Toll House and Toll Gate
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member New England n00b
N 42° 47.812 W 071° 58.222
19T E 257085 N 4742537
A sign noting a toll road back when even cows - yes cows - had to pay to pass on by.
Waymark Code: WMP70
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 09/02/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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Text of Marker:
A Toll House and Toll Gate stood
on this site from 1803 to 1822.
For many years droves of cattle
passed along this 3rd New Hampshire
Turnpike (Incorporated in 1799) four
rods wide running from Walpole
through Keene and Sharon toward
Boston to the Massachusetts line.

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Marker Name: Toll House and Toll Gate

Official Marker Number: 68

Marker Type: Official NH State

Marker Location: Sharon

Date Marker Established: 1970
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