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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T1J_the-pony-express-historical_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
The Pony Express originated in 1860, when our nation was divided and civil war threatened. Communication between California and Washington DC took months. Although the Pony Express existed little more than 18 months, it played a major role in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7L_logging-in-el-dorado-county_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
By the end of the war with Mexico in 1847, California's non-native population was a mere 15,000. The 49ers pushed the population of El Dorado County beyond 20,000 by 1850. As winter approached, the minors replaced their tents and shanties with woo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7K_the-california-gold-rush_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
The California gold rush followed Captain John Sutter's logging effort in the Coloma valley. On January 24, 1848, James W. Marshall found gold in the tail-race at Sutter's Mill. This discovery incited the greatest migration of mankind in history t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7J_bullion-bend-robbery_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
On June 30, 1864, two Pioneer Line coaches were stopped at gunpoint on the Pony Express Trail at a sharp bend on the trail forever to be known as Bullion Bend in Pollock Pines. Both coaches were robbed by a band of Confederate irregulars, all memb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7I_the-mormon-emigrant-trail_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
Shortly after James W Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, his Mormon laborers were re-called to the Great Salt Lake Valley, Utah. On April, 9, 1848, a plan was devised to cut a wagon trail through the uncharted Sierra Nevada frontier. The t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM13BU_moores-riverton_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
This was the site of a change station of the Pioneer Stage Company in the 1850's and 1860's. During 1860-1861, the Central Overland Pony Express maintained here the first pony remount station east of Sportsman's Hall.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFC4_riverton-bridge_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
These stone obelisks are all that's left of the original four that once stood on the corners of the stone arch bridge spanning the American River from 1900 to 1930.
This monument erected by Caltrans District 3 History Committee and the Californ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM91A_in-memory-of-the-bravery-of-our-pioneer-officers_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
Scene of the robbery of two coaches of the Pioneer Stage Line running between Virginia City, Nevada, and Sacramento, California, on the night of June 30, 1864, at about ten o'clock. Perpetrated by a gang of fourteen men, eight sacks of bullion and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5CZ_jenkinson-lake_Pollock-Pines-CA.html
Honoring Walter E. Jenkinson our fellow citizen who dedicated his life to this project which brought water to our city and fertile lands.
Dedicated by Rotary Club of Pollock Pines 1990