Transportation
In 1860-1861, Pony Express riders traveling from Sacramento to the San Francisco terminus usually rode river steamers, but 20 times they took an overland route because the steamers did not run on Sundays and occasionally the riders were late. On those trips, they came through Benicia, went by ferry to Martinez, then continued to Orinda and Oakland on the way to San Francisco.
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