Camera Maker | Canon | Camera Model | Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III |
Aperture | f/5.6 | Exposure Value | 0 EV |
Exposure Program | Manual | Exposure Time | 1/250 sec |
Flash | Compulsory Flash | Focal Length | 35 mm |
ISO | 100 | Metering Mode | Pattern |
Date/Time | 2010:02:28 14:31:12 | Resolution Unit | Inch |
X Resolution | 240 dots per ResolutionUnit | Y Resolution | 240 dots per ResolutionUnit |
Exposure Mode | 1 | Keywords | travel United States of America United States America USA US California CA history historical historic historical marker famous landmark road side highway popular Place of Interest Places of Interest Tourist Attraction Tourist Attractions Tourist Destination Tourist Destinations Travel Destination Travel Destinations tour tourism tourist attraction destination Sign Signs American Day Daytime Historical Sites Vertical Education Historical Site Marker Markers Outdoor Outdoors Outside Road Road Signs Roadside Roadsign Sacramento County Sacramento Old Sacramento B.F. Hastings Building Pony Express Wells Fargo Sacramento Valley Railroad Alta Telegraph Co. California State Telegraph Co. Central Overland Pony Express |
Caption | B. F. HASTINGS BUILDING (WESTERN TERMINUS OF THE PONY EXPRESS)- This structure, erected in 1852-53, was occupied during the 1850s by the B. F. Hastings Bank, Wells Fargo and Co., various state officials, Sacramento Valley Railroad, and the Alta Telegraph Co. During April 1860-May 1861, the Alta Telegraph Co. and its successor, the California State Telegraph Co., were the agents here for the Central Overland Pony Express, owned and operated by the firm of Russell, Majors, and Waddell. From this historic site the first overland journey eastward of the Pony Express was begun on April 4, 1860. California Registered Historical Landmkar No. 606 Plaque dedicated by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with the Sacramento Historic Landmarks Commission, the Sacramento County Historical Society, the California Historical Society, and the Grand Parlos, Native Sons and Native Daughters of the Golden West. Centennial Year 1960. |