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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1K0G_summit-valley_Truckee-CA.html
History
Summit Valley has been the scene of human activity for thousands of years because it is a natural crossing of the Sierra. Native Americans traveled the valley moving from winter to summer residences. They left grinding rocks and arrowhead…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JTZ_mcglashan-point_Truckee-CA.html
Dedicated August 10, 1986 in honor of
Charles Fayette McGlashan
1847-1931
Truckee's patriarch, historian, author, editor, attorney, legislator, inventor, entomologist and astronomer.
His last public address was given in 1926 at the Donn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JTY_donner-summit-bridge_Truckee-CA.html
Dedicated to the pioneers who blazed the
Overland Trail through these mountains.
Built by the U.S. Bureau of Public Roads and the California Highway Commission
1925-1926.
This tablet placed by the Historic Landmarks Committee of the Nat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JTV_sacred-symbols-from-ancient-times_Truckee-CA.html
The rocks here are carved with ancient symbols called petroglyphs.
They were created by pecking the surface of the rock with a tool called a hammerstone. These petroglyphs are thought to be several thousand years old.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JSD_tunnel-6_Truckee-CA.html
History 1866 - Right here
Bam, bam, quarter turn; Bam, bam, quarter turn; Bam, bam, quarter turn; all day long, three shifts a day, day after day, week after week. Chinese workers pounded away at the solid granite. One worker held a star bit, tur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JSB_summit-hotel_Truckee-CA.html
History
The coming of the railroad made it easy for well-heeled tourists to visit Donner Summit and with the building of a large hotel, they came. Whole families came to enjoy the summit and stay for weeks at a time.
The first Summit Hotel w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JSA_sugar-bowl-academy_Truckee-CA.html
History
The current building at the head of Donner Pass on Old 40 was built for the Division of Highways in 1931 to serve as a dormitory for highway workers. That was the first winter the road was plowed and on-call workers needed accommodations…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JS8_transcontinental-railroad_Truckee-CA.html
History
It was a race. The Union and Central Pacific Railroads were crossing the continent with steel rails each trying to build the most miles and so get the most money from the government. The rugged Sierra and its winter climate were challenge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JS7_donner-summit-overlook_Truckee-CA.html
History
"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
History
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 …