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The Lafayette House station site stood on the southwest corner of Mt. Diablo Boulevard and Moraga Road. Called the Lafayette House, it was operated by N.P. Lake, who ran an advertisement on April 28, 1860 stating that good stables were attached to the premises. The Pony Express route followed today's Mt. Diablo Boulevard and the freeway through Orinda, then went up Fish Ranch Road. From there it followed the streets of Claremont, Telegraph, and Broadway to the wharf in Oakland, where the ferry Oakland was taken to San Francisco.
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Lafayette, California · United States
