Petersen Shootout, this is one of the places I stopped. I visited five Nevada State historical markers [Buckland's Station #192, Camels in Dayton #199, Halls Station #200, Chinatown #163 and Dayton #7] and three Pony Express Markers [Nevada Station, Dayton and Fort Churchill] and wandered through the Fort Churchill ruins.

Buckland's Station
Nevada Historical Marker #192
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This landmark is located at the southeast corner of Highway 50 and Dayton Valley Road in Dayton, Nevada. There are 18 other historical markers in Lyon County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 17.654 W 119° 15.106.

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BUCKLAND’S STATION
(ON THE CALIFORNIA EMIGRANT TRAIL)
Samuel S. Buckland was a true pioneer. He settled here in 1859, began a ranching operation, established a station for the Overland Stage Company, and operated a tent hotel. He also constructed the first bridge across the Carson River downstream from Genoa.

During 1860, Buckland built a large log cabin and married Miss Eliza Prentice. In that same year, Buckland’s Station served as the assembly point for the volunteer units that took part in the Pyramid Lake War. It was during this period that Buckland’s served as a remount station on the famous Pony Express route.

In 1864, Buckland opened a store and dispersed goods to travelers, neighbors, and the soldiers at nearby Fort Churchill. He later constructed the large two-story house, presently located here, from materials obtained at the dismantling of the fort.

Buckland and his family are buried at Fort Churchill.

STATE HISTORICAL MARKER No. 192
STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE
NATIONAL SOCIETY – DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN COLONISTS

Pony Express Trail Marker

Wandering home after this year's Petersen Shootout, this is one of the places I stopped. I visited five Nevada State historical markers [Buckland's Station #192, Camels in Dayton #199, Halls Station #200, Chinatown #163 and Dayton #7] and three Pony Express Markers [Nevada Station, Dayton and Fort Churchill] and wandered through the Fort Churchill ruins.

Pony Express Trail Marker
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This waymark is located west of Fort Churchill on Road 2B, Silver Springs, Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 17.576 W 119° 16.683.

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Dayton Pony Express Centennial Marker

Wandering home after this year's Petersen Shootout, this is one of the places I stopped. I visited five Nevada State historical markers [Buckland's Station #192, Camels in Dayton #199, Halls Station #200, Chinatown #163 and Dayton #7] and three Pony Express Markers [Nevada Station, Dayton and Fort Churchill] and wandered through the Fort Churchill ruins.

Pony Express Centennial Marker
Dayton, Nevada
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This landmark is located at the southeast corner of Highway 50 and Dayton Valley Road in Dayton, Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 14.171 W 119° 35.359.

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Dayton was an important point on the Pony Express route. The site of the old station is approximately 200 yards northwest near the old firehouse.

Pony Express Nevada

Wandering home after this year's Petersen Shootout, this is one of the places I stopped. I visited five Nevada State historical markers [Buckland's Station #192, Camels in Dayton #199, Halls Station #200, Chinatown #163 and Dayton #7] and three Pony Express Markers [Nevada Station, Dayton and Fort Churchill] and wandered through the Fort Churchill ruins.

Pony Express Nevada
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This marker is located at 160 Main Street, Dayton, Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 14.176 W 119° 35.444.

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Dayton in 1860 was called Chinatown. By the start of 1861, it was known as Nevada or Nevada City. The name of Nevada was used on the United States Postmaster General's and the Central Overland California & Pike's Peak Express Company's (the Pony Express Company) schedules.

The original Pony Express route went through here but it was not an original stop. By July 1, 1861, this site was used by the Pony Express and the Overland Stagecoach. The site is directly across the street. An original rock wall of the station can still be seen. On November 20, 1861, the Pony Express made its last mail delivery. This was due to the completion of the transcontinental telegraph line that also passed here.

At a meeting on November 8, 1861, the name Dayton was adopted by its citizens.

California Historical Landmark #805

I stopped here on my way to Reno for the Petersen Shootout.

Pony Express Remount Station at Woodruff's
California State Historical Landmark #805
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This landmark is located at 290 Old Pony Express Road, Woodruffs, California. There are 5 other California State Historical Landmarks in Alpine County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 46.584 W 119° 49.366.

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Woodfords became a remount station of the Pony Express on April 4, 1860, when Warren Upson scaled the mountains in a blinding snowstorm and made his way down the eastern slope of the Sierra on his way to Carson City. Five weeks later the Pony Express was rerouted by way of Echo Summit and Luther Pass.

Pony Express Ferry Carquinez

Pony Express
Ferry Carquinez
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This marker is located at 400 Ferry Street, Martinez, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 01.164 W 122° 08.235.

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Captain Oliver C. Coffin and his brothers ordered the Ferry "Carquinez from an Eastern shipyard where it was framed and fitted. The double end dual paddle wheel was modeled after the New York-Brooklyn ferryboats.

It was dismantled and then shipped around Cape Horn as ballast in the hold of a sailing ship. It was then reassembled and in 1854 launched. The ferry operated between here and Benicia. At night, it docked on the wharf at the foot of Ferry Street 250 feet north of this site.

Pony Express rider Thomas Bedford boarded the ferry at Benicia on April 23, 1860. On this ferry he found that his horse had thrown a shoe. Casemore Briones, a Martinez blacksmith, was on board and agreed to loan his horse. Bedford left this wharf for San Francisco at 7:33 a.m.

Pony Express Morgan House

Pony Express
Morgan House
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This marker is located at 802 Main Street, Martinez, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 01.065 W 122° 08.135.

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The first Pony Express rider through Martinez was Thomas Bedford on April 23, 1860. Heading for Pacheco, Benicia at this time was the home station where the rider from Sacramento exchanged the mail with a new rider and horse for San Francisco.

On April 16, 1861, the new western agent for the Pony Express was Wells, Fargo & Co. and on July 1, 1861 they operated the Pony Express from Placerville to San Francisco under their name.

After April 15, 1861 the new agent and future operator of the Pony Express moved the home station from Benicia to Marteniz. The new home station was the Morgan House and was located at this corner. One of the new riders was David W. Swain, the Marteniz telegraph operator and Wells, Fargo & Co. agent.

Pony Express Solano Hotel Station

Pony Express
Solano Hotel
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This marker is located at 501 First Street, Benicia, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 02.897 W 122° 09.587.

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Sacramento to San Francisco - Solano Hotel Station Site

Passing Cordelia the Pony Express rider Sam Hamilton could see Suisun Bay as he approached Benicia. Riding down First Street he passed California's third capitol building and arrived at the Solano Hotel at 6:25 a.m. He rode the 63.3 miles from Sacramento in 5 hours and 10 minutes at an average speed of 12.25 MPH. He had now covered 119 miles since leaving Sportsman's Hall 12 miles east of Placerville.

The mail was exchanged with a new horse and rider by the name of Thomas Bedford. He was a 34 year old livery stable keeper at the Solano Hotel's stable right across First Street. He roder to the foot of First Street where the Ferry Carquinez would take him to Martinez.

Pony Express Duroc House Station

From June of 1982 to March of 2000, I lived in Shingle Springs. I would guess that I drove up and down Duroc Road hundreds of times. This Pony Express station marker was placed here on July 1, 2000 about three months after we moved to Elk Grove.

Pony Express
Duroc House
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This marker is located Located at 3430 Duroc Road, Shingle Springs, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 39.190 W 120° 57.800.

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The "Duroc House" was only 175 feet due south from this monument on the road from Sacramento to Placerville. Starting on April 3, 1860 the Pony Express used this route between San Francisco and St. Joseph, Missouri. The stations used by the westbound Pony Express were Sportsman's Hall, El Dorado (via Placerville & Diamond Springs) and Mormon Tavern.

The U.S. Post Office, due to the Civil War, took over the prior private operation of the Pony Express and on July 1, 1861 made Placerville the western terminus of their Pony Express. To continue to San Francisco, Wells Fargo & Co. operated their own Pony Express via Folsom from Placerville and then used the railroad to Sacramento.

The "Duroc House" became the new Pony Express station from Placerville to Folsom.

Pony Express Monument Carson City

When Larkin and I were in Carson City for Rod's golf tournament, I wandered around the downtown one morning after breakfast looking for waymarks, including a pony express stop, the state capitol and the United States Mint.

Pony Express Monument
Carson City
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This landmark is located in front of the old Carson City Mint which is now the Nevada State Museum, 600 North Carson Street, Carson City. Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 10.043 W 119° 46.027.

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Pony Express Genoa

Pony Express Genoa
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This landmark is located in front of the Genoa Courthouse Museum, Genoa, Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 00.293 W 119° 50.749.

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These plaques are near the site of the original Pony Express station. The Pony Express passed through Genoa, the oldest city in Nevada, utnil the completion of the telegraph.

Pony Express Halfway House

Pony Express
Halfway House
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This marker is located Located at 6130 Silveyville Road, Dixon, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 27.660 W 121° 51.500.

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The station was located 90 feet southwest of here and called the "Halfway House" or Slivey's Hotel. There was a telegraph station and some other businesses here.

The first Pony Express Trip through here was on April 23, 1860 and the rider was Sam Hamilton. He left from Sportsman's Hall about 12 miles east of Placerville at 8:50 p.m. on April 22, 1860 and arrived at 1:00 a.m. in Sacramento. He had covered those 55.3 miles averaging 13.3 MPH. He was then told that he had to ride on to Benicia with the mail.

He left Sacramento at 1:10 a.m. with a fresh horse. He crossed the bridge over the Sacramento River and was on his way. He arrived here around 3:15 a.m. and left within 5 minutes on another fresh horse for Gillespie's Store in Vacaville.

Pony Express Rockville House

Pony Express
Rockville House
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This marker is located Located at 4200 Suisun Valley Road, Fairfield, California. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 14.660 W 122° 07.330.

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The "Rockville House" site was located on the Northwest corner of Rockville an Suisun Valley Roads. This was a settlement and stage stop along the road between Sacramento and Benicia. Located here was a hotel, a blacksmith's shop and a few stores. The use of stone to construct buildings and walls in this area was an attractive feature.

The Pony Express first used this new route on April 23, 1860. The rider left from Vacaville, rode southwest and then south to Fairfield. He left Fairfield going west on the Rockville Road for a last relay stop at the "Rockville House" and a fresh horse. He left for Benicia around 5:20 am. heading south. He could see Mt. Diablo rising above the southern horizon in the early morning sunlight.

Nevada Historical Marker #117

Kingsbury Grade
Nevada Historical Marker #117
Pony Express Marker
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This marker is located on State Route 57 at the foot of the old Kingsbury Grade south of Genoa, Douglas County, Nevada. There are 17 other historical markers in Douglas County. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 38° 57.930 W 119° 50.390.

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Dagget Pass Trail, named for C.D. Dagget, who acquired land at its foot in 1854, was earlier called Georgetown Trail. Replaced in 1860 by the wagon road built by Kingsbury and McDonald, for which they received a Territorial Franchise in 1861, it shortened the distance between Sacramento and Virginia City by 15 miles.
The road cost $585,000. Toll receipts were $190,000 in 1863. Heavy eastward travel occurred in 1860 to 1868. The toll for a wagon and four horses was $17.50 round trip from Shingle Springs, California, to Henry Van Sickle's station near the foot of the grade. Van Sickle, who helped finance the road, eventually acquired it and sold it to Douglas County in 1889 for $1000.

Horse-drawn water carts sprinkled summer dust, and sleds packed winter snow, providing a year- round hard-surfaced road.

Pony Express and the line of the Humboldt & Salt Lake Telegraph Company followed Kingsbury Grade.

Pony Express Genoa

Pony Express Genoa
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This marker is located Located at 2295 Main Street, Genoa, Nevada. The GPS coordinates for this location are N 39° 00.271 W 119° 50.763.

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Mandlebaum & Klauber's Store was located at this site. They were agents for the Pony Express and Wells, Fargo & Co.

The original Pony Express route from April 3, 1860 to May 13, 1860 went from here to Woodfords then over Luther Pass and Johnson Pass (Echo Summit). By May 14, 1860 the Kingsbury grade toll road over Daggett Pass and through Lake Valley was opened to horse traffic and was now used by the Pony Express. It was opened to wagon traffic on August 14, 1860. This new route saved 8.4 miles.

Genoa was always a station site. It was a home station the first five months. This is where riders lived when not in the saddle. On September 1, 1860 Carson City became the new home station. Thomas Flynn was a known Pony Express rider between Genoa and the Carson Sink Station going eastbound.