Brushed metal plaque № 48994
Reno, NV, United States
Old Geiger Grade. Marker damaged by collision. Placed on priority repair list 2017.In the canyon below is the Old Geiger Grade road. Constructed by Dr 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, un
til replaced by the present, New Deal-era highway in 1936.Concord stages, mud wagons, and ten-mule freighters carried thousands of passengers and millions of dollars in precious cargo across this sect
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