As I am traveling back and forth over the Sierras to Shriner’s Hospital, I have been trying to check California Pony Express Stations off my list. Below is a collection of my travels until I get posts written on each station.
I wish I had started doing this when we first went to Shriner’s. Then, over sixteen years, I could have visited everything in the Sacramento area.
Sacramento Station
Five Mile/Five Mile House/Mills
Duroc Station
Mormon/Mormon Tavern/Sunrise House Station
Fifteen Mile House
El Dorado/Nevada House/Mud Springs Station
Sportsman’s Hall
Pacific House
Moores/Moss/ Riverton Station/Brockless Bridge/Mess
Webster’s/Sugar Loaf House Station
Strawberry
Woodfords
CALIFORNIA PONY EXPRESS STATIONS
- Sacramento Station
- Five Mile/Five Mile House/Mills
- Folsom Station
- Duroc Station
- Pleasant Grove House Station
- Five Mile House Station
- Diamond Springs
- Fifteen Mile House Station
- Mormon/Mormon Tavern/Sunrise House Station
- El Dorado/Nevada House/Mud Springs Station
- Placerville/Hangtown/Old Dry Diggins/Ravine City
- Sportsman’s Hall Station/Twelve Mile: Home Station
- Pacific House
- Moores/Moss/ Riverton Station/Brockless Bridge/Mess
- Webster’s/Sugar Loaf House Station
- Strawberry Station/Strawberry Valley House
- Phillips
- Hope Valley/Sorenson’s
- Yank’s Station/Meyers/Myers
- Fountain Place Station
- Woodfords
References
- Di Certo, Joseph J. The Saga of the Pony Express. Mountain Press Publishing Company, 2002.
- Hill, William E. The Pony Express Trail: Yesterday and Today. Caxton Press, 2010.
- National Park Service: Pony Express Historic Recourse Study
- Pony Express Association: California Stations
- National Pony Express Association: Nevada Stations
- Nevada Bureau Land Management. The Pony Express in Nevada. Nevada State Museum, 1996.
- Pony Express National Museum: Pony Express Riders
- River, Charles, editor. The Pony Express: The History and Legacy of American’s Most Famous Mail Service. 2013.
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