6/12/2020

6/12/2020

6/12/2020

6/12/2020

Landmark information

  • Location:
    On frontage road adjacent to Hwy 50 (PM 1.5), take Silva Valley Parkway/White Rock Rd exit, then right on Clarksville Crossing Rd, then W 0.3 mi on Joerger Cutoff Rd to plaque (opposite PG&E substation).
  • Plaque:
    Official State Plaque
  • Site:
    Nothing Remains
  • Date First Visited:
    12/27/1995
  • Date Most Recently Visited:
    6/12/2020
  • GPS Coordinates:
    N 38 39.358, W 121 3.570

About this landmark

Plaque text:

Mormon Tavern
At this site on the old Clarksville-White Rock emigrant road was Mormon Tavern, constructed in 1849, and enlarged and operated by Franklin Winchell in 1851. A popular stop for teams and stages, it became a remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express. Here, on April 4, 1860, pony rider William (Sam) Hamilton changed horses on the first trip eastward of the Pony Express.