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Truckee Trail Historical Markers
The Truckee Trail, as the Truckee River Route of the California Trail is called, is historic in that it was the first wagon road opened over the Sierra Nevada. It was opened in 1844-45 by the Elisha Stephens party which consisted of 11 wagons, 26 men, 8 women and 16 children. This party was guided by Caleb Greenwood, an old mountain man, who was assisted at a critical time near the Humboldt Sink by a Paiute Indian chief who the emigrants called “Truckee.”
By Alvis Hendley, October 6, 2016
Truckee Trail - All Hills and Ravines Marker
1 ► California, Nevada County, Alta Sierra — T-62 — Truckee Trail - All Hills and Ravines —  |
| On Taylor Crossing Road at Dog Bar Road, on the left when traveling east on Taylor Crossing Road. | |||
| 2 ► California, Nevada County, Alta Sierra — T-63 — Truckee Trail - Among the Foothills — |
| On Dog Bar Road at Owl Hill Court, on the left when traveling north on Dog Bar Road. | |||
| 3 ► California, Nevada County, Chicago Park — T-60 — Truckee Trail - Forks Right & Left — |
| On Colfax Highway (California Route 174) at Lower Colfax Road, on the left when traveling north on Colfax Highway. | |||
| 4 ► California, Nevada County, Cisco Grove — T-47 — Truckee Trail - Ascent to Lake and Valley — |
| On an unnamed dirt road, on the right. | |||
| 5 ► 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. | |||
| 6 ► 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. | |||
| 7 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — 134 — Donner Party — |
| Near 12593 Donner Pass Road. | |||
| 8 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — Donner Pass — Who Passed This Way — |
| On Donner Pass Road (Old Highway 40). | |||
| 9 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — First Wagons Across the Sierras — |
| On Donner Pass Road (Old Highway 40) at South Shore Drive, on the left when traveling west on Donner Pass Road. | |||
| 10 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — Nev.-01-95 — Schallenberger Cabin Site — |
| 11 ► California, Nevada County, Truckee — Stephens – Townsend – Murphy Party of 1844 — First Pioneer Wagons Over The Sierra Nevada — |
| Near Donner Pass Road (Old Highway 40). | |||
| 12 ► California, Placer County, Emigrant Gap — Emigrant Gap — |
| On Nyack Road near Interstate 80, on the left when traveling north. | |||
| 13 ► California, Placer County, Soda Springs — Stephens-Townsend-Murphy Party — |
| On Hampshire Rocks Road, on the left when traveling east. | |||
| 14 ► California, Placer County, Soda Springs — T-42 — Truckee Trail - Leaving Summit Valley — |
| On Soda Springs Road, 0.8 miles south of Donner Pass Road, on the left when traveling south. | |||
| 15 ► California, Placer County, Soda Springs — T-43 — Truckee Trail - Through Boulder Field — |
| On Kidd Lakes Road, 2 miles west of Soda Springs Road, on the right when traveling west. | |||
| 16 ► California, Placer County, Sugar Bowl Ski Resort — T-41 — Truckee Trail - To Summit Valley — |
| On Old Donner Summit Road, 0.9 miles south of Sugar Bowl Road, on the left when traveling east. | |||
| 17 ► California, Santa Clara County, Cupertino — Captain Elisha Stephens — 1804 - 1887 — A True Pioneer — |
| Near Stevens Creek Boulevard. | |||
| 18 ► California, Sierra County, Verdi, NV — T-24 — Truckee Trail - Rocky Ravine — |
| On Henness Pass Road west of Sunrise Creek Road, on the right when traveling west. | |||
| 19 ► California, Yuba County, Wheatland — T-69 — Truckee Trail – To Johnson Ranch — |
| On Camp Far West Road, on the left when traveling south. | |||
| 20 ► Nevada, Churchill County, Fallon — T-3 — Truckee Trail - Forty Mile Desert — |
| On U.S. 95, 0.9 miles south of Interstate 80, on the left when traveling south. | |||
| 21 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Mogul — T-22 — Truckee Trail - River Crossings — |
| Near Interstate 80, on the right when traveling east. | |||
| 22 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Reno — T.R.R. 13 — Emigrant Trail - Truckee River Route — |
| On Rio Poco Road at Creekside Circle, on the right when traveling south on Rio Poco Road. | |||
| 23 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Reno — 13-A — Emigrant Trail--Truckee River Route — |
| On East Peckham Lane east of Coliseum Way, on the right when traveling east. | |||
| 24 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Reno — 253 — Emigrant-Donner Camp — |
| On Rio Poco Road at Creekside Circle, on the right when traveling south on Rio Poco Road. | |||
| 25 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Reno — 21 — Truckee Trail - 23rd Crossing — |
| On Tahoe Pyramid Bikeway, on the right when traveling west. | |||
| 26 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Sparks — T-20/B-1 — Truckee Trail - Truckee Meadows Ford — |
| On Tahoe Pyramid Bikeway, on the left when traveling east. | |||
| 27 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Verdi — 62 — Truckee River |
| On Interstate 80, on the right when traveling east. Reported missing. | |||
| 28 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Verdi — 23 — Truckee Trail - Last Crossing — |
| Near Crystal Park Road. | |||
| 29 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Verdi — Truckee/Donner Trail — |
| On Henness Pass Road, on the left when traveling west. | |||
| 30 ► Nevada, Washoe County, Wadsworth — T-14 — Truckee Trail - River Crossings — |
| Near Interstate 80. | |||