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Webster's (Sugar Loaf House)—Overland Pony Express Route in California

Webster's (Sugar Loaf House)—Overland Pony Express Route in California is a California Historical Landmark in El Dorado County.

1 mile West of Kyburz · location approximate

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This was the site of Webster's Sugar Loaf House, well-known stopping place during the Comstock rush. Beginning in April 1860, it was used as a remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express. In 1861 it became a horse change station for pioneer stage companies and the Overland Mail.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document.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 ↗

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1859 · Map of the Public Surveys in California, 1859 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1863 · DeGroot's Map Of Nevada Territory. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · The Central Part of the State of California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1866 · Central California. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1883 · 56B. Parts Of Eastern California And Western Nevada. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

56B. Parts Of Eastern California And Western Nevada, 1883, covering the location of Webster's (Sugar Loaf House)—Overland Pony Express Route in California, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — 56B. Parts Of Eastern California And Western Nevada, 1883, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours and the location is approximate.

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

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