Three days after the Gold Run Road Company was organized, H.C. Stockton proposed a Honey Lake Black Rock Toll Road. His one page description of his road was quite vague to say the least. He proposed his new road starting at Wall Spring, and instead of following the old road and going around the base of the Granite Mountains, much like today’s road, he dreamed up some route over these rugged mountains. Like the Gold Run Road Company, after he had his claim recorded in Humboldt County, Nevada on March 2, 1866, nothing ever materialized.
Stockton is a colorful character of Lassen, and more on him in future posts.