Truckee, California
Nevada County · Population 16,729 · Card no. 6320
A Sierra town at 5,800 feet on the transcontinental route, near where the Donner Party was trapped.
- Donner Memorial State Park marks the 1846 camp, its monument base the depth of that winter's snow.
- The town was a major ice and lumber shipping point.
- Charlie Chaplin filmed The Gold Rush nearby in 1924.
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