View of Donner Lake from atop Donner Summit, October 8, 2016. Photo courtesy of Heidi Sproat.
Registration is now CLOSED as we are at capacity.
Please see us next year 2020 for Donner Party Hikes.
Please see us next year 2020 for Donner Party Hikes.
The Donner Party Hikes will take place on Saturday, September 14, 2019. Sunday Tour info. Several questions have been raised about historical and geographic areas. The following links to various articles and references may assist you in answering your questions.
* Jerry Blackwill select biography of his railroad interests and WHY this 150th celebration is so important
* Jerry Blackwill interview about the Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel 6, Chinese Railroad Workers, and other milestones about the Donner Summit area
* Information about the Transcontinental Air Mail route, p. 4
* Information about the "red beacons" as on Donner Summit at Donner Ski Ranch
* 20 Mile Museum Donner Pass Airway Station and Beacon marker, p. 3.
* Article about the 1960 Donner Ridge Fire which swept through 45,000 acres through Tahoe Donner and down to Verdi, pp. 4-5, 7, and online Supplemental Content and images
* Website about Arrows Across America
* Air Mail January 1926, National Geographic Magazine; available online (subscription only)
* 1927 Newspaper Clipping re Plane crash near Troy, California, site of concrete arrow
* Jerry Blackwill select biography of his railroad interests and WHY this 150th celebration is so important
* Jerry Blackwill interview about the Transcontinental Railroad, Tunnel 6, Chinese Railroad Workers, and other milestones about the Donner Summit area
* Information about the Transcontinental Air Mail route, p. 4
* Information about the "red beacons" as on Donner Summit at Donner Ski Ranch
* 20 Mile Museum Donner Pass Airway Station and Beacon marker, p. 3.
* Article about the 1960 Donner Ridge Fire which swept through 45,000 acres through Tahoe Donner and down to Verdi, pp. 4-5, 7, and online Supplemental Content and images
* Website about Arrows Across America
* Air Mail January 1926, National Geographic Magazine; available online (subscription only)
* 1927 Newspaper Clipping re Plane crash near Troy, California, site of concrete arrow
HCS 8/30/2019
