Cooks Station
Cooks or Cook's Station, elevation 5,000 feet, is a roadside stop on State Route 88 in Amador County in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Built in 1863 as part of the Volcano cutoff of the Carson Emigrant Trail, Cooks Station is one of two remaining "stations" on the highway among many that sprang up after the road was completed over the Carson Pass in the 1860s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caldor.
Caldor
Hamlet
Caldor was a company town in El Dorado County, California. Caldor was linked to Diamond Springs by the Diamond and Caldor Railway. The community was named for the California Door Company, which owned and operated the town. Caldor is situated 5 miles north of Cooks Station.
Cooks Station
- Type: fixed construction
- Also known as: “Cook’s Station”, “Wiley”, and “Wiley’s Station”
- Location: Amador County, Gold Country, California, United States, North America
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