Three-quarters of a mile northwest from this point is the original Virginia Dale, a famous stage station on the overland route to California from 1862 to 1867. It was established by Joseph A. "Jack" Slade and named for his wife, Virginia. It was located on the Cherokee Trail of 1849 and was a favorite campground for emigrants. Vice President Colfax and his party were detained here by Indian raids in 1865. Robert J. Spotswood replaced Slade.