The final station in Division Four was known as Roberts or Roberts Creek, a fact that all sources agree upon.
The Roberts Creek Station existed as one of the original Pony Express stations.
It was built in the spring of 1860 by either Bolivar Roberts’ or Howard Egan’s men.
Other stations faced Indian troubles in May 1860, but it remains unclear whether any harm came to the Roberts Creek Station.
Richard Burton definitely stated that Indians had burned the station, and workers had rebuilt only part of it by his October 10, 1860, visit.
The site at Roberts Creek also later served as a station for the telegraph and the Overland stage line, and the station appeared on the 1861 mail contract with the Overland Mail Company.
The station’s original log structure no longer exists. A log dugout stood near the site in 1981, but its relationship to the Roberts Creek Station remained unknown at that time.
Timeline
Spring 1860 – The station was established
October 10, 1860 – Richard Burton visits the area
October 26, 1861 – The operations cease after the first transcontinental telegraph was established on October 24, 1861
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