Monday, November 8, 2010

Downieville and Sierra City Stage Lines In Sierra County

Downieville Stage-Courtesy of the California State Library
The Downieville stage from Marysville to Downieville was owned by Dan T. Cole, Warren Green, and John Sharp. Mr. Cole was also the owner of the Mountain House stage stop at the top of Henness Pass road. The distance from Marysville to Downieville was 65 miles and they were running 24 four horses constantly.
Downieville Stage in Front of the Sierra City Grocery
Weir & Mead owned the route from Downieville to Sierra City which was a distance of 12 miles.


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