8/4/2000

8/4/2000

8/4/2000

Landmark information

  • Location:
    Ebbetts Pass on Hwy 4 (PM 18.5), 18 mi SW of Markleeville
  • Plaque:
    Other Plaque
  • Site:
    Existing
  • Date First Visited:
    8/4/2000
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    8/4/2000
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 38 32.654, W 119 48.722

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Historic Landmark
Ebbett's Pass
Named after Major John Ebbett and pointed out in 1853 to surveyor G.H. Goddard who referred to it as a "route of great promise - probably the best one for a transcontinental railway."
No emigrant train used this route but a stage road was completed here in 1864 to serve the mining region of Silver City.