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A plaque commemorating Truckee's two Chinatowns will be dedicated on May 10, 2024, 10:00 AM at 10124 Jibboom Street, Truckee, CA 96161. For more information, see https://www.truckeehistory.org/Truckees-Chinatowns.html .
The Donner Party Hike (DPH) has been offering hikes to fellow hikers, historians and people who are interested in the history of this area for 31 years. The hike started in 1992 shortly before the...
Summit Valley at Van Norden contains the largest meadow in the Yuba watershed. It is also one of the largest restoration projects undertaken by the South Yuba River Citizens’ League (SYRCL) working with the Forest...
Independence Lake is known as the jewel of the Sierra. It is unique among the lakes of the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada because it still retains all its native fish species and is...
On Saturday, August 17, 1901, the front page of the Sacramento Bee proclaimed “Six Mile Tunnel Through Sierra”. The article noted that the new tunnel would shorten the Sierra crossing by seven miles and eliminate...
Trains have historically been very safe on a per-pound-moved basis but recent events have raised concerns on the issue of trains and their safety. Truckee alone has 15 to 25 Union Pacific freight trains and...
January 13, 1952 was the third day of a major winter storm in the Sierra, with 100 mph winds and blowing snow. For the crew of the luxury diesel-powered City of San Francisco passenger train,...
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