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ST.GEORGE HOTELDedicated March 19, 2005SACRAMENTOByJames StreetskyFirst Northern BankThe Firehouse RestaurantRotary Club of SacramentoBurnett & Sons Planing Milland Lumber Co. - Since 1869Sacramento MetropolitanChamber of CommercePony Express Trail Association
[A list of donors is on the bottom of the base.]
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The St. George Hotel was on this corner with the main entrance on Fourth Street.
The following ad ran on March 19, 1860 in the Sacramento Union Newspaper.
"Men Wanted!The undersigned wishes to hire ten or a dozen men, familiar with the management of horses, as hostlers or riders on the Overland Express Route via Salt Lake City. Wages, $50 per month and found. I may be found at the St. George Hotel during Sunday, Monday and Tuesday.
William W. Finney"
This was the only ad ever run for Pony Express riders. On March 20, the Sacramento Union reported "We understand that about two hundred men have responded to the advertisement of the agent, Mr. Finney, for Post Riders on the Overland Express. The requisite number have been engaged."
[A list of donors is on the bottom of the base.]
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