Rock Creek

Rock Creek (HM19PA)

Location: Fallon, NV 89406 Churchill County
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Country: United States of America
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N 39° 23.543', W 117° 51.176'

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(Cold Springs Station)

In its day, an important stagecoach stop on John Butterfield's (1861-1866) and Wells, Fargo & Company's (1866-1869) Overland Mail & Stage Company's historic line along the Simpson route between Salt Lake City and Genoa, Nevada. Fresh horses, blacksmith services, and wagon-repair facilities were available here.

The Pony Express Cold Springs station was constructed in 1860 on the sagebrush bench eastward across the highway.

To the north are the ruins of a telegraph repeater and maintenance station which serviced the segment of the Overland Telegraph—Pacific Telegraph Company's pioneer transcontinental line, which was completed between Sacramento and Omaha in 1861. The line was abandoned in August 1869. The coming of the transcontinental railroad and its parallel telegraph line along the Humboldt River to the north spelled the demise of both the telegraph line and the stage route here.
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HM NumberHM19PA
Series This marker is part of the Pony Express National Historic Trail series
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Marker Number83
Placed ByDivision of Historic Preservation and Archaeology and Austin Chamber of Commerce
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Tuesday, September 30th, 2014 at 5:21pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)11S E 426552 N 4360668
Decimal Degrees39.39238333, -117.85293333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 39° 23.543', W 117° 51.176'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds39° 23' 32.58" N, 117° 51' 10.56" W
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Area Code(s)775
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 50715-50793 Lincoln Highway, Fallon NV 89406, US
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