Update1/4/2025 HCS
Photo courtesy of Library of Congress, http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/highsm.23384Mural designed and produced by Rob McCarthy of McCarthy Signs, Truckee, California in 1993.Links to websites and movie clips
Please use these links of interest to learn more about Truckee and to access other interesting websites. California Digital Newspaper Collection (CDNC.ucr.edu), includes selected, but limited, Truckee Republican issues and years Sierra Sun some early issues (at present, 1933-1944, but not 1934) Town Of Truckee Donner Memorial State Park Truckee Chamber Of Commerce California Historical Society Conference of California Historical Societies USS Donner Memorial Association Inc. Read a short history of the USS Donner - L.S.D. Navy Ship here Nevada County Nevada County Historical Society Nevada County Landmarks Almost 200 historical landmarks situated in Nevada County. The Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission exists to help visitors find and enjoy these sites. A good way to start is by using the interactive map developed with the support of the Nevada County Geographical Information Systems unit. Click here. Note our own Rocking Stone (site # 103), Gateway / Research Cabin (site # 131), and Truckee Old Jail Museum (site # 132). Placer County Historical Society Early Truckee Records (database), 1995 1st ed. by Marylou West Ficklin; 3rd edition (2003) Central Pacific Railroad Nevada County Gold The Official Online Guide to Nevada County Donner Summit Historical Society Truckee Donner Railroad Society Rocklin Historical Society Colfax Area Historical Society Sacramento County Historical Society Truckee Donner Land Trust C.J. Noonan Veterans History Project - Video interview with Koke Eason, Jr. sailor on USS TRUCKEE during the Cuban Missile Crisis Links to Digital Collections that Mention Truckee and/or adjacent areas Stanford Digital Repository - DeGroot's Map of Washoe Mines, 1860s, shows Lake Bigler 19 x 9, and and DeGroot Lake may indicate the location of Donner Lake; Truckee is shown on the map (surprisingly because Truckee wasn't named Truckee but Coburn's Station until about 1868); also the town site of Truckee base on the State line running north to south shown on the map would be located in Utah Territory. California State Library Carleton Watkins Photos Library of Congress - Just Photos McCarthy Collection Nevada County Map Library - including Sanborn maps of Truckee; Sanborn maps in Color at LOC New York Public Library Sierra College Snowy Range Reflections USC Digital Library - Truckee images University of Nevada at Reno University of Nevada at Las Vegas Digital Collections University of Nevada at Reno - Map Collection University of California - Calisphere University of California at Davis ********************************************************************************** Truckee Cemetery District ********************************************************************************** Historical Markers in Truckee There are also several very interesting short videos which may be of interest to our viewers. They are: The Nevada County Landmarks Commission recently released a video (August 2017) about some of the historical landmarks in Nevada County. Among other landmarks, this short video showcases our own Memorial Arch behind the Old Jail Museum. Richard Collins' homemade movie clips from the 1930s (11:21 minutes) (digitized from color 16 MM film) showcases parts of Truckee including Old U.S. Highway 40, Donner Lake, Donner Summit, other Sierra Nevada landmarks, as well as iconic 1936 footage of the Golden Gate Bridge . And the ever-fascinating footage of the January 1952 snowboard train (2:53 minutes), The City of San Francisco, marooned on Donner Pass for 3 days with 226 passengers. ******************************************************************** Cooperative Libraries Automated Network Digital Collections (Truckee) |
Chinese Railroad Worker articles
The following links will provide a research base for understanding the role of Chinese workers in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
https://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/website/researchmaterials/
National Geographic
US Dept of Labor 2014 Wall of Honor for Chinese RR workers
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Chinese RR North American Project - Stanford
TDHS Echoes From the Past newsletter, March 2018, pp. 3-4 - includes extensive reference list
The following links will provide a research base for understanding the role of Chinese workers in the building of the Transcontinental Railroad.
https://web.stanford.edu/group/chineserailroad/cgi-bin/website/researchmaterials/
National Geographic
US Dept of Labor 2014 Wall of Honor for Chinese RR workers
and
Chinese RR North American Project - Stanford
TDHS Echoes From the Past newsletter, March 2018, pp. 3-4 - includes extensive reference list
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Photos courtesy of Heidi Sproat.
