A Walking Tour of Truckee, California (Look Up, America!)

The carpenters had their own guild, the bricklayers had their own guild and so on. Trades that did not have a large number of practitioners welded into hodgepodge guilds known as Odd Fellows. In 19th century America an International Order of Odd Fellows lodge building, usually exuberantly ornate, could be found in virtually every town. Capitol Building Donner Pass Road.

This the oldest brick structure on Commercial Row, constructed in by William H. Hurd for his Capitol Saloon. Hurd left the mining fields to open the establishment in but the wooden building burned to the ground. In addition to the bar and restaurant on the ground floor there was a theater upstairs.

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Jake Teeter was New Jersey-born and came west to Truckee where he rented boats and worked as a fishing guide on Donner Lake. At the age of 26 in Teeter was appointed constable. Over the years he gained respect, dispensing justice with a pick handle rather than a gun. He constantly won every election for constable, often over his sometime fellow lawman, James Reed. Reed was also known for vigilantism and over the years their friendly rivalry turned bitter.

But he was so haunted by the incident that the once gregarious and popular Reed retreated to a small cabin outside of town and lived as a recluse for the final 13 years of his life. Founder Dave Cabona would not recognize the high end fashions for sale today in the store - he sold fishing tackle, rubber tires, gasoline and dry goods more suited for life in a wilderness cabin.

Sierra Tavern Donner Pass Road.

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This was a favored hostelry for visiting movie crews on location in Lake Tahoe and it is rumored that Jack London, Charlie Chaplin and John Wayne all signed the guest register here. Upstairs, Charles Fayette McGlashan kept an office; he is credited with establishing Truckee as a winter tourism destination in the late s and as editor and proprietor of the Truckee Republican newspaper was the first to accurately chronicle the struggles of the Donner Party in his book, History of The Donner Party, A Tragedy of the Sierra. This brick building from was the first place for travelers heading east to get a drink in Truckee; for those heading west it was your last chance to get a drink before leaving town.

John Mazza was the barkeep; he emigrated from the town of Tyrol on the Switzerland-Italy border in and came to Truckee five years later. Until only an informal dungeon served the lawmen of Truckee and it was getting a workout - just about every day a prisoner was being transported to facilities at Nevada City.

Stewart fashioned a one-story building with walls 32 inches thick and just slender vents for air; the iron bars were an extra cost. The Truckee jail would operate continuously until ; a second brick level was added in , in part for female prisoners. They also owned a box factory and managed an active ice trade. Rocking stones are large rocks, often souvenirs from retreating glaciers, that are so finely balanced that just a small touch will set them rocking. This ton stone used to rock but no longer does; it was considered sacred by the Washoe people who held ceremonies here some 15, years ago.

Charles McGlashan built the Victorian tower in to display relics from the Donner Party and his widely renowned butterfly collection. Although the building stands without any ornamentation the porch columns and second story windows are of visual interest. Beginning in it was used as a ranger station for the United States Forest Service, one of the first for the service that had just been started by President Theodore Roosevelt two years earlier. Campbell House Donner Pass Road. This one and one-half story building dates to Although somewhat altered it retains some of the heritage traits of its original Queen Anne stylings including scale shingles in the front gable and a cutwork balustrade featuring heart and diamond patterns.

Kruger was partners with E. Brickell, whose name this slice of downtown carries. The lumbermen build many residences in Brickelltown for their employees at the Truckee Lumber Company that flourished on the other side of the railroad tracks. After working for the railroad he became a bank manager in town and served as president of the Truckee Chamber of Commerce; he purchased this house in Additions and restoration have given the showplace house, now a commercial property, a more Queen Anne appearance. Associated Oil Company of San Francisco was founded in and created the prominent Flying A brand for its premium-grade gasoline in Paul Getty was buying up oil companies in the s he merged Associated with his Tidewater Oil Company, founded in New York City in , and made Flying A the primary brand for the company.

Flying A disappeared in when Getty decided to use its own trademark name for its gas. This service station dates to and it was restored in to a look; it does duty today as retail space. Truckee Station Donner Pass Road. The first depot in Truckee was built in when the Transcontinental Railroad was constructed through town.

Engines from the Truckee yards were necessary to help pull trains with more than railroad cars over the Donner Pass.

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In the winter crews based at Truckee would have the responsibility of clearing snow off the tracks; in the early days that could mean six or seven plow-pushing locomotives. After the depot burned in the Southern Pacific Railroad raised this low-slung building of local pine boards. Next to the station the Truckee Railroad Museum operates in a Southern Pacific caboose, painted in the original colors of the line.

Star Hotel West River Street. This vernacular frame structure was erected as a residence, maybe for his own family or maybe for employees; Schaffer built three structures in town before moving to another mill in the Martis Valley in The building was converted to the Star Hotel at that time and began a run of hospitality stretching over years. Today it is believed that the Victorian frame house to the west, your right as you look at the Star Hotel, was the Schaffer residence. This board-and-batten building was a saloon when it was raised in the s.

One hundred years later the structure was entombed in a stucco straightjacket when a month restoration was undertaken. With innovative materials such as stainless steel and formica, the company became a leader in pre-fab structures and lasted until This diner, which looks like an actual railroad car, began life in as the Birmingham Grille on a busy truck route in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. It was closed in and surrounded by towering weeds in an empty lot when San Francisco restaurant entrepreneur Robert Carey uncovered it.

The Truckee Hotel Bridge Street at northeast corner of Donner Pass Road This hotel, under a cornucopia of names, has been a staple of Truckee life since Joseph Gray opened it in as the American House; the name of the stationery has been the Truckee Hotel since Rex Hotel Donner Pass Road The earliest business that operated out of this patterned brick building was a grocery store run by J. First and Last Chance Saloon Donner Pass Road at northeast corner of Spring Street This brick building from was the first place for travelers heading east to get a drink in Truckee; for those heading west it was your last chance to get a drink before leaving town.

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