Putting in Paradise
Braving the Fire
The 1960 Donner Ridge Fire is known as one of the most destructive local fires in modern history, but original letters recently obtained by the Truckee Donner Historical Society outline the devastation felt by survivors.
Shirley of the Canyon
Anatomy of a Phone Number
Reminiscing on the evolution of Truckee’s phone numbers, and what the nostalgia means to one local resident.
Happy Sesquicentennial!
It’s easy take the transcontinental railroad for granted as it doesn’t overtly affect our daily lives, but in truth, the transcontinental railroad is responsible for shaping the North Tahoe/Truckee/Donner Summit area you see today.
A Surveying Scandal in the Sierra
A survey scandal from the 1800s impacts White Wolf owner Troy Caldwell as he tries to establish exact boundary lines for the Squaw-Alpine gondola connect.
History in the Making
The Tahoe Colony That Never Was
Frank Lloyd Wright had a vision in the 1920s for a Tahoe Summer Colony in Emerald Bay that never came to fruition.