Constructed by Davidson M. Geiger and John H. Tilton in 1862, this old toll road was the most direct connection between the Comstock Lode and Truckee Meadows until it was replaced by the present paved highway in 1936. Concord stages, mud wagons, and ten-mule freighters carried thousands of passengers and millions in precious cargo across this section of the Virginia Range, where unpredictable winds, snows, landslides, and the constant danger of lurking highwaymen marked this precipitous stretch of road. Dead Man’s Point and Robber’s Roost were two of its most famous features.