Adventure 051, Site 114 – Pony Express – El Dorado

Capture California, the Game-2012

Adventure: 051, Site 114 – Pony Express – El Dorado

California Landmark Number: 700

Team: Thing One, Thing Two

Date:  September 27, 2012

Location:

Latitude: 38° 40.949′ N

Longitude: 120° 50.921′ W

Address: SW corner of Pleasant Valley Rd near Church St, El Dorado

Description:

When Thing One and Thing Two got here, there was not much to look at. There is the plaque and that is about it. So we took a picture of another Pony Express monumnet and moved on.

NO. 700 EL DORADO-NEVADA HOUSE (MUD SPRINGS) -OVERLAND PONY EXPRESS ROUTE IN CALIFORNIA - Trading post, emigrant stop, and mining camp of the 1850s, this became one of the remount stations of the Central Overland Pony Express. On April 13, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton changed horses here at the Nevada House while carrying the first westbound mail of the Pony Express from St. Joseph, Missouri to Sacramento.
Location: SW corner of Pleasant Valley Rd near Church St, El Dorado



References:

• Wikipedia
  
• Noehill
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB.org)
  
• Waymarking
  

Overall Landmark References:

• David Schmitt's California State Historical Landmark (Schmitt)
  
• Wikipedia: California's National Landmarks (WCNL)
  
• State of California's California Historical Landmarks (CHL)
  
• Wikipedia: California State Landmarks (WCSL)
  
• State of California Historical Resources (CHR)
  
• Noehill (NOE)
  
• Historical Marker Database (HMDB)
  
• WayMarking (WAY)