Boyd Toll Road
"Thousands of commuters whiz up and down this freeway everyday without a glance of this marker. And really ... who can blame them? The Carson Valley Freeway is a raceway without a smidgeon of signage this marker is dusted. Still, sitting here, it's easy to imagine this same line of transportation paved in dreams of gold." -- August 2007
![[124]](http://www.nv-landmarks.com/Landmark%20Photos/do/shl124.jpg)
| Along US 395, 2.4 miles north of Minden |
38.982941, -119.779269Original Date Visited: 8/24/07
Signed: No
Notes: Marker 124 can be accessed only from the northbound lanes of US 395. Plan on heading straight to Minden and make a U-turn at the first stoplight which is the intersection with SR 88. This will get you back northbound on the freeway. With no signage whatsoever, this one is incredibly easy to miss and distinguishable by a lone tree on the freeway shoulder. You'll see this tree long before you spot the marker. Good luck!
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Exact Description:
William H. Boyd was granted a Utah Territory Franchise December 19, 1861, to provide a road to join Genoa to the Cradlebaugh Toll Road, the trunkline to the mining district of Esmeralda. Boyd's Toll Road is still visible to the northwest and southeast from this marker.
When the telegraph line from Placerville through Genoa was strung along it in 1863, the Boyd Road was also called "Telegraph Road." It was purchased by Douglas County from Henry Van Sickle and Lawrence Gilman in 1876 for $2,650.
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- 123 - Cradlebaugh Bridge - 207 - Carson Valley Nevada Towns: Genoa
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