#0705 Moore's (Riverton) - Overland Pony Express Route in California

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#0705 Moore's (Riverton) - Overland Pony Express Route in California

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W of intersection of US. Hwy 50 and Ice House Rd (P.M. 39.7)

38.771206,-120.449108

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State plaque

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Moore's (Riverton)

This was the site of a change station of the Pioneer Stage Company in the 1850s and 1860s. During 1860-1861, the Central Overland Pony Express maintained the first pony remount station east of Sportsman's Hall.

Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the James W. Marshall Chapter No. 49, E Clampus Vitus, and the Central Overland Pony Express Trail Association, April 30, 1960.

Registered 9/11/1959

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