About one thousand feet west of this marker, Old Donner Summit Road crosses the right-of-way of the original Transcontinental Railroad which closely paralleled the Truckee Trail over Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevada.
Completion of the railroad in 1869 led to the rapid decline of wagon travel on the emigrant trails.
Submitted: May 9, 2020, by Alvis Hendley of San Francisco, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p520736
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