6/12/2020
6/12/2020
6/12/2020
6/12/2020
Landmark information
- Location:
On frontage road adjacent to Hwy 50 (PM 1.5), take Silva Valley Parkway/White Rock Rd exit, then right on Clarksville Crossing Rd, then W 0.3 mi on Joerger Cutoff Rd to plaque (opposite PG&E substation). - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/27/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/12/2020 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 39.358, W 121 3.570
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Mormon Tavern
At this site on the old Clarksville-White Rock emigrant road was Mormon Tavern, constructed in 1849, and enlarged and operated by Franklin Winchell in 1851. A popular stop for teams and stages, it became a remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here, on April 4, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton changed horses on the first trip eastward of the Pony Express.