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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JS7_donner-summit-overlook_Truckee-CA.html
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"I don't believe I have adequate words to describe the real beauty of Donner Pass. As we stood looking down I had a floating sensation... I lost all fear as I looked at one of the most beautiful blue lakes (Donner Lake) I have ever s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JS5_rainbow-bridge_Truckee-CA.html
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The bridge "eliminated for all time the terrors of the Donner grade from the state highway system of California."
Automobile travel could be a harrying affair in the old days and Donner Summit was a difficult route. You can …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JS4_petroglyphs_Truckee-CA.html
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The Washoe Tribe lived on the eastern face of the Sierra Nevada mountains for more than 6,000 years. They didn't actually call themselves the Washoe Tribe, though. They called themselves the Waashiw (Wa-she-shu) tribe, meaning "peopl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HIP_bridgeport-historic-district_Penn-Valley-CA.html
Built in 1862 by David J. Wood with lumber from his mill in Sierra County, the covered bridge was part of the Virginia Turnpike Company toll road that served the northern mines and the Nevada Comstock Lode. The associated ranch and resources for r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GBY_graniteville_Nevada-City-CA.html
A camp established in this area in 1850 was called Eureka; then later, Eureka So. By 1856 it sometimes had a winter population of 1000. Rich placer mining deposits were played out by 1865, but quartz mining continued. By 1887, total gold taken fro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1G1V_old-bear-river-bridge_Grass-Valley-CA.html
Since 1952 bridges near this site have served as the gateway to western Nevada County. This 1924 span was the first concrete bridge at this site and features a Roman style single arch design, constructed in a continuous pour method.
The Colfax …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D7Z_railroad-and-transportation-museum_Nevada-City-CA.html
The Nevada County Historical Society founded the Transportation Museum Division in 1983 to acquire, document, restore and preserve information and artifacts pertaining to Nevada County's railroad and transportation history. Best known is the Nevad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CI0_three-stamp-mill-from-the-red-ledge-mine_Grass-Valley-CA.html
This three stamp mill was donated to the City of Grass Valley by Mrs. Stella Tracy, owner of the famous Red Ledge Mine near Washington, Nevada County, where this mill crushed tons of gold bearing ore for many years.
It is erected here in memory…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CED_400-broad-street_Nevada-City-CA.html
It was at this location on the afternoon of June 5, 1880 that a fire erupted in John White's Upholstery Shop. More than fifty buildings - including the nearby New York Hotel and most of the Chinese Quarter - were destroyed within an hour, but from…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1AVX_summit-city-meadow-lake_Soda-Springs-CA.html
In June of 1863, the trapper Henry Hartley discovered gold bearing ore here and staked out the Excelsior Company claims. Exaggerated reports and a 1865 market panic in the Comstock mines of Virginia City brought thousands of miners overnight to th…