This was the easternmost remount station of the Central Overland Pony Express in California. Established as a trading post in 1851 by Martin Smith, it became a popular hostelry and stage stop operated by Ephraim “Yank” Clement on the Placerville-Carson Road. Pony rider Warren Upson first arrived here on the evening of April 28, 1860. After changing ponies, he galloped on to Friday’s in Nevada to deliver his mochila to Bob Haslam for the ride to Genoa. The site served as a pony remount station until October 20, 1861, and after its sale to George D. H. Meyers in 1873, its name changed to Meyers.