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Historical Markers in Higgins Corner, California

 
Clickable Map of Nevada County, California and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Nevada County, CA (240) Placer County, CA (224) Sierra County, CA (60) Yuba County, CA (66) Washoe County, NV (117)  NevadaCounty(240) Nevada County (240)  PlacerCounty(224) Placer County (224)  SierraCounty(60) Sierra County (60)  YubaCounty(66) Yuba County (66)  WashoeCountyNevada(117) Washoe County (117)
Nevada City is the county seat for Nevada County
Higgins Corner is in Nevada County
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1 ► California, Nevada County, Higgins Corner — T-66 — Truckee Trail - Approaching Sacramento Valley —
On Garden Bar Road at Troy Road, on the left when traveling south on Garden Bar Road.
"We are evidently approaching the plains [of Sacramento Valley]. The hills are decreasing in magnitude & every thing indicates that we have gotten through the most difficult part of the mountains." - Jacob R. Snyder, Sep 25, 1845 — — Map (db m149139) HM
2 ► California, Nevada County, Higgins Corner — T-65 — Truckee Trail - Last of the Foothills —
On Wolf Road at Duggans Road, on the left when traveling north on Wolf Road.
"Our road led through the last of the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The road was still not overly good, yet the worst was behind us. ...By afternoon we had the last woodlands behind us" - Heinrich Lienhard, Oct, 1846 — — Map (db m149138) HM
 
 
  
  
  
 
 
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Oct. 12, 2026