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In 1858, the Santa Cruz Turnpike Company awarded Charles Henry “Mountain Charlie” McKiernan and Hiram Scott a $6000 contract to build a road. Running from the Scott house in what is now Scotts Valley to the summit, it later became known as the McKiernan Toll Road. On August 27, 1878, it became part of the Santa Cruz County road system when the Santa Cruz Board of Supervisors issued a warrant for $600.00 to Charles McKiernan in consideration of his abandonment of it.
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