Truckee's Chinatowns Recognition

On April 3, 2023, Truckee-Donner Historical Society (TDHS) submitted an Application for Registration of Historical Landmark to the Nevada County Historical Landmarks Commission (NCHLC) for recognition of Truckee's Chinatowns. This application was unanimously approved at the NCHLC meeting on April 21. The Nevada County Board of Supervisors meeting will be meeting in June and TDHS is confident that they will approve the application and pass a corresponding resolution* attesting to the landmark recognition - much as they had done for the McGlashan Butterfly Collection at the Truckee Donner Recreation and Park District.

After the Board of Supervisors issues a resolution, a link to it will be posted here, as well as the actual submitted Application for the Landmark status.

Sincere thanks go to the authors of this Application, Chaun Mortier, Greg Zirbel, Barbara Czerwinski, and Heidi Sproat who have spent years and countless hours exploring any means of information available. Additionally, as the TDHS Map Collection is in the process of being digitized, a few early Truckee maps have shed additional light on the research done.

* Pending NC BOS approval, possibly June 13 HCS

Here are some images of the rock we propose to use for the Truckee's Chinatowns plaque,
and the proposed placement.

Rock proposed to be used to mount Truckee's Chinatowns plaque.

Proposed placement of the Truckee's Chinatowns plaque in front of the Old Truckee Jail Museum.

Note the two horizontal indentations in the rock stone. These are indicative of rock boring.

For further information about how  granite rocks were split, see this article about Plug 'n Feather, pp. 4-6.
HCS 5/29/2023