Welcome to Truckee-Donner Historical Society Updated HCS 7/7/2020
In the wake of COVID-19 and the California mandatory stay-at-home order, the safety of our volunteers AND our visitors, the Joseph Research Library Research Cabin will be closed until further notice. We are still doing our utmost to answer questions addressed to us at info@truckeehistory.org.
The new Museum of Truckee History is set to open as soon as practicable -
pending appropriate opening approvals. PLEASE stay safe.
Please check back here at this website for any updates. Your TDHS volunteers
PLEASE NOTE - Update on Old Jail Museum.
Because we cannot sanitize the Old Jail Museum, we have had to stay closed for normal business. However, we can give small group tours. So please contact us via phone at (530) 559-2378 if you are interested. This will be the
only way we can raise monies through the jail this year.
**Note, the phone may be answered as Truckee Cemetery District but it is the correct number.
Because we cannot sanitize the Old Jail Museum, we have had to stay closed for normal business. However, we can give small group tours. So please contact us via phone at (530) 559-2378 if you are interested. This will be the
only way we can raise monies through the jail this year.
**Note, the phone may be answered as Truckee Cemetery District but it is the correct number.
1861 Central Pacific R.R. manuscript map now available - READ the full story here
Truckee's Ice Palace and Carnival - 1896 - READ the full story here
Eder: Fire, Ice and Romance - anyone know WHERE Eder is/was? Neither did we until one enterprising researcher unearthed details. READ the full story HERE - new images added 5/27/2020
The CCC and Fire Lookouts - READ the full story HERE
Our Master Reference Book List has been updated with additions since 2019 ... do check it out.
BROWSE the entire list here
BROWSE the entire list here
Please check out the additional 147 Lumbering images that we've just added to our online image collection.
(Enter LUM0 in the first search box)
More images are being added weekly. Keep checking back for additions.
My personal favorite - check out this amazing image # LUM0057.
(Enter LUM0 in the first search box)
More images are being added weekly. Keep checking back for additions.
My personal favorite - check out this amazing image # LUM0057.
100 + years ago - the 1918 'Spanish Influenza' Pandemic ... READ MORE
Moonshine Ink article 5/18/2020 - The Great Plague of 1918 Hit Truckee Like a Runaway Train
Moonshine Ink article 5/18/2020 - The Great Plague of 1918 Hit Truckee Like a Runaway Train
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.
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.
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"Rafferty's Bell" - Independence Lake C-47D Oct. 26, 1950 crash - READ MORE (added 1/19/2020)
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Update to 2007 Claire Vance article by Gordon Richards ... READ MORE
To read additional articles posted on our website, please go to the MORE... tab at the top menu, and select article(s).
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Update to 2007 Claire Vance article by Gordon Richards ... READ MORE
To read additional articles posted on our website, please go to the MORE... tab at the top menu, and select article(s).
Another 18 images were added to our Brickelltown Image Collection, including one from 1894 of Company B and the Pullman Strike. We also just completed adding another 68 images from the Scott Wall Collection, Courtesy of Donner Summit Historical Society (DSHS). In a collaborative effort, DSHS permitted us to scan and make available for public viewing these images which are for research purposes only. Enjoy browsing through them. For further information about the Wall Collection, please contact DSHS.
Link to our latest eEchoes, March 2020, sent to our members. Please note we are in need of an Editor
to continue our Echoes From the Past quarterly newsletter for online delivery.
to continue our Echoes From the Past quarterly newsletter for online delivery.
To learn more about our new and evolving Image Collection please click here
To start an immediate Image Collection Search
Another 18 images were added to our Brickelltown Image Collection, including one from 1894 of Company B and the Pullman Strike. We also just completed adding another 68 images from the Scott Wall Collection, Courtesy of Donner Summit Historical Society (DSHS). In a collaborative effort, DSHS permitted us to scan and make available for public viewing these images which are for research purposes only. Enjoy browsing through them.
For further information about the Wall Collection, please contact DSHS.
To start an immediate Image Collection Search
Another 18 images were added to our Brickelltown Image Collection, including one from 1894 of Company B and the Pullman Strike. We also just completed adding another 68 images from the Scott Wall Collection, Courtesy of Donner Summit Historical Society (DSHS). In a collaborative effort, DSHS permitted us to scan and make available for public viewing these images which are for research purposes only. Enjoy browsing through them.
For further information about the Wall Collection, please contact DSHS.
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
We always encourage our readers to contact us directly if you notice something not quite right or that needs correction.
