Truckee-Donner Historical Society

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10142 Jibboom St, Truckee, CA 96161

(530) 582-0893

The Truckee-Donner Historical Society was founded in 1968 to preserve the history of the Truckee-Donner area.

The society operates the Old Jail Museum, built in 1875 located at corner of Jibboom and Spring streets in downtown Truckee and the Joseph Research Library at 10115 Donner Trail Rd in Truckee.

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Train stations were the hub for many towns bringing in visitors, guests, freight and everything else the town needed or wanted to export. When the Transcontinental Railroad was completed, there were numerous train stations along the rail line. Only a handful of these stations still exist. Their demise was due to the lack of a sustainable economy and the change from steam trains (which needed water at regular intervals to fuel the steam) to diesel engines.

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