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Strawberry Valley House
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heringermr
N 38° 47.720 W 120° 08.900
10S E 747663 N 4297927
California Registered Historical Landmark #707
Waymark Code: WM1HHD
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/12/2007
Views: 50
This popular resort and stopping place for stages and teams of the comstock, established by Swift and Watson in 1856, became a remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express on April 4, 1860. Here on that date, division superintendent Bolivar Roberts waited with a string of mules to help pony rider Warren Upson through the snowstrom on Echo Summit.
Marker Number: 707.00
![](/images/spacer.gif) Marker Name: STRAWBERRY VALLEY HOUSE-OVERLAND PONY EXPRESS ROUTE IN CALIFORNIA
![](/images/spacer.gif) County: El Dorado
![](/images/spacer.gif) Has Official CA Plaque: yes
![](/images/spacer.gif) Marker Dedication Date: 04/03/1960
![](/images/spacer.gif) Location: Strawberry, on Hwy 50 (P.M. 578), 8.7 mi East of Kyburz
![](/images/spacer.gif) Website: Not listed
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