#698 - Fifteen Mile House
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frivlas
N 38° 35.391 W 121° 15.718
10S E 651369 N 4272695
This marker is set in a lot next to a fence at the corner of Gold Valley and White Rock in Rancho Cordova.
Waymark Code: WMMKF
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/18/2006
Views: 47
Owned and operated from 1857 as a stage station by Henry F. W. Deterding, this was the site of the second remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express during March-July 1860. Sam (Bill) Hamilton, carrying the first eastward mail of the Pony Express, changed ponies here on April 4, 1860.
Not much more than a small lot with the marker outside of a fence today.
Marker Number: 698.00
Marker Name: FIFTEEN MILE HOUSE-OVERLAND PONY EXPRESS ROUTE IN CALIFORNIA
County: Sacramento
Has Official CA Plaque: yes
Marker Dedication Date: 04/07/1960
Location:
White Rock & Gold Valley Rds, 0.2 mi E of intersection of Sunrise Blvd and White Rock Rd, Rancho Cordova
Website: [Web Link]
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