Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road

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Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Added to NRHP: November 24, 1997
NRHP Reference#: 97001383
Governing body: Bureau of Land Management

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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  1. ^ Nevada Department of Museums, Library and Arts
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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 • 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
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