Photo detail

Camera Maker Canon Camera Model Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
Aperture f/10 Exposure Value 0 EV
Exposure Program Manual Exposure Time 1/250 sec
Flash No Flash Focal Length 34 mm
ISO 400 Metering Mode Pattern
Date/Time 2008:09:25 14:25:27 Resolution Unit Inch
X Resolution 240 dots per ResolutionUnit Y Resolution 240 dots per ResolutionUnit
Exposure Mode 1 Keywords travel United States of America United States America USA US Nevada NV Washoe County history historical historic historical marker famous landmark road side highway popular Place of Interest Places of Interest Tourist Attraction Tourist Attractions Tourist Destination Tourist Destinations Travel Destination Travel Destinations tour tourism tourist attraction destination Davison M. Geiger John H. Tilton Comstock Lode Truckee Meadows Virginia Range mountain mountains hill hills hilly Dead Man's Point Robbers Roost
Caption OLD GEIGER GRADE (In Canyon Below) Constructed by 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 until replaced by the present paved highway in 1936. Concord stages, mud wagons and ten-mule freighters carried thousands of passengers and millions in precious cargo across this section of the Virginia Range and many are the tales of unpredictable winds, snows, land slides and the everlasting danger of lurking highwaymen which could be told of this precipitous stretch of road. Dead Man's Point and Robbers Roost, two of the most famous features of the road, can be seen from this marker. Nevada State Historical Marker No. 211 Reno Chapter National Society-Daughters of the American Colonists