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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14ZB_first-log-cabin_Truckee-CA.html
Erected by Joseph Gray at S.W. corner of present day Bridge and Spring Streets to serve Dutch Flat Wagon Road traffic over Donner Pass.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z6_chief-truckee_Truckee-CA.html
The legendary Paiute leader; friend and guide; breveted a "Captain" by John C. Fremont; gave his name to this valley, river and town: died near Payton, Nevada, in 1860.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14Z4_the-gateway-cabin_Truckee-CA.html
This cabin was one of several built by Jack Wolert for Dick Joseph in 1939 on US Route 40. The cabin was constructed of lumber salvaged from houses being dismantled 3 miles north of Truckee at Hobart Mills and served as the Gateway Motel's Office.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14YS_first-wagons-across-the-sierras_Truckee-CA.html
The Stephens - Townsend - Murphy Party, with guidance from old Caleb Greenwood and Chief Truckee, brought their wagons up the Truckee River bed and on Nov. 25, 1844 191 days out of Council Bluffs, Iowa passed this point and crossed the mighty Sier…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14YQ_donner-party-camp-at-alder-creek-valley-tamsen-and-elizabeth-donner_Truckee-CA.html
Donner Party Camp at Alder Creek ValleyIn the Fall of 1846, 25 Members of The Donner Party became Trapped by an Early Snowstorm here at Alder Creek Valley. The George and Jacob Donner Families, their Teamsters, and Fellow Travelers Suffered Extre…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFKY_truckees-old-stone-garage-and-site-of-towns-first-dwelling_Truckee-CA.html
In 1863, Joseph Gray built Truckee's first structure on this site for use as the Dutch Flat-Donner Lake Wagon Road's Toll Station. The old log structure was moved in 1907 to the Englehart property on Church Street, one block east of this site, whe…
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