HCS 7/28/2022
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Truckee then ... 1971 ... and now ... 2022
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Dr. Johan Hultin
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- Truckee Tahoe Airport Show, Saturday, July 23. Facebook pictures by Greg Zirbel.
- Saturday, July 16 was the Old Timers' Picnic at Truckee River Regional Park. A few pictures!
- Saturday, July 9 we recognized the McGlashan Butterfly Collection plaque dedication at the
Truckee-Donner Recreation & Park District,10 am. Sierra Sun article, 7/3/2022. - In case you missed the 15 June program, "An Evening at the Museum" (Museum of Truckee History), Truckee in the 1940s: Scrap Metal, Shortages, Sacrifice ... and more,
here is a link to the slide show presented that evening. - Dairy Industry in Truckee
- Jerry Blackwill: The history of aviation in Truckee and Donner Summit ; May 2022
- Movies in Truckee
- Then ... and Now - 50 years between train images
- Jibboom! Jibboom! Truckee's Red Light District program
- Recollections of Jim Roth - early Truckee years, 1960 Olympics
- Tribute to Dr. Johan Hultin
- African Americans - A requestor recently inquired for any information Truckee-Donner Historical Society held about a Mr. Albert Johnson (1832-1911), a well-known and respected resident of the area during the late 19th century, and about the broader African American community in the area during the 19th and early 20th century. Here is a link to a preliminary draft prepared by Chaun Mortier addressing those two questions.
- Photos of Children's rides on the Railroad, December 2021
On Saturday, December 4, Truckee-Donner Historical Society and Truckee Donner Railroad Society members joined forces to host the children's railroad that runs through Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District's tract. The weather was fantastic and the kids and parents were lined up from the station to past the railroad crossing gates for both rides and sign ups. 427 signups and 680 rides (plus or minus). - Rainbow Bridge: Beauty in the Mountains
- Railroad Checkerboard
- Roberts and Doan Steam Wagon
- Donner Ridge Fire of 1960 images in DSHS Flickr collection; and 2 images from Sierra College's ejournals collection, Photo 1, and Photo 2, both taken in 1963
- Stanford of the Sierras
- Truckee Ice and the Pacific Fruit Express
- History: Joseph Gray - Early Pioneer and leader in Truckee
- History of Old Greenwood
- July 17, 2021 Old Timers' Picnic photos
- History of Trout Creek
- Truckee Hotel
- Chinese Herb Cabinet Lettering
- 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. - Logging
- CCC and Lookouts
- Perilous Stage
- Railroading
- Truckee Train Depot
- Chinese Heroes of the Railroad
- Veterans Day
- Flume Riding
- Flumes of Truckee
- Native Americans
- Shootout at Hurd's Saloon
- Count's Cars
- Santa Claus
- Forlorn Hope
- Sidewalks
- Farewell Message from our President Katie Holley 2018 - 2020
- CCC and Lookouts
- Sawdust in the Truckee River (Truckee Lumber Company)
- Ice Harvesting and the "Hot Tamale"!
- Truckee River Railroad Platform
- Stampede and Boca Reservoirs
- US TRUCKEE
- Truckee Intermediate Field
- 150th Image Additions
- Donated Propeller
- Book Donation
- Albert Bierstadt
- Remembrance of a Child
- Pilot Claire Vance Updated
- Theodore Roosevelt 1903 Visit
- 1861 Central Pacific R.R. manuscript map
- Truckee's Ice Palace and Carnival - 1896
- "Rafferty's Bell" - Independence Lake C-47D Oct. 26, 1950 crash
- August 2020 new discoveries: Official Road Guide to the Lincoln Highway (1918), a 1948 Presidential visit to Truckee, and a slew of new images from the University of Reno at Nevada online collection.
- The CCC and Fire Lookouts
- Eder: Fire, Ice and Romance - anyone know WHERE Eder is/was? Neither did we until one enterprising researcher unearthed details - new images added 5/27/2020
- 100 + years ago - the 1918 'Spanish Influenza' Pandemic
Moonshine Ink article 5/18/2020 - The Great Plague of 1918 Hit Truckee Like a Runaway Train
