TRANSPORTATION · HISTORICAL MARKER

Toll Road Stake

Transportation
Across the street from this location, a tree stump still contains the original stake that was used to close off passage to travelers from Grass Valley to Penn Valley. Drivers who regularly used this road had to stop here and pay the toll before the gate was opened to allow passage.
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