Bear Creek Toll Road Ledger

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Bear Creek Toll Road Ledger

Ledger listing tolls paid by travelers on the Bear Creek Toll Road

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title: Bear Creek Toll Road Ledger, 1886-1889

creator: Schuler, Ed (Toll collector)

subject: Toll roads -- Colorado -- Jefferson County -- 19th century; Roads -- Colorado -- Jefferson County -- 19th century

description: The Bear Creek Wagon Road Company was incorporated in 1874 to operate a toll road running from Morrison in Jefferson County along Bear Creek to Hick's Mill in Clear Creek County. Responsibility for the road was handed over to the Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners in 1886 after the road washed out several times due to its location in the bed of the gulch. Ed Schuler was employed by the county as toll collector at a salary of $75 per mo. The County operated it as a toll road until 1889.This ledger lists the date, name of traveler, amount charged for toll, and total amount collected per day for passage on the toll road for the period December 27, 1886 to January 1889 while being operated by Jefferson County. At the back are lists of monthly expenses incurred for 1887. Note 1: The Commissioners seemed to have used the name Morrison & Bergen Park Toll Road interchangeably with Bear Creek Toll Road during this time.Note 2: Pages 183-184 missing.

publisher:

contributor: Jefferson County (Colo.). Board of County Commissioners

date: 1886-1889

type: Text

format: PDF; 190 pages

identifier: CoGoJCA-207

source: 1 bound volume; 32 x 20 cm (12.75 x 7.75 in)

language: en

relation:

coverage: Bear Creek (Colo.); Morrison (Colo.); Jefferson County (Colo.); 19th century

rights: This resource is the property of the Jefferson County Archives and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of this resource are asked to please credit the Jefferson County Archives. Preferred citation: Bear Creek Toll Road Ledger, 1886-1889. Series 207, Jefferson County Archives, Golden Colorado. [Reference URL]

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