Hydraulic mining shaped the reddish cliffs along this highway corridor. From the 1850’s until 1885 jets of water were used to break down gold-laden gravel and to wash the material through gold separating devises called sluices. This practice was . . . — — Map (db m23666) HM
About 1000 feet from this location is the track of the Transcontinental Railroad. In 1865 thousands of Chinese in Kwantung Provence China were recruited to work on this great connection between the East and West Coast . This monument is dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m48856) HM
On Magra Road south of the Interstate-80, on the right when traveling west.
Founded in 1854 by O. W. Hollenbeck and originally called Mountain Springs. Famed for its hydraulic mines which from 1865 to 1878 shipped $6,125,000.00 in gold. Five large water ditches passed through the town serving the mining companies which had . . . — — Map (db m1101) HM
Between 1849 and 1854, Pioneer Express riders rode this gold rush trail to the many populous mining camps on the American River bars now covered by Folsom Lake. - Beals, Condemned, Dotons, Long, Horseshoe, Rattlesnake, and Oregon - on the route to . . . — — Map (db m10202) HM
Fritz Beerman and his son, Charles, came to Lincoln in 1880 and worked together in the harness and saddle shop at 5th and F Streets. Charles served as Lincoln’s Town Treasurer after the election of 1892.
Dedicated in December of 1991
Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m17722) HM
On G Street (Highway 65), on the right when traveling south.
1859: Charles Lincoln Wilson buys this site, previously patented by Theodore Judah.
1861: C.L. Wilson erects a wooden warehouse to serve railway terminal across 5th street.
1863: Used often as a community hall, “Roods . . . — — Map (db m17835) HM
On 5th Street west of E Street, on the right when traveling east.
Founder of the City of Lincoln
First president of the Sacramento Valley Railroad
Founder of the California Central Railroad
Colonel Wilson came to California in 1849 not to look for gold but to build a transportation industry. After . . . — — Map (db m41008) HM
On G Street north of 5th Street, on the right when traveling north.
Erected in 1863 as Good Templars Hall
Original building, 30' wide, 2 stories (537 G)
Expanded south in 1913 by Williamson & Ingram
(Their wives, Emma and Ada, ="Emmada")
First grammar school in 1864
Becomes Granger Hall in 1875 . . . — — Map (db m25628) HM
Discovery of high grade clay deposits in the area in 1874 led to the founding of Gladding, McBean & Co. by Charles Gladding, Peter McGill McBean and George Chambers and erection on this site of the first clay sewer pipe west of the Rocky Mountains . . . — — Map (db m40947) HM
Erected in 1863 – 1864
By John Ziegenbein as a general store
Sold to Herman Lohse 1879; to George Aldrich 1881;
To A.C. Fleming (& Alex Hemphill) in 1888
Bank of Lincoln, Lincoln’s first bank, here 1902 – 1911
U.S. Post . . . — — Map (db m17784) HM
Near Fruitvale Road west of Stafford Lane, on the right when traveling west.
Fruitvale School
Fruitvale School District, formed in 1888, bought a one and half acre site from Jeremiah and Elizabeth Fowler on which this school was built in 1889. Lewis Gage was the first teacher here. Additions to the structure were made . . . — — Map (db m42040) HM
Erected in 1864
By International Order of Odd Fellows
Originally 24 feet (front) by 80 feet (along alley)
Two stories high; outside stairway on alley side
expanded east to present size in 1905,
adding four windows and inside stairway . . . — — Map (db m17876) HM
On 5th Street east of F Street, on the right when traveling east.
In memory of those
who made the supreme sacrifice
in World War II
[Left Column:]
Lawrence Berry • Carl Bohnisch • Etollo Carnesecca • Rene Clark • Bowman Carmichael
[Center Column:]
Stephen Davison • Michael Dougherty . . . — — Map (db m40911) HM
Near Manzanita Cemetery Road, on the right when traveling east.
First called Manzanita Grove. Dense brush provided a rustlers’ hideout and corral. Area burial site, 1855, with public support:
"Manzanita Grove Cemetery Association.”
Site of Manzanita School 1857 – 1899. Land for school and . . . — — Map (db m40824) HM
On 6th Street at I Street, on the right when traveling west on 6th Street.
(Named in 1891 by first pastor, Rev. H.M. McKnight, in honor of Bishop Holland McTyeire, founder of Vanderbilt University.)
The Lincoln Methodist Episcopal Church South was organized in February 1889 with 22 members. Ground was broken for the . . . — — Map (db m16947) HM
On Fifth Street near F Street, on the right when traveling west.
Owned by Hoppert Family since 1870's. (Descendant Cathryn Gates has title in 2002)
1862 - Small wooden building: "John Cannon, Attorney and Counselor-at-Law."
1870 - Christopher Hoppert buys this parcel and building, plus several to the . . . — — Map (db m17978) HM
On this site stood the Blue Anchor Fruit Packing Shed. This was one of the largest fruit packing sheds in Loomis and was part of a series that the California Fruit Exchange built in Loomis beginning in the 1930's. The sheds in Loomis packed a . . . — — Map (db m143686) HM
This American Liberty Elm was named after "The Liberty Tree:
Our Country's first Symbol of Freedom.” On the morning of
August 14, 1765, the people of Boston awakened to discover two
effigies suspended from an elm tree in protest of the . . . — — Map (db m143673) HM
On Taylor Road west of Horseshoe Bar Road, on the right when traveling west.
Loomis
Named After
James Oscar Loomis
1830 – 1895
This community was founded in 1850 and originally named “The Grove” by gold miners who settled along Secret Ravine one mile east of here.
Forming . . . — — Map (db m91090) HM
The western branch of the Transcontinental Railroad, the Central Pacific, laid track to this exact point on May 21, 1864.
The Central Pacific met its eastern counterpart, the Union Pacific Railroad, at Promontory Summit, Utah, on May 10, 1869. . . . — — Map (db m91108) HM
On Taylor Road west of Horseshoe Bar Road, on the right when traveling east.
Built in 1918, as the Bank of Loomis, this building replaced the Bank of Loomis across the street, which is now the Nelthorpe and Sons building. Through the years, it became the Bank of America, the Bank of California, and then the office of the . . . — — Map (db m91082) HM
On Michigan Bluff Road (Route 402) at Church Street, on the right when traveling east on Michigan Bluff Road.
Founded in 1850 and first known as Michigan City which was located on slope one half mile from here. In 1858 town became undermined and unsafe so was moved to this location and renamed Michigan Bluff. Leland Stanford, who gained wealth and fame in . . . — — Map (db m691) HM
On Michigan Bluff Road at Turkey Hill Road, on the left when traveling east on Michigan Bluff Road.
A historic section of the Western States Trail through the Sierra Nevada.
Michigan Bluff–Last Chance Trail.
The Michigan Bluff to Last Change section of the Western States Trail was built in 1850 and later became a maintained . . . — — Map (db m692) HM
On Main Street at Page Street, on the right when traveling south on Main Street.
Regular freight and passenger trains began operating over the first 31 miles of Central Pacific's line to Newcastle on June 10, 1864, when political opposition and lack of money stopped further construction during that mild winter. Construction was . . . — — Map (db m11141) HM
This property - Newcastle Portuguese Hall - has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. — — Map (db m684) HM
On Lozanos Road at Bald Hill Road, on the right when traveling north on Lozanos Road.
(Original marker, which was stolen in 2012. See Photo #1)
Founded in 1849 as 'The Spanish Corral,' Area proved so rich that Biblical name of Ophir adopted in 1850. Most populous town in Placer County in 1852, polling 500 votes. Almost . . . — — Map (db m11922) HM
On Virginiatown Road, 0.2 miles east of Fowler Road, on the left when traveling east.
Founded June 1851 - Commonly called 'Virginia.' Over 2,000 miners worked rich deposits. Captain John Brislow built California's first railroad, 1852, to carry pay to Auburn Ravine, a distance of one mile. Site of Philip Armour's and George Aldrich's . . . — — Map (db m10973) HM
On Highway 80 (Interstate 80), on the right when traveling west.
The spring of 1845 saw the first covered wagons to surmount the Sierra Nevada Mountains. They left this valley, ascended to the ridge and turned westward to Old Emigrant Gap. The wagons were lowered by ropes to the floor of Bear Valley. Hundreds . . . — — Map (db m548) HM
On River Road (California Route 89) south of Alpine Meadows Road, on the right when traveling south.
A Russian emigrant, surveyor and visionary, Von Schmidt established the present California-Nevada state line between Lake Tahoe and Oregon. He formed the San Fransico and Lake Tahoe Waterworks Company which proposed, during the 1870s, to build a . . . — — Map (db m169743) HM
On Truckee River Bike Trail south of Alpine Meadows Road, on the right when traveling south.
The 16 mile railroad from Lake Tahoe to Truckee was a venture by the Bliss family of the Glenbrook Lumber fame. During the summer of 1898, William Seth Bliss was hired to survey the river canyon between Tahoe and the Central Pacific RR at Truckee. . . . — — Map (db m169783) HM
On Squaw Valley Road, 3 miles west of California Route 89.
One thousand competitors from 34 nations came to Squaw Valley to compete in the VIII Olympic Winter Games of 1960. The Games, brought here by Alexander C. Cushing, commemorated a century of sport skiing in America. By 1860 mining towns in the Sierra . . . — — Map (db m23504) HM
On Taylor Road at Rock Springs Road, on the right when traveling north on Taylor Road.
In the Fall of 1864, Mr. Griffith Griffith, a native of Wales, established the quarry located near this site which was later to supply high-quality granite for a number of the important buildings in San Francisco and Sacramento, including portions . . . — — Map (db m683) HM
On Front Street near Rocklin Road, on the right when traveling east.
Rocklin’s Irish community started to raise funds to build their own church – it was St. Patrick’s Day; the year, 1881. Two years later this building was completed. Archbishop Joseph Alemany of San Francisco dedicated the building as St. Mary’s of . . . — — Map (db m23004) HM
On Rocklin Road south of Front Street, on the right when traveling north.
Central Pacific reached Rocklin, 22 miles from its Sacramento Terminus, in May, 1864, when the railroad established a major locomotive terminal here. Trains moving over the Sierra were generally cut in two sections at this point, in order to ascend . . . — — Map (db m11088) HM
May 1893: Another block fire raged on Rocklin’s Front Street; 25 businesses were destroyed and chambermaid Alice Irish lost her life. In that same year, the City of Rocklin was incorporated. Foremost on the new city’s agenda was the need for fire . . . — — Map (db m239929) HM
In 1857, the Whitney’s arrival in Rocklin signaled the start of the Spring Valley Ranch. In the early 1900’s another important chapter of Rocklin’s agricultural history began with the arrival of Japanese and Spanish immigrants.
Both the . . . — — Map (db m243176) HM
On Front Street at Rocklin Road, on the right when traveling north on Front Street.
Circa 1863 Rocklin was chosen by the Central Pacific Railroad as
the location for the roundhouse as it was close to the point where
the railbed steepens and heads towards Auburn. The decision to
build at Rocklin also reflected Rocklin's proximity . . . — — Map (db m143622) HM
On Rocklin Road, on the right when traveling south.
This memorial is dedicated in memory
of all the men and women from the
Rocklin area who made the sacrifice
to protect our lives and property
while serving in the Armed Forces
of the United States of America.
We stand in deep . . . — — Map (db m22992) HM
On San Francisco Street at Rocklin Road on San Francisco Street.
The house is typical of the era (Circa 1905 – 1910). It was built for Henry D. Fletcher M.D. and served as his medical office until 1920.
Businessman C.A. Moon purchased the house in 1936. — — Map (db m23425) HM
On Rocklin Road at Front Street, on the right when traveling north on Rocklin Road.
The Trott Hotel was built in 1866 and was one of the first hotels in Rocklin. The hotel was built and operated by Samuel Trott. It burned down in Nov. 1869 with the loss of one life. It was rebuilt that same year. The south portion was torn down in . . . — — Map (db m23037) HM
On Lincoln Street at Church Street, on the right when traveling south on Lincoln Street.
Original site of Clark Home
1886 – 1907
Site of
Roseville Banking & Trust Co.
1907 -1920
Acquired by Bank of Italy
1920
Present building constructed
For Bank of America 1927
Occupied until 1966
Roseville Press Tribune . . . — — Map (db m37168) HM
On Lincoln Street at Pacific Street, on the right when traveling north on Lincoln Street.
The Barker is the last of four hotels
to occupy this site. First occupied
by the Roseville Hotel-1870, later
sold for six-wagons-and-a-mule,
replaced by Ross House-1891 and
the Western Hotel-1899.
The Barker Hotel & Bar opened-1911
and have . . . — — Map (db m135428) HM
President of Mexico 1858-1872 Successfully led his country against the Empire of Maximilian and pronounced these immortal words: "The respect for the rights of others is peace"
Donated by Alberto and Carmen Heredia and Family
Dedicated . . . — — Map (db m91373) HM
On Church Street near Lincoln Street, on the left when traveling east.
Between 1916 and 1924, a series of costly and destructive fires leveled many of the original wooden structures on Roseville's north side.
Built in the 1920's by J.H. Herring, this brick structure rose during a wave of rebuilding that followed . . . — — Map (db m91389) HM
On Vernon Street at Lincoln Street, on the left when traveling north on Vernon Street.
Built in 1912, various businesses have occupied this building over the years, including Placer Savings, the Rainbow Club, Schmidt's Delicatessen and Dutra Liquors.
Known as Gordon Hall, the upstairs became a popular gathering place used by . . . — — Map (db m91386) HM
On Vernon Street at Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling west on Vernon Street.
1868 - Original Site of the B.W. Neff Residence
1927-Built by Fred Farlow known as the "Farlow Block"
Early occupants:
Ground Floor: Citizens Bank, Richardson Store for
Men, Bennett's Pharmacy
2nd Floor occupied by Dr. Leo Barusch, . . . — — Map (db m143600) HM
On Vernon Street, on the right when traveling west.
Site of Davis Hotel, built 1909.
Housed railroaders - destroyed 1930.
In 1932, Ed Garbolino erected
present building for
Hanford Crocker Chevrolet until 1964.
Occupied by Boni Music to 1984.
Kendall's Allwood Furniture opened 1990.
Special . . . — — Map (db m143599) HM
On Oak Street at Taylor Street, on the left when traveling north on Oak Street.
Built in 1909 for William Haman, manager of
the Roseville Winery. Mr. Haman was elected
to Roseville's first city council in 1908; he was
also a Placer County Supervisor. After his
death in 1935, his second wife, Alice, a school
teacher, . . . — — Map (db m135915) HM
On Main Street at Washington Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
By 1905, Roseville consisted of a small handful of nondescript buildings huddled
closely together around the railroad. Population had stabilized at 250. The Southern
Pacific, successors to the Central Pacific Railroad, announced its intention to . . . — — Map (db m135430) HM
On North Grant Street west of Pacific Street, on the left when traveling west.
This monument has been erected to honor the memory of eleven local railroad workers who met untimely deaths in a tragic train accident between Roseville and Lincoln on April 8, 1935.
Louis Apostolas • Arnold Caballero • Sam Darras • Tony Espinoza . . . — — Map (db m37235) HM
Petroglyph Area
“Petro” means rock, “Glyph” means writing. Archeologists speculate that pre-historic cultures used petroglyphs to depict aspects of ceremonial significance. These petroglyphs, which are carved in . . . — — Map (db m23427) HM
On Main Street at Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.
The “McRae Opera House” on the upper floor was Roseville’s main social hall through the 1920’s – being used for meetings, plays and dances. It was here that town meetings which led to Roseville’s incorporation were held. For a time . . . — — Map (db m37162) HM
On Vernon Street at South Grant Street, on the left when traveling north on Vernon Street.
1873-1910 Site of Roseville's
first school
1920 Hawkin Brothers erected an
automotive repair building
1949 Acquired and remodeled
by Minard and De Wood
1999 Major renovation by
the Minard family
Special recognition to
Glenn & Loleta . . . — — Map (db m143778) HM
On Main Street west of Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling west.
1908 - Building built by A.B. Broyer and operated as a furniture store.
1014 - Purchased by M.B. Johnson and operated as a hardware store.
1936 - Purchased by Ulisse Gemignani and Louie Milani, opened as the Onyx Saloon . . . — — Map (db m37164) HM
1907 Site of one of Roseville's first auto garage
1910 Re-modeled to be the Doris Theater
1912-1913 Daytime use for Roseville High classes
1914-1922 Saugstad Brothers Automotive Garage
1932 Building destroyed by fire
1939-1960 . . . — — Map (db m91390) HM
Across this footbridge situated high above Roseville's Southern Pacific railroad yards
passed untold thousands of Pacific Fruit Express employees on their way to work at the
world''s largest artificial ice plant. In disuse since 1974 when the . . . — — Map (db m136168) HM
On Church Street at Washington Boulevard, on the right when traveling east on Church Street.
Central Pacific graders reached Junction, now Roseville, on November 23, 1863, crossing the line of the California Central, which began building northward from Folsom in May 1858. That line was abandoned in 1868. CP’s track reached Junction April . . . — — Map (db m11079) HM
Near Douglas Boulevard, on the right when traveling east.
In honor of the
Air Force, Army, Marine
and Navy Veterans of
Placer County who served
their country proudly in
The Vietnam Conflict.
1961 – 1973
Lance Corporal Bruce Wayne Brace – Marines • Specialist 5 Danny Kaye Rich . . . — — Map (db m37142) HM
On Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling south.
Concerned by the lack of adequate library facilities in 1910, the Women’s Improvement Club convinced the City Board of Trustees to contribute $2,000 and to apply to Andrew Carnegie for a $10,000 grant which they received on April 25, 1911. The land . . . — — Map (db m40182) HM
On Douglas Boulevard at Riverside Avenue, on the right when traveling west on Douglas Boulevard.
The Roseville Junction Monument derives its name from two sources of inspiration.
First, it reflects the name of the town in the 1860's. Roseville was the intersection
between local rail lines and was appropriately called "Junction.” . . . — — Map (db m143583) HM
On Main Street at Washington Boulevard, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
The story of Roseville's "Old Town" had its beginnings in the aftermath of the fabled
California gold rush when discouraged gold seekers left the mineral regions to take
up farming along the rich creek bottom lands of south western Placer County. . . . — — Map (db m135429) HM
On Church Street south of Lincoln Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1915 as Roseville''s first funeral parlor.
Acquired in 1924 by the Brill family to house
the Roseville Register-Tribune our local
newspaper until 1947.
Operated from 1947-1998 as Roseville Printing.
Acquired in 1998 by Donald Smith . . . — — Map (db m135935) HM
In Memory of Our Heroic Dead
Manfred W. Astill • George W. Baker • Joseph A. Bews • Gerald F. Bush • Alyn W. Butler • Gregory Collins • Thomas W. Dorsey • William Ely • Joaquin M. Gayaldo • James R. Goddard • Charles W. Gray • Claude . . . — — Map (db m91370) WM
On Lincoln Street at Pacific Street, on the right when traveling south on Lincoln Street.
In April 1909, the newly incorporated City of Roseville leased the upper level of the historic two story J.D. Pratt, later William Sawtell, store building at the corner of Pacific and Lincoln Streets for use as the town’s first City Hall.
Rent . . . — — Map (db m37174) HM
On Church Street, on the left when traveling north.
Original Site
Roseville's First Hospital
Site of two story brick residence of
Roseville pioneer John Doyle's Family - built 1890.
Later utilized as a private hospital
For J.L. Fanning, M.D.
1954- Building razed and present . . . — — Map (db m135934) HM
On Atlantic Street at Vernon Street, on the right when traveling west on Atlantic Street.
In the early 1900s a decision by Southern Pacific Railroad to relocate the regional operations to this area helped turn a small town once known as Junction into the City of Roseville. Locomotive 2252 is a symbol of this history and of the social and . . . — — Map (db m37150) HM
On Church Street, on the right when traveling west.
The oldest section of this church, built in 1882-1883, was
Roseville's first ecclesiastical structure.
Dedication ceremonies for the church were held
March 4, 1883. — — Map (db m143585) HM
On Atlantic Street at Vernon Street, on the right when traveling south on Atlantic Street.
The first suecessful rotary plow was designed by Canadian Orang Jull. Jull hired the
Leslie Brothers to build the first model with the first tests conducted in the winter of
1883-84. The Leslies soon purchased the manufacturing rights to the plow . . . — — Map (db m135381) HM
On Atlantic Avenue, on the left when traveling south on Atlantic Avenue.
Built by F. B. Rossi for George West in 1907
Leased and sold to Avano Frediani in 1917,
as a hotel and tavern business, and
continuously operated by the
Frediani family for 81 years.
Extensive remodeling
was completed in 1997.
Special . . . — — Map (db m143777) HM
On Thirteenth Street at H Street, on the left when traveling north on Thirteenth Street.
Settled in 1855 by E.C. Rodgers. In 1857 the "shed", a one story house 24' x 80' and an enclosed shed building 40' x 40' x 20' were built. With these buildings, corral and stable facilities, Union Shed became a wagon and freight trails crossroads . . . — — Map (db m17146) HM
On Soda Springs Road near Pahatsi Road, on the left when traveling south.
History
After the emigrants had successfully negotiated Donner Pass, they rested in Summit Valley (Van Norden now). They grazed the stock, drank their fill of the pure water and rested. The trip had been exhausting and dangerous but now . . . — — Map (db m175610) HM
On Hampshire Rocks Road, on the left when traveling east.
It is estimated more than 30,000 settlers came into California over this trail in the year 1849. Near this site outcroppings of rocks still bear the marks of wagon wheels. For those travelers who reached this point the next ordeal was the tortuous . . . — — Map (db m95507) HM
On Hampshire Rocks Road at Rainbow Road, on the right when traveling east on Hampshire Rocks Road.
History
Rainbow Tavern, as it was known, was built in 1927 by Herstle Jones who also built Nyack Lodge. He was the brother of Oscar Jones who built the Soda Springs Hotel. Rainbow Lodge served as a way spot for summer travelers over the . . . — — Map (db m95575) HM
On Hampshire Rocks Road, on the left when traveling east.
In 1844, the Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party became the first wagon party to cross the Sierra Nevada. A portion of the group spent the winter nearby along the Yuba River, before continuing to Sutter's Fort in the spring of 1845. Their pioneering . . . — — Map (db m95508) HM
On Soda Springs Road, 0.8 miles south of Donner Pass Road, on the left when traveling south.
About one mile from our camp and we left the valley to our right and went up a ravine on the left; 4 miles more brought us to a group of lakes (6 in number) the water in them was cool and beautifully clear - John Markle, August 22, 1849 — — Map (db m149586) HM
On Kidd Lakes Road, 2 miles west of Soda Springs Road, on the right when traveling west.
You take off to the left of the valey [sic] (Summit Valley) Travel over much bad road The rock is all through the wood looking like waggons [sic] white cows and sheep
Micajah Littleton, Sep 28, 1850 — — Map (db m95644) HM
On Old Donner Summit Road, 0.9 miles south of Sugar Bowl Road, on the left when traveling east.
Dcinded abut 5 miles (from Roller Pass) throug lovly pine fur & ceder groves some of wich ... measured upwards of 33 feet and look as though they were 300 feet high. Came to a butifull little valley & campt - M. A. Violette, Sep 1, 1849 — — Map (db m149497) HM
Near West Lake Boulevard (State Highway 89) west of State Highway 26.
Business and tourists
Outlet point is the location where the waters of Lake Tahoe find their only release from the lake basin along the Lower Truckee River at Tahoe City
The sheltered inlet of the Truckee River mouth provided safe harbor . . . — — Map (db m34932) HM
Near West Lake Boulevard north of Tahoe Tavern Road.
Basketmaking is a tradition of the Washoe people of the Great Basin that dates back thousands of years. Different types of baskets were made for holding water and cooking, winnowing seeds and nuts, collecting and storing food, catching fish and . . . — — Map (db m233388) HM
Controlling the flow of water through Lake Tahoe's Truckee River outlet
The Donner Lumber and Boom Company built the first dam across the Truckee River outlet in Tahoe City in 1872. Water released through the dam controlled the flow of . . . — — Map (db m112966) HM
In the 1890s, the decline in silver mining on the Comstock in Nevada reduced the demand for lumber from the Lake Tahoe basin. Local businessman Duane L. Bliss, owner of Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, recognized a new business . . . — — Map (db m112973) HM
Near North Lake Boulevard (State Highway 89) west of State Highway 28.
Timber baron and transportation mogul, D.L. Bliss – a one time Nevada banker – was best known for the railroads and steamships that he introduced to the Lake Tahoe Basin. He organized the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. in 1871 and . . . — — Map (db m34505) HM
Near North Lake Boulevard (State Highway 28) west of Grove Street.
Tahoe City of the 1860s was a very different place than today. The first businesses include hay production, logging and fishing for native Lahontan cutthroat trout. Comstock Lode silver mining created short-lived boomtowns like Knoxville, . . . — — Map (db m34521) HM
On North Lake Boulevard (U.S. 28), on the right when traveling west.
Called the finest establishment between San Francisco and Virginia City, this elegant three and a half story resort signified the start of North Tahoe's tourist industry. Terminal for the Tahoe-Truckee Flyer Stage Line And host To the lake's . . . — — Map (db m100218) HM
Native people first lived along Lake Tahoe's shoreline over 9,000 years ago when retreating glaciers blocked most corridors to the lake.
Lake Tahoe came to be the center of traditional Washoe life. Their legends describe every aspect of the . . . — — Map (db m112969) HM
Near West Lake Boulevard (State Highway 89) west of Highway 28, on the right when traveling east.
The first outlet works were constructed in 1870 by Colonel A.W. Von Schmidt. The stone and timber crib structure soon passed to the Donner Lumber & Boom Co. who continued to regulate, for a fee, the water flow for floatation of logs and, later, . . . — — Map (db m143497) HM
Near North Lake Boulevard (State Highway 26), on the right when traveling east.
News that the 1960 Winter Olympics were coming to tiny Squaw Valley and to Lake Tahoe’s West Shore marked a milestone in Tahoe City development. All at once Lake Tahoe became known world-wide. Many new facilities were built for the Olympics, with . . . — — Map (db m37441) HM
Near North Lake Boulevard (State Highway 26), on the right when traveling east.
Think about the people who made Tahoe City what it is today. They were frontiersman and adventurers, hunters and fishermen, lumberjacks and miners, school teachers, newspapermen, and ladies of the night. They ranged from Washoe Indians, who called . . . — — Map (db m34899) HM
The Placer County Emigrant Road, known today as the Western States Trail, extended from Yankee Jim's on the Foresthill Divide to the Washoe Valley in Nevada. Built in 1852, the road served emigrants before providing a link to the Comstock boom towns . . . — — Map (db m143761) HM
Near North Lake Boulevard (State Highway 26), on the right when traveling east.
A peacetime boom came to Tahoe City. New businesses flourished. Life was changing in ways unimaginable. From the old Tahoe Tavern Winter Sports Grounds, a retired Norwegian sea captain, Kjell “Rusty” Rustad, created a small family-style . . . — — Map (db m34908) HM
On W Lake Blvd, on the right when traveling north.
Trails become roads around Lake Tahoe
Early travel in the Lake Tahoe basin was along Washoe Indian trails and later along American immigrant trails blazed in the 1840s over the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountain passes. The first roads in the . . . — — Map (db m112967) HM
