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.