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Toll Roads, Turnpikes, Bridges & Hotels - The Early Days of Nevada County (1978) (53 pages)
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1860
AIRLINE TURNPIKE
Incorporated Nov. 1860. Bk of Incorps. Pg. 72. Commencing, Nevada City in
street leading west from Nevada Foundry, down street to bank of Deer Creek
and across to Stocking Flat on left side of Creek, on to Pleasant Flat and to
Becknell’s Flat, on past Boyer’s Dam to mouth of Slate Creek opposite
McCoy’s Mill, thence up McCoy’s Road to intersection with road from
Nevada to Sacramento & Marysville—being 5 2 miles—on to bridge in town
of Rough & Ready.
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1860
1856/9/181862
1866
(NT)
ALPHA TO WASHINGTON
Incorporated Nov. 1856. Bk. Of Incorps. Pgs 14 & 38.
Approved by Bd. Of Supervisors.
Skillman Flat Toll Rd. Alpha to Washington, Skillman & Co. Valuation
$1,000 Assessor’s Rolls
Application to renew license for Alpha-Washington Turnpike, Jan. 9, 1866.
Henry Korte & Co.
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BACKBONE TOLL ROAD (BLOODY RUN)
1855/1/24/ND Public notice is hereby given that the undersigned will apply in Feb. for
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1862
1864
1866/2/6
1867
1870
1874
License to set up & keep a Toll bridge across the Middle Yuba between
Bloody Run & Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Dated 12/28/1854 — Michael & Patrick
Burns.
Toll / Rd & Bridge License renewed. Supervisors’ Minutes.
Assessor’s Rolls: Toll Rd commencing at Backbone Ridge running to
Woolsey’s Flat incl. Toll House, Bridge, Etc. Valuation $1,400.
Toll Rd from Backbone to Woolsey's Flat — Fox & Merryman
License renewal. Supervisors' Minutes.
Assessor's Rolls: Merriman, A. — Toll Road from Backbone Crossing, Bloody
Run, to Moore's Flat. Valuation $1,000.
Assessor's Rolls: Merriman, A. — Toll Road from Woolsey's to Backbone
Ridge. Valuation $1,000.
Bloody Run Toll Road sold to Nevada County for $5... About 3 miles long
from Backbone Ridge to village of Woolsey's Flat. DS 48-241.
1858-1861 County Toll Bridge License paid, 1858 $111.37; 1859 not listed;
1860 $183.75; 1861 $150. Fox & Merryman