St. Helena Toll Road and Bull Trail

Lake County · 0.25 mile south of Middletown · location approximate

The old bull trail ran from Napa Valley to Middletown. It was built by volunteers in the 1850's. A number of the grades were 35 percent. It was an official road in 1861 and abandoned in 1868. St. Helena Toll Road also ran from same points. Was completed in 1868. The grades ran to 12 percent.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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