Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road

	Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Pony Express Trail sign on Fort Churchill Road
NRHP reference No.	97001383
Added to NRHP	November 24, 1997

Fort Churchill and Sand Springs Toll Road was opened in 1866.

A segment of the toll road within Churchill County, Nevada is listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 24, 1974. This segment allowed a team of 18 mules to pull three heavily laden freight wagons across a mountain. One end of the road was located at Fort Churchill.

Running between Dayton and the former Sand Springs Pony Express Station along US 50 east of Fallon, the route provided a reliable supply route from the Comstock, Carson City and California to the centered in Austin.^[1]

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Nevada Department of Museums, Library and Arts

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^ "Nevada Department of Museums, Library and Arts". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-07-19.

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[1] "Nevada Department of Museums, Library and Arts". Archived from the original on 2006-09-23. Retrieved 2006-07-19.

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