Webster's (Sugar Loaf House) - Overland Pony Express Route in California
California State Historic Landmark 706
12/27/95
#706 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.
Nothing remains of this site.
On Hwy 50 (PM 48.0), 1.0 mi W of Kyburz.
Return to other landmarks in El Dorado county.
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