Stockstore Station was constructed in 1865 as a trading post. The Stockton brothers purchased the station soon after its opening and the name was changed to Stockton Well.
The station was important due to it’s location at the junction of five emigrant trails including the Carson River Route, Carson Humboldt toll road and Ramsey Cutoff. Stockton Well would become one of the more successful station stops and was the largest station east of Virginia City headed toward Humboldt.
Trails West marker
in the field.
Today, little remains of the station. The location is fenced to protect the site. Stockton Well is a quick stop if driving on Highway 50 east of Dayton. Desert Well Station, which served briefly as a Pony Express station, is nearby.
I visited Stockton well with Hubby and my friend Steve. We made a loop and visited Susan’s Bluff, Fort Churchill, Buckland’s and Desert Well.
Visited 2-21-2021
References
- E. Clampus Vitus: Stockton Well
- Fey, Marshall. Emigrant Trails: The Long Road to California, A history and Guide to the Emigrant Routes from Central Nevada to Crossing the Sierra. Nevada Publication, 2019. Pages 129
- Nevada Expeditions: Stockton Well
- Paher, Stanley. Nevada Ghost Towns and Mining Camps. Nevada Publications, 1970. Page 77.
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