Squaw Valley, California
One thousand competitors from 34 nations came to Squaw Valley to compete in the VIII Olympic Winter Games of 1960. The Games, brought here by Alexander C. Cushing, commemorated a century of sport skiing in America. By 1860 mining towns in the Sierra Nevada, particularly Whiskey Diggings, Poker Flat, Port Wine, Onion Valley, La Porte, and Johnsville, saw the first organized ski clubs and competition in the western hemisphere.| HM Number | HMFJU |
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| Tags | |
| Marker Number | 724 |
| Year Placed | 1960 |
| Placed By | California State Park Commission, California Historical Society and the Organizing Committe - VIII Olympic Winter Games |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Thursday, September 18th, 2014 at 1:28pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 10S E 738708 N 4342243 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.19668333, -120.23583333 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 11.801', W 120° 14.15' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 11' 48.06" N, 120° 14' 9.00" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 530, 775 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 1990 Squaw Valley Rd, Olympic Valley CA 96146, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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