6/12/2020
Landmark information
- Location:
SW corner of Pleasant Valley Rd near Church St, El Dorado - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
12/27/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
6/12/2020 - GPS Coordinates:
N 38 40.951, W 120 50.923
About this landmark
Plaque text:
El Dorado (Mud Springs)
Trading post, emigrant stop, and mining camp of the 1850's, this became one of the remount stations of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here at the Nevada House on April 13, 1860, Pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton changed horses while carrying the first west-bound mail of the Pony Express from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California.