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Roberts Creek Station (Willow Creek)
(Sheawit Creek) (Leopold District)

DIRECTIONS: From Eureka, head west on U.S. 50 for 15 miles. Exit right and follow for 13.5 miles to Roberts Creek Station.

"Roberts Creek was named for Bolivar Roberts, the division superintendent of the Pony Express. The station tender was Peter Neece. He had many conflicts with the Indians and killed two of them in one battle. Newspapers and magazines arrived at the station only twice a year, making the life of the tender a lonely one. John Fisher, later to become a prominent judge, was a Pony Express rider between Salt Lake and Roberts Creek. When the Overland Stage and the Pony Express stopped running, Roberts Creek became a successful ranching operation, and it is still active.

Some mining took place near Roberts Creek. The Leopold Mining District was established by two men named Roberts and Tucker. In 1870 the men located the O'Dair Mine, which produced small amounts of ore with values in silver, lead, and copper until 1872, when this activity ceased. The last mining activity in the district took place in 1877. In April of that year a man named Gallagher worked two mines, the Levan and the Richmond #2, but very little production was realized. Soon the district was abandoned for good. Nothing marks the site today. At Roberts Creek, nothing from the Pony Express era remains, although some old log structures are left. These remains are from a later period, possibly the Overland Stage era of the 1860s."

 

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