In the Past

Tahoe/Truckee’s natural food scene has grown over the last 50 years from a single co-op in Kings Beach to two New Moon Natural Food stores and Alice’s Mountain Market, thanks in large part to Mark Calhoun.

A look back at the history of the Meeks Bay Fire Protection District, which was recently annexed into the North Tahoe Fire Protection District.

Lane Endicott was in the midst of her sixth summer as a fire spotter atop Verdi Peak when she spied a column of smoke in the distance, the beginning of what was the Donner Ridge Fire of 1960.

A Brickelltown home was on the brink of collapse. Its current restoration is revealing a storied past.

As its first graduates prepare to celebrate their 50th reunion, this month’s In the Past looks back on the momentous opening of North Tahoe High School.

University of Nevada’s Reno at Lake Tahoe campus is a far cry from its humbled Sierra Nevada College beginnings, when alumni affectionately called it “the little hippie college on the hill.”

As the oldest building in Truckee, the Capitol Building has seen its share of local history. Pat Dillon takes us on a tour of its past lives and shares about its latest incarnation on Commercial Row.

California’s violent attempt to rid the state of its original people was even sanctioned by the government and, tragically, nearly 100% successful in its mission.

New landmark recognizes the fundamental role of Truckee’s two Chinatowns in the late 19th century.

Nestled between the thunder of cars and trucks traveling on Interstate 80 and the rolling flow of the Truckee River stands a throwback to another era: the Farad hydroelectric powerhouse.