Mandlebaum and Klauber’s Store stood at this site in Genoa, where its proprietors served as agents for the Pony Express Route and Wells, Fargo and Co. Genoa was always a Pony Express station site and served as the original home station from April 3, 1860, to August 30, 1860, with riders living there when not in the saddle, then as a relay station from September 1, 1860, to November 20, 1861, after Carson City became the new home station. The original Pony Express route from April 3, 1860, to May 13, 1860, ran from Genoa to Woodfords and then over Luther Pass and Johnson Pass, also known as Echo Summit. By May 14, 1860, the Kingsbury Grade Toll Road over Daggett Pass and through Lake Valley had opened to horse traffic and was adopted by the Pony Express, and it opened to wagon traffic on August 14, 1860. This new route saved 8.4 miles. Thomas Flynn was a known Pony Express rider on the eastbound run between Genoa and Carson Sink Station.