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Historical Markers in Olympic Valley, California

 
Clickable Map of Placer 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 Placer County, CA (211) El Dorado County, CA (267) Nevada County, CA (224) Sacramento County, CA (392) Sutter County, CA (10) Yuba County, CA (46) Carson City, NV (53) Douglas County, NV (111) Washoe County, NV (94)  PlacerCounty(211) Placer County (211)  ElDoradoCounty(267) El Dorado County (267)  NevadaCounty(224) Nevada County (224)  SacramentoCounty(392) Sacramento County (392)  SutterCounty(10) Sutter County (10)  YubaCounty(46) Yuba County (46)  (53) Carson City (53)  DouglasCounty(111) Douglas County (111)  WashoeCounty(94) Washoe County (94)
Auburn is the county seat for Placer County
Olympic Valley is in Placer County
      Placer County (211)  
ADJACENT TO PLACER COUNTY
      El Dorado County (267)  
      Nevada County (224)  
      Sacramento County (392)  
      Sutter County (10)  
      Yuba County (46)  
      Carson City, Nevada (53)  
      Douglas County, Nevada (111)  
      Washoe County, Nevada (94)  
 
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1 California, Placer County, Olympic Valley — Allexey W Von Schmidt1821 - 1906
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
2 California, Placer County, Olympic Valley — Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Co.
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
3 California, Placer County, Olympic Valley — 724 — Pioneer Ski Area of AmericaSquaw Valley, California
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
 
 
  
  
 
 
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May. 5, 2024