Last updated: September 10, 2026
Place
Yank's Station
NPS Photo
Quick Facts
Location:
Markers are at the Holiday Market shopping center, 2977 US-50, Meyers, in parking lot along US-50. GPS 38.85585 -120.01295
Significance:
Yank’s Station, at the present-day town of Meyers, California, served the Pony Express as a relay station Nov. 18, 1860-Nov. 20, 1861. It replaced Lake Valley Station on the Pony Express schedule after the route switched from Hawley’s Grade to the Johnson Pass Toll Road.
Designation:
Historic site on the Pony Express National Historic Trail.
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Amenities
5 listed
Cellular Signal, Groceries/Convenience Items, Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits, Parking - Auto, Wheelchair Accessible
Yank’s Station, at the present-day town of Meyers, California, served the Pony Express as a relay station Nov. 18, 1860-Nov. 20, 1861. Operated by Ephraim “Yank” Clement, Yank’s replaced Lake Valley Station on the Pony Express schedule when the route switched from Hawley’s Grade to the Johnson Pass Toll Road.
Yank’s Station was also a stagecoach stop, a trading post, and a busy, 3-story hostelry with a barn and large corrals. The station was destroyed by fire in November 1938.
Although nothing remains of the station and associated hostelry, several markers and a granite monument stand near the site at the edge of a shopping center off US-50.
Site Information
Location (Markers are at the Holiday Market shopping center, 2977 US-50, Meyers, in parking lot along US-50. GPS 38.85585 -120.01295)