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*HM 211*


-- Old Geiger Grade (In Canyon Below) --

Location: Washoe County, Virginia Range
Directions: Along SR 341, 2.4 miles N of Geiger Summit
** BICENTENNIAL MARKER **

Location: 3
Visibility: 1
Accessibility: 1
Marker type: St (L)
   

Date Conquered: 7/9/07
Nearest Intersection: Toll Rd.
Quick Description: A marker remembering the famous toll road connecting Virginia City to the Truckee Meadows.
Signed: Yes -- Signed on both lanes of SR 341.

#211 is the historical marker CLOSEST to a county line.

#211 with its view of Mt. Rose, the highest point in Washoe County. Even at mid-June, Mt. Rose is looking a little bleak with white stuff.

Full Description:
Exact description as reads...

Constructed by Davison M. Geiger and John H. Tilton in 1862, this old toll road was the most direct connection between the Comstock Lode and the Truckee Meadows until 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 and many are the tales of unpredictable winds, snows, land slides and the everlasting danger of lurking highwaymen which could be told of this precipitous stretch of road. Dead Man's Point and Robbers Roost, two of the most famous features of the road, can be seen from this marker.

Here's the interesting part:
Although SR 341 lies within Storey County, the turnout and the marker (shown below) barely happen to scrape the Washoe line!

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