Sportsman's Hall—Overland Pony Express Route in California

El Dorado County · 12 miles East of Placerville · location approximate

This was the site of Sportsman's Hall, also known as Twelve-Mile House, the hotel operated in the latter 1850's and 1860's 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) Hamliton, riding in from Placerville, handed the express mail to Warren Upson, who, two minutes later, sped on his way eastward.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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