Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road


Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Pony Express Trail sign on Fort Churchill Road
NRHP Reference #	97001383
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1997

Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road was opened in 1866.

A segment of the toll road within Churchill County, Nevada is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1974. This segment allowed a team of 18 mules to pull three heavily laden freight wagons across a mountain. One end of the road was located at Fort Churchill.

Running between Dayton and the former Sand Springs Pony Express Station along US 50 east of Fallon, the route provided a reliable supply route from the Comstock, Carson City and California to the Reese River Mining District centered in Austin.^[1]

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National Register of Historic Places in Churchill County, Nevada

Carson River Diversion Dam Churchill County Courthouse Churchill County Jail Cold Springs Pony Express Station Ruins Cold Springs Station Site Fallon City Hall Fallon Post Office Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road Grimes Point Harmon School Hazen Store Holy Trinity Episcopal Church Humboldt Cave Lahontan Dam and Power Station Lovelock Cave Oats Park Grammar School Robert L. Douglass House Sand Springs Pony Express Station Stillwater Marsh

National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada Nevada State Historic Places by county

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