6/11/2010
6/11/2010
6/11/2010
Landmark information
- Location:
On White Rock Rd, 0.2 mi E of intersection of Sunrise blvd and White Rock Rd, Rancho Cordova - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/27/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/11/2010 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 35.395, W 121 15.720
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Fifteen Mile House
Owned and operated from 1857 as a stage station by Henry E.W. Deterding, this was the site of the second remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express during March - July 1860. Here on April 4, 1860, Sam (Bill) Hamilton with the first eastward mail of the Pony Express changed ponies, with Mormon Tavern as his next stop.