Welcome to the Truckee-Donner Historical Society website Updated HCS 7/17/2019
Old Timers' Picnic flyer - click on the above image for details - Saturday, July 20, Truckee River Regional Park 10ish - 4 ish
President's Message July 2019:
As we continue to seek an editor for our newsletter, Echoes From the Past, we still want to keep you informed about things happening in the Society and the community as it relates to history. Please enjoy this informal roundup of events and announcements.
Transcontinental Railroad Sesquicentennial Celebration all Summer Long
For details regarding the 150th anniversary celebrations, go to goldspike.org.
To read the 27 unique articles about the 150th celebration topics, please see this page.
Members of the Truckee-Donner Historical Society are engaged in numerous events and projects this summer celebrating the Sesquicentennial as well as continuing in ongoing projects and collaborations to preserve and protect local history.
150th Anniversary Passport
Don’t miss out! Your very own Railroad Passport (available at the Visitor’s Center downtown for $3) will guide you on a wondrous journey down Donner Pass Road and up to the Summit. Each Passport page carries a history of the location where you can get your VISA stamped, collecting information and memories as you travel along the route of the railroad through Truckee. More information at goldspike.org.
To READ MORE of our President's Message, please CLICK HERE ...
As we continue to seek an editor for our newsletter, Echoes From the Past, we still want to keep you informed about things happening in the Society and the community as it relates to history. Please enjoy this informal roundup of events and announcements.
Transcontinental Railroad Sesquicentennial Celebration all Summer Long
For details regarding the 150th anniversary celebrations, go to goldspike.org.
To read the 27 unique articles about the 150th celebration topics, please see this page.
Members of the Truckee-Donner Historical Society are engaged in numerous events and projects this summer celebrating the Sesquicentennial as well as continuing in ongoing projects and collaborations to preserve and protect local history.
150th Anniversary Passport
Don’t miss out! Your very own Railroad Passport (available at the Visitor’s Center downtown for $3) will guide you on a wondrous journey down Donner Pass Road and up to the Summit. Each Passport page carries a history of the location where you can get your VISA stamped, collecting information and memories as you travel along the route of the railroad through Truckee. More information at goldspike.org.
To READ MORE of our President's Message, please CLICK HERE ...
We have recently updated our Book List of TDHS materials. Please see this link for our current book collection.
To commemorate Truckee's train history and the upcoming 150th celebrations,
we have added more photo groups, Trains - Construction, Locomotives, Fire Trains,
Snowsheds, Train Depot in the Truckee area.
We added 43 images of the Roundhouses and railyards.
And check out the 13 Gateway Motel and Hooligan Rock images. All High Street images, many of which are images of the McGlashan Mansion and the Rocking Stone Tower, are now included.
Hilltop and Brockway images now being added.
80 new Ice Palaces area images, 43 Ice Industry photos, 107 Bridge and Church Street views, and a few Brickelltown images have also been added. Remember, you can also search for images by
visiting this link and entering your search criteria. Enjoy.
We also added another dozen movie titles to our collection of movies filmed in Truckee. Check them out.
we have added more photo groups, Trains - Construction, Locomotives, Fire Trains,
Snowsheds, Train Depot in the Truckee area.
We added 43 images of the Roundhouses and railyards.
And check out the 13 Gateway Motel and Hooligan Rock images. All High Street images, many of which are images of the McGlashan Mansion and the Rocking Stone Tower, are now included.
Hilltop and Brockway images now being added.
80 new Ice Palaces area images, 43 Ice Industry photos, 107 Bridge and Church Street views, and a few Brickelltown images have also been added. Remember, you can also search for images by
visiting this link and entering your search criteria. Enjoy.
We also added another dozen movie titles to our collection of movies filmed in Truckee. Check them out.
Link to our latest eEchoes, June 2019, sent to our members. Please note we are in need of an Editor
to continue our Echoes From the Past quarterly newsletter.
Please enjoy our most recent Echoes From the Past Newsletter for March 2019 now available at this link.
to continue our Echoes From the Past quarterly newsletter.
Please enjoy our most recent Echoes From the Past Newsletter for March 2019 now available at this link.
2019 is the 150th Anniversary of the Transcontinental Railroad!!!!
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July 150th Calendar of Events
(Click on the image above to open a more readable calendar)
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Donner Summit - Truckee Golden Spike Celebration
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Truckee-Donner Historical Society has partnered with Donner Summit Historical Society and Truckee Donner Railroad Society to create a multi-month long celebration of this Golden Spike event. Truckee would not be what it is today without the railroad coming through the route it did. We wish to preserve the importance of that event and have scheduled many entertaining events between
May 1 and Labor Day, 2019. Please see our facebook page for more details. For continued details about upcoming events for the Golden Spike 2019 celebrations, check the Donner Summit - Truckee Golden Spike Celebration Facebook page and our Calendar for more information. |
For the 4th consecutive year, TDHS is again participating in the
Blue Star Museum program
through the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families.
Please visit this page for more information.
We have added additional Audio Recordings of various oral histories and presentations
for your listening history education. These files are all in mp3 format.
Please see this page for specific details about the recordings. We just added more about the Ice Industry, Petroglyphs, and Early Railroading. You will need a password to access. Enjoy.
for your listening history education. These files are all in mp3 format.
Please see this page for specific details about the recordings. We just added more about the Ice Industry, Petroglyphs, and Early Railroading. You will need a password to access. Enjoy.
To learn more about our new and evolving Image Collection please click here
To start an immediate Image Collection Search please click here
To start an immediate Image Collection Search please click here
The three Indices for TDHS Newsletters, Echoes From the Past, have now been updated as of
December 31, 2018. They are organized By Subject Matter, By Author, and By Image Reference. They can be found under NEWS AND EVENTS > Newsletters & Search Tools. For your convenience, they are located at these links. By Subject Matter ; By Author ; By Image Reference. Please enjoy browsing.
December 31, 2018. They are organized By Subject Matter, By Author, and By Image Reference. They can be found under NEWS AND EVENTS > Newsletters & Search Tools. For your convenience, they are located at these links. By Subject Matter ; By Author ; By Image Reference. Please enjoy browsing.
Who We Are
As volunteers for this non profit 501(c)(3) organization, we are stewards of a number of unique physical assets (see below). The TDHS invites you to join with us in the preservation and maintenance of these irreplaceable historical venues, and at the same time have lots of fun in the process discovering our Truckee, California heritage.
Our MISSION is to discover, procure and preserve whatever may relate to the aboriginal, natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the Town of Truckee and surrounding area. Our VISION is to preserve and protect the history of Truckee.
As volunteers for this non profit 501(c)(3) organization, we are stewards of a number of unique physical assets (see below). The TDHS invites you to join with us in the preservation and maintenance of these irreplaceable historical venues, and at the same time have lots of fun in the process discovering our Truckee, California heritage.
Our MISSION is to discover, procure and preserve whatever may relate to the aboriginal, natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the Town of Truckee and surrounding area. Our VISION is to preserve and protect the history of Truckee.
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Truckee-Donner Historical Society was founded July 24, 1968 to preserve the history of the Truckee - Donner area. Besides maintaining the historic Joseph Research Cabin (the Gateway Cabin), the Society is also responsible for operating the Old Jail Museum which was built in 1875. The Society maintains the Community Memorial Garden including the Memorial Arch behind the Old Jail Museum, the Donner Cross, and Schaffer Cemetery. (For a brief description of where the Cabin originated, please see this link.)
We participate in several Events during the course of the year, including the Old Timers' Picnic. Our research historians write articles on Truckee's History and the surrounding areas and document oral histories. We have several books on local Truckee history for sale on our Publications page and we also have Photos of the Truckee - Donner area which can be purchased. Please find a sampling of our numerous historic prints on our Photos page. Please take the time to browse both.
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to our Historical Society please visit our Donate page.
We participate in several Events during the course of the year, including the Old Timers' Picnic. Our research historians write articles on Truckee's History and the surrounding areas and document oral histories. We have several books on local Truckee history for sale on our Publications page and we also have Photos of the Truckee - Donner area which can be purchased. Please find a sampling of our numerous historic prints on our Photos page. Please take the time to browse both.
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation to our Historical Society please visit our Donate page.
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Directions to the Joseph Research Library,
Truckee, CA One block off Donner Pass Road, adjacent to Meadow Park; 10115 Donner Trail Road Hours: Generally Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Telephone No.: (530) 582-0893 |
Directions to the Old Jail Museum
Corner of Jibboom and Spring Streets, in Historic Downtown Truckee, 1 block from Donner Pass Road and Commercial Row; 10142 Jibboom Street See the Old Jail Museum page for hours |
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 893, Truckee, CA 96160
Please see details about Truckee-Donner Historical Society's affiliation with the Blue Star Museum program.
We always encourage our readers to contact us directly if you notice something not quite right or that needs correction.
