6/11/2010
Landmark information
- Location:
On Hwy 50 (PM 48.0), 1.0 mi W of Kyburz - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/27/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/11/2010 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 46.208, W 120 18.758
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Webster's (Sugar Loaf House)
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 Companys and overland mail.