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Related Historical Markers
By Carey Pearce, PGP NSGW, November 3, 2017
First Permanent Emigrant Trail Markers Marker
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1 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — First Permanent Emigrant Trail Markers —  |
| The nearby monument was envisioned in 1929 by C. F. McGlashan, Truckees foremost resident 1872-1931 and author of the 1880 classic, The History of the Donner Party; P.M. Weddell, who placed wooden signs on the Donner Trail from Verdi, Nevada . . . — — Map (db m176342) HM | |||
| 2 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — The Emigrant Trail — |
| The Emigrant Trail in the pioneer days of California turned to the south at this point for approximately three miles, then west across the summit of the Sierras about a mile south of the present railroad. It was here that the Donner Party . . . — — Map (db m274172) HM | |||