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Ice Lakes. Hwy 40 Scenic Bypass. History . Before 1850 you drank your root beer or sarsaparilla warm in California. Then ice began to be imported from Alaska. No one realized there was a closer supply in the Sierra. Ice Lakes got its name from t…
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"If only the Sierra might be pierced." Atlantic Monthly December, 1867 History "Crazy Judah." Theodore Judah had some strange ideas. He wanted to build a railroad across the continent. People knew it could not be done. The grades would be …
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History William Wilson Wurster was the most "influential unknown architect in California." He designed many houses and buildings such as Ghirardelli Square, Cowell College at UC Santa Cruz, as well as other U.C. and Stanford University …
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History Theodore Judah, who plotted the Central Pacific's route over the Sierra and for whom Mt. Judah was named, thought it was only the mountains that needed conquering as the Central Pacific headed east to meet up with the Union Pacific. He wa…
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History Love - Excitement - Pathos - Humor. It's all in "The Gold Rush" which was filmed at Sugar Bowl (and Truckee). "The Gold Rush," written, produced, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin was one of Chaplin's most fam…
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History The ritual of arriving in early morning by train and taking the 15 minute ride in tractor drawn sleighs was in place for more than ten years after Sugar Bowl opened in 1939. It was the only way to get to Sugar Bowl. It was a cold ritual a…
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History When Bill Klien, who would transform skiing himself, invited Hannes Schroll to Donner Summit from Yosemite in 1937, the ski industry was about to change. Hannes was a dare-devil champion skier whose yodels as he tore down mountains could …
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