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Publications and
NEW
1888 Rail Road Map

Updated HCS 3/19/2025
Below are books you can purchase from the Truckee Donner Historical Society.
Make purchases by using your credit card, PayPal account, or by check
 

Most unfortunately, the PayPal Add to Cart feature does not appear to be working. 
​Go to the  Mail Order Form at this link , and when computed,
go to this PayPal page to pay for books or maps.

In its effort to share the colorful and dramatic history of the Truckee region, the
Truckee-Donner Historical Society is proud to sell the books posted on our website.
However, many of these publications have been independently produced by local historians,
professional and amateur, and they have not been vetted for accuracy by the Society.
Truckee 9% * ​Tax is NOT included in these prices, nor is shipping included.
​Please use this Mail Order Form to order books.
* Truckee sales tax increases to 9% effective April 1, 2025. See httwww.cdtfa.ca.gov/formspubs/L974.pdf
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Tales & Towns Along the Truckee A Hundred Miles of History by Roger Huff

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Across The Plains In The Donner Party A personal narrative of the overland trip to California 1846-47. With illustrations by Frederic Remington and others. By Virginia Reed Murphy 64 pages Paperback

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Most complete book on lumbering in the greater Truckee area. Based on a Comprehensive 1942 report by Constance Knowles. Incredible detail with sourced references. 4 copies remain.

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(Left) Sierra Stories  True Tales of Tahoe, Volume 1.  A dozen exciting stories from the days of stagecoaches, train robberies and gold fever.  First Edition.  By Mark McLaughlin.  
111 pages.  


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Fire & Ice A Portrait Of Truckee Written and Published by: Truckee-Donner Historical Society SORRY! SOLD OUT! 92 pages Paperback; 1994 - 0 copies remaining

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"There are so many things "I Wish I'd Asked my Father" An authentic oral history of Truckee, California Interviews By: The Sierra Mountain Intermediate School Discovery class. 108 pages Paperback; 5 copies remaining

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5 copies remaining
Joanne Meschery Truckee Illustrated 2018 re-release of her original 1978 issue.

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(Right) SOLD OUT!  Sierra Stories True Tales of Tahoe, Volume 2.  Ten entertaining tales of High Sierra and Comstock adventure.  By Mark McLaughlin. 122 pages.  


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Give Me A Mountain Meadow The life of Charles Fayette McGlashan The dynamic lawyer/editor who gave the world the Donner Party's true story and played a dramatic role in the fascinating history of Truckee and California. By M. Nona McGlashan 248 pages Paperback 7 copies remain

Commissioners Official Rail Road Map of California, completed to July 1, 1888.  $35.00 includes tax, shipping and handling. 
Only TDHS owns this original
19 1/2" w x 24" h map. 
Copy will be laminated.

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Mark McLaughlin, 2016, 12 copies remain.

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1997 by M. Nona McGlashan; 6 copies remain

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19 books remain
(Left) The Donner Party: Weathering the Storm  Fresh, dramatic, insightful with many previously unpublished photos. 2007. Best Nonfiction Book award for 2006.  By Mark McLaughlin. 192 pages. 
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12 copies remaining
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(RIght) Longboards to Olympics — 
A Century of Tahoe Winter Sports — Longboards to Olympics is the only book that tells the fascinating story
of how winter sports took Northern California by storm and captured the imagination of a nation. From the early exploits of skiing mailman Snowshoe Thompson, through the 1930s, a breakout decade for Skisport when thousands attended ski jumps in Berkeley and San Francisco. These well-illustrated stories conclude with the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley, the seminal event that launched Lake Tahoe into the international spotlight for world-class winter sports. Mark McLaughlin. 


We Would Love to Have You Visit Soon!  Please stop by the Joseph Research Library Cabin most Thursdays between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. where our volunteers are hard at work.

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10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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P.O. Box 893
Truckee, CA  96160
(530) 582-0893

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