The Cajon Pass: A Little History...

Perhaps not too shockingly, a number of cattlemen were actually bypassing the toll-house by taking a route that ran through the western valley.  There, these men would take Sanford’s road (the reader will recall that Sanford’s Road was used by those who paid “subscription” fees, hence, there was no toll-house) which merged with Brown’s road beyond the toll-house.  The ignored toll-house was located in the “upper narrows.”  The solution, of course, was to build a toll-house in the “lower narrows.”