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Pioneer Gets a First Report

Antelope Creek Drainage, Pioneer (9/29/19) Lyle Gordon

Color spotter Lyle Gordon scores a First Report for Pioneer, which until now had been bypassed.

Lyle found bigleaf maples just starting along Antelope Creek at 3,700′.

Pioneer is one of those places that has generated its own pseudo history. Pioneer Station, a rest stop along CA-88, is often thought to have been a Pony Express station, but it never was.

The Pony Express route traveled through El Dorado County, to Amador’s north. Instead, the rest stop was established in 1925, long after the Pony Express ceased to exist.

Still, it is a favorite place to eat for travelers driving CA-88. And now, Pioneer gains true history as the first sighting of fall color this year in Amador County.

  • Antelope Creek Drainage, Pioneer (3,700′) – Just Starting (0-10%)
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