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Travelers and miners apparently headed out L Street from Sacramento, the approximate alignment of present day Folsom Blvd., along a plank, or macadam, road that ended at present day Bradshaw Road.

Brighton, also called Five Mile Station, was the site of three inns.

One inn, the Magnolia House, established in 1849, was the first stop on the Pony Express Route.

The location is today marked by the old Brighton Station building, visible on the south side of Folsom Boulevard where the overpasses for Highway 50 and the light rail are located.

One closer stop, at four miles, was known as Hoboken or Norristown, in the vicinity of CSUS.

The old Perkins building, where the Jackson Highway leaves Folsom Boulevard, and Manlove were both locations for way stations.