Editing Poway, California (section)

===Transportation===
Poway's transportation history parallels that of the rest of early California. In 1888, the first stagecoach began to serve the towns from San Diego to Escondido, including Poway. The stage made one stop in town, at the Poway Post Office, and also delivered mail to the farmers who would wait along the road for its arrival. The men would trot alongside the coach and inquire as to the state of the mail and thus receive letters without requiring it to stop. Eight to ten passengers could accompany the stagecoach on its three-day journey for a modest $1.00 fee, or purchase a round trip for the bargain price of $1.50. The route itself, though not treacherous when passing through Poway, did pose a significant challenge to the team and driver at various points. Windy mountain trails often caused the stage to turn over, spilling both mail and passengers onto the rocky turf. The city of San Diego discontinued the stage line in 1912, when the advent of the automobile facilitated an easier and less time-consuming method of mail delivery. Poway established a County Road Station in 1920 to oil and maintain the roads so that automobiles could use them with ease. The road station remained in operation until 1961, when Poway achieved an 80% paved road rate. To this day, though, the town still boasts a number of dirt roads, for use by cars, horses, bikes, and pedestrians. Portions of what is currently Pomerado Road, a major north–south artery, were once [[U.S. Route 395 in California]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.floodgap.com/roadgap/395/old/u4/ | title=Floodgap Roadgap &ndash; Old Highway 395, Part 4: Pomerado Road/Historic Route US 395 in Poway and Rancho Bernardo (1935-1950), Lake Hodges Crossing and Old Highway Trail (1935-1955)}}</ref>