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Jacobsville Pony Express station and first Lander County seat
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Gold
Coins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesAlso reported: Large and Indian Head cents, cartridge cases, square nails, harness hardware, bottles.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain).
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Why this spot
1859-1864 mail, Pony Express and county seat stop
Reese River Station was a mail station and then a Pony Express stop in 1860 to 1861, and the silver strike in nearby Pony Canyon in 1862 made Jacobsville the provisional Lander County seat. In 1863 it had 300 to 400 people, two hotels, three stores and a courthouse, but the seat moved to Austin that September and the site fell to a single farmhouse.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
river bank, highway
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