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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFKH_rocking-stone_Truckee-CA.html
A natural glacier formation, or the work of an unknown tribe as a form of altar. It's exact origin will never be known. The perfectly balanced stone until recently would rock at the touch of a finger.
C.F. McGlashan built the original tower in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFKA_truckee_Truckee-CA.html
First known as Gray's Toll Station, then Coburn's Station, Truckee was established in 1863. Renowned for its lumber industry, Transcontinental Railroad, icehouses, saloons and red light district, Truckee has never been known for her laid back deme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFK3_theodore-dehone-judah_Truckee-CA.html
As Chief Engineer of the Central Pacific Railroad, Judah's engineering skill, political savvy and financial genius, along with the promoters' capital, culminated in formation and construction of the Trans - Sierra leg of the first transcontinental…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H4_schallenberger-cabin-site_Truckee-CA.html
Near this spot stood a small cabin built by 18 year old Moses Schallenberger and two other men. They were members of the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy party of 1844, the first pioneers to take wagons over the Sierra Nevada, opening the Truckee Route of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7H3_donner-party_Truckee-CA.html
The face of this rock formed the north end and the fireplace of the Murphy cabin. General Stephan W. Kearny, on June 22, 1847, buried, under the middle of the cabin the bodies found in the vicinity. Following is a complete list of the members of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM7GX_donner-party_Truckee-CA.html
Near this spot stood the Breen cabin of the party of emigrants who started for California from Springfield, Illinois, in April 1846, under the leadership of Captain George Donner. Delays occurred and when the party reached this locality, on Octobe…