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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOU0_pelton-water-wheel_Nevada-City-CA.html
In continuous use PG&E Drum Power House No. 4, 1928-1987. Produced 18,000 HP at 257 RPM and enough electrical power for 16,000 households. 12 ft. diameter, weight 15 tons. Built in San Francisco by Pelton Company. A constitutional bicentennial gif…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOTY_robinson-plaza_Nevada-City-CA.html
Nevada City Commemorative Marker #6ROBINSON PLAZA Named for Beryl P. Robinson, Jr.
Born in Nevada City September 13, 1935
City Councilman-City Manager
On July 1, 1999, Beryl Robinson Jr. became the longest-serving city manager in state…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOTX_old-brick-gothic-building_Nevada-City-CA.html
Historic Old Brick Gothic Building constructed as a congregational church in 1857. Restored by First Baptist Church. Dedicated by Laurel Parlor No. 6 Native Daughters of the Golden West April 13, 1987
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOT9_saint-canice-catholic-church_Nevada-City-CA.html
Historic Saint Canice Catholic Church was built and first services held during 1864 under the guidance of Father John GrifinPlaque placed October 6, 1965 by Laurel Parlor No. 6 and Hydraulic Parlor No. 56 Native Daughters and Sons of the Golden West
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOT8_pioneer-emigrant-trail_Nevada-City-CA.html
This boulder was known to the pioneers as the Indian Medicine Stone. On its top are hollows in which the Indians lay while taking sun baths to cure their ills. One branch of the Emigrant Trail leading from Truckee Pass to the gold mines of Nevada …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOT7_ten-stamp-mill_Nevada-City-CA.html
"Six tall, upright rods of iron, as large as a man's ankle, and heavily shod with a mass of iron and steel at their lower ends.." So begins Mark Twain's description of a Nevada stamp mill. "...These rose and fell, one after the other, in a pondero…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFLM_donner-pass_Truckee-CA.html
For thousands of years, people have crossed the Sierra Nevada near this place called Donner Pass.
Traveling by foot, wagon, train or automobile, the journey has always been challenging.
By FootLong before it's "discovery" by Euro-Americans, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFLI_stephens-townsend-murphy-party-of-1844_Truckee-CA.html
On May 22, 1844, this small wagon party of 50 men, women and children "jumped off" from Council Bluffs, Iowa, bound for California. These courageous pioneers were the first emigrants to take wagons over the Sierra Nevada, opening the Truckee Route…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFLF_china-wall-of-the-sierra_Truckee-CA.html
Charles Crocker, Construction Chief of the Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR), contracted for a workforce of approximately 12,000 Chinese laborers to push the CPRR tracks over its Trans-Sierra Crossing on its race east to a meet with the Union Pacifi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFLB_truckee_Truckee-CA.html
While construction on Sierra tunnels delayed Central Pacific, advance forces at Truckee began building forty miles of track east and west of Truckee moving all supplies by wagon and sled. Summit Tunnel was opened in December, 1867. The line reache…