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.