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Sportsman's Hall, Overland Pony Express Route in California

5622 Old Pony Express Trail, Cedar Grove, CA , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 38° 45' 10.476", -120° 36' 28.62"
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This was the site of Sportsman's Hall, also known as Twelve-Mile House, the hotel operated in the latter 1850s and 1860s by John and James Blair. A stopping place for stages and teams of the Comstock, it became a relay station of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here, at 7:40 a.m., April 4, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton rode in from Placerville and handed the express mail to Warren Upson, who two minutes later sped on his way eastward.

Last updated: 2/15/2016 21:05:00
 
   
 
 
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