Carson City
Original Station
[Front of Marker:]
Dedicated April 12, 1996
Carson City
Original Station
Apr. 3, 1860 - Nov. 20, 1861
by
Byron L. & Peggy Clark & Family
Bob & Tina McFadden
Mae & Jim Thorpe
The Bike Smith
Betty Young & Erica Young
Pony Express Trail Association
[Sponsors:]
Joseph L. Schroeder ?
Bud & Gayle Klette ?
Laughlin Associates, Inc ?
Capitol Ford Mercuty ?
Nevada Commission on Tourism ?
Dean G. Barnett & Betsey M. Barnett ?
Lt. Gov. Lonnie Hammargren, M.D. ?
Richard Newell Davis ?
Great Basin Art Gallery ?
Nevada Appeal ?
Creative Copies ?
Stewart Title
[Rear of Marker:]
Located just 73 feet north was the office of the Pony Express for its entire 19 month history. The stables were located just west on the NE corner of Curry (Ormsby) and Third Streets.
The original telegraph was in “Fleishhacker’s” Store at the NW corner of Carson and Musser. It was moved to this corner in August of 1861 in “Treadwell’s” Store and next to the Pony Express office.
The first eastbound trip of the Pony Express left from San Francisco, California at 3:45 P.M. on April 3, 1860. It arrived here on the evening of April 4, at 8:30 P.M.
The first westbound trip left St. Joseph, Missouri on April 3, 1860 at 7:15 P.M. It arrived here on April 12 at 3:30 P.M. Carson City was now only 9 days from receiving Eastern correspondence.
1996 Joe Cardone
Additional Sponsors:
John Anderson Construction ? Exotic Car Audio ? Carson Medical Group ? PIP Printing ?
Great Western Security ? Soulam Photography ? Wetzel Family ? Andy E. Ryder ? City of Carson City ? Bentley & Monica Brooks ? M&M Muffler & Auto Center ?
R & K Blasius, Inc. ? Shaw & Patricia Mudge ? Henricksen Family
Marker is on Carson Street (Business U.S. 395), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
