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We welcome pertinent historic articles, white papers, or links to pages and sites that refer to the history of the Donner Area. Please send any submissions or suggested edits/corrections of current content, to bill.bowness@parks.ca.gov and nick.potter@parks.ca.gov
WASHOE TRIBE OF NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA
WASHOE TRIBE OF NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA
FIRST PEOPLES
FIRST PEOPLES
- Beringia - Bering Sea Land Bridge (12,000-18,000 BCE/end of last ice age)
- First Peoples in Nevada/California - 7,000-9,000 years ago
- Martis Culture Complex of the Washoe - ~2,000BCE - 500CE
- Washoe (Kings Beach Culture Complex) - 700CE - European Contact
- Shoshone
- Plains Paiute
- California Tribes -
Miwok
Luis and Salvador - Looking for Content
Maidu
Europeans
Europeans
- Early "Discovery"
- Spanish
- Missions in Alta California
- Mexician Alta California
WESTWARD EXPANSION
WESTWARD EXPANSION
- Why "GO WEST?" - Economics, Religion, Disease, Manifest Destiny, Adventure....
- Bartleson–Bidwell Company - 1841
- Stephens–Townsend–Murphy Company - 1844
- Donner Party - 1846
- Mexican-American War - 1846
Bear Flag Revolt - 1846
Mexican–American War and the Treaty of Guadalupe
transcontinental railroad
transcontinental railroad
- Central Pacific Railroad
Route Logic of the Central Pacific Railroad, 1861–1869 (4.5MB)
- The Big Four
The Central Pacific Railroad (including information on The Big Four) - Britannica link
- Chinese Labor
Professor Sue Fawn Chung's PowerPoint Presentation for Sierra Speaker Series - October 2023
The Chinese Heroes of the Transcontinental Railroad - Jerry Blackwill (2020)
Geography of Chinese Workers Building The Transcontinental Railroad - Stanford Article (2018)
ARTICLE: These railroad tunnels in Tahoe are one of the most endangered historic sites in America - SF Gate (2021)
ARTICLE: China Wall: Truckee's memorial to the Chinese laborers who transformed America (2021)
Chinese in Truckee 2024 PowerPoint Presentation - Sue Fawn Chung
transcontinental highway
transcontinental highway
- Early Wagon Roads
- Lincoln Highway
- Highway 40
- Interstate 80
speaker series and presentations
speaker series and presentations
Frank Mullen 2022 Caleb Greenwood Chautauqua - Part 1 and Part 2
The Chinese Heroes of the Transcontinental Railroad - Jerry Blackwill
Hidden Wonders from Truckee's Best View 2020 Heidi and Barbara
Virginia Reed's Across The Plains with the Donner Party Song Cycle
Tahoe River Watershed Council 2021 Lisa Wallace and Sue Drake
Forlorn Hope Expedition Endurance Athletes - 2020 - part 1
The Great Tahoe Adventure 2020 - Gary Jesch
Truckee Mythbusters 2020 - Barbara Czerwinski and Heidi Sproat
maps
maps
- Donner Party Winter Camp Sites (1846-47):
- Great Basin/Humboldt Sink
- PIONEER ROUTES:
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