Sloughhouse

Almost every landmark in this county ends with nothing remaining. This one ends with people. Sheldon put the roadhouse up in 1850 on the road to the Amador mines and was dead within the year. The building burned in 1890 and was rebuilt inside the same year. The bronze, cast in 1957, takes the trouble to record that descendants of the community's founders were still farming the Cosumnes valley. Leland Stanford stopped here on his way through.

What the plaque says

Sloughhouse Sloughhouse, prominent hotel and stage station on the road to the Amador mines, was a favorite stopping place for travellers, notably Leland Stanford. Constructed in 1850 by Jared Dixon Sheldon, it was destroyed by fire in 1890, and rebuilt the same year. Many descendants of pioneers of the community of Sloughhouse, which developed near Sheldon's establishment, still reside in this fertile valley of the Cosumnes. Registered Historical Landmark No. 575 Plaque placed by California State Park Commission in cooperation with Liberty Parlor No. 213, Native Daughters of the Golden West, September 15, 1957

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Sacramento — 18 mi
  The Gold Rush river port that became the state capital, and jacked itself ten feet into the air to stop drowning.
• Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park — 27 mi
  The tailrace at Coloma where a carpenter found gold in January 1848 and the world came running.

More markers nearby

• Site of Grist Mill Built by Jared Dixon Sheldon — steps away
• Fifteen Mile House-Overland Pony Express Route in California — 7.4 mi
• Michigan Bar — 7.8 mi
• Coloma Road-Nimbus Dam — 9.6 mi