Tollgate, c. 1915 1

Tollgate, c. 1915 1

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Six, unidentified men stand in front of the toll gate for which the area was named. Written on sign above gate: "Woodward Wagon Road Co." and the various "Toll Rates." Written on sign to the right: "Beckwith Motor Co. - Chalmers, Moon and Apperson Cars - Winther Trucks - [on] Alder St. [in] Walla Walla, Wash." Also advertised: "Meals, oil cans [and] tobacco." Information included with photograph: "The toll gate stood where the dam i[s] now located. Stock pens were situated at the top of the little rise. The tree at the forks of the road stands today, a much taller tree but definitely the same one."

Anonymous

1910/1920

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