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Home California El Dorado County County Kyburz Strawberry Valley House, Overland Pony Express Route in California

Strawberry Valley House, Overland Pony Express Route in California

Strawberry, on Hwy 50 (P.M. 578), 8.7 mi E of Kyburz , Kyburz, CA , USA

Latitude & Longitude: 38° 47' 6.54", -120° 12' 50.1444"
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This popular resort and stopping place for stages and teams of the Comstock, established by Swift and Watson in 1856, became a remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here on April 4, 1860, Division Superintendent Bolivar Roberts waited with a string of mules to help pony rider Warren Upson through the snowstorm on Echo Summit.

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