Welcome to Truckee-Donner Historical Society Updated HCS 5/25/2021
Happy 80th Birthday Truckee Vets Hall!
80 years ago today, Truckee Veterans Memorial Building was dedicated - May 25, 1942. Congratulations!!!
80 years ago today, Truckee Veterans Memorial Building was dedicated - May 25, 1942. Congratulations!!!
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Well, we did it! FINALLY!
To Our Vets Hall and Rocking Stone Tower Supporters: On Friday, April 30, 2021, the California State Historical Resources Commission (SHRC) heard the Truckee Veterans Memorial Building and Rocking Stone Tower National Park Service 10-900 Application for National Historic status. The SHRC based their review on this draft of the Application, available at this link, and each of the reviewing commissioners voted on whether to approve the designation or not. The vote was a resounding 5-0-0 in favor of approval. READ MORE ... |
Truckee Veterans Memorial Building and Rocking Stone Tower, photo by Greg Zirbel, 2013.
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We are pleased to report that from 11 am - 5 pm beginning on Saturday, May 8 and continuing on weekends only until we have more docent participation, we WILL be OPENING the Museum of Truckee History (MoTH).
In the wake of continued COVID-19 restrictions, the safety of our volunteers AND our visitors, unfortunately, the Joseph Research Library Research Cabin and the Old Jail Museum continue to be closed to the public until further notice. |
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We are still doing our utmost to answer questions addressed to us at info@truckeehistory.org.
Please check back here at this website for any updates. Your TDHS volunteers
Small group tours may be available for the Old Jail Museum, but you must first check with (530) 559-2378* to see if we are allowed to open.
* Note, the phone may be answered as Truckee Cemetery District but it is the correct number. 5/2/2021
Please check back here at this website for any updates. Your TDHS volunteers
Small group tours may be available for the Old Jail Museum, but you must first check with (530) 559-2378* to see if we are allowed to open.
* Note, the phone may be answered as Truckee Cemetery District but it is the correct number. 5/2/2021
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Save the Date!!! July 17, 2021 Old Timers' Picnic 10 am- 3 pm always the third Saturday in July held at Truckee River Regional Park. |
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We appreciate the faithful support of our historical society members and of visitors to our website. We are offering an additional way for you to support the work of the society through monthly patronage, at an amount that fits your budget. Annual memberships are not going away!
You can be a member with an annual payment of dues or with an automatic electronic donation to the society. We receive no funding from federal, state, or local government, so your support is essential to the work of keeping Truckee history alive. Thank you!!
You can be a member with an annual payment of dues or with an automatic electronic donation to the society. We receive no funding from federal, state, or local government, so your support is essential to the work of keeping Truckee history alive. Thank you!!
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In case you are not yet a member of our Truckee-Donner Historical Society, you may have missed our most recent email news blast about all that is happening behind the covid scenes.
We have been indeed been very busy.
Here is a link to our most recent February 2021 enews blast. Enjoy!
We have been indeed been very busy.
Here is a link to our most recent February 2021 enews blast. Enjoy!
Our TDHS Reference Book List has been updated as of February 20, 2021. Please check it out. We have added over 150 NEW books and journals newly acquired from the Macaulay Collection.
TDHS does not accept responsibility for the accuracy of the information in posted articles to this website. Articles are posted for informational, educational, and investigative content - and suggestions.
TDHS retains the right to republish submitted material.
Please contact TDHS for permission to use any content in this publication.
By publishing these articles, TDHS does not agree nor endorse any of the opinions expressed by the authors.
TDHS retains the right to republish submitted material.
Please contact TDHS for permission to use any content in this publication.
By publishing these articles, TDHS does not agree nor endorse any of the opinions expressed by the authors.
TDHS submitted an application to the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission (NCHLC) about the McGlashan Butterfly Collection currently housed in the Truckee-Donner Recreation and Park District on Truckee Way. On December 15, 2020, NCHLC approved this collection as NEV 20-05 as a Cultural Resource!! For specific details, see the NCHLC Resolution documents. AND
TDHS learned that an article was published online in the Dallas County Master Gardener Association in Texas about our own McGlashan Butterfly Collection. And a June 2020 article in The Tahoe Quarterly about Tahoe Butterflies by Will Richardson.
TDHS learned that an article was published online in the Dallas County Master Gardener Association in Texas about our own McGlashan Butterfly Collection. And a June 2020 article in The Tahoe Quarterly about Tahoe Butterflies by Will Richardson.
Who We Are - About Us
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.
We are a small group of very dedicated volunteers who love Truckee and its rich history, and who continue to serve in whatever capacities are required to continue our mission.
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.
We are a small group of very dedicated volunteers who love Truckee and its rich history, and who continue to serve in whatever capacities are required to continue our mission.
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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.) As of May 8, 2021, the Society also co-chairs the operation of the Museum of Truckee History, located in downtown Truckee, at the east end of the Truckee Train Depot.
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. You can also view our ever growing collection of images available for viewing online at this link. We have over 1,800 images so far and are still uploading. Take a walk back in time!!
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. You can also view our ever growing collection of images available for viewing online at this link. We have over 1,800 images so far and are still uploading. Take a walk back in time!!
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
We always encourage our readers to contact us directly if you notice something not quite right or that needs correction.
