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The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution–which banned the manufacture, transportation and sale of intoxicating liquors–ushered in a period in American history known as Prohibition.  Prohibition officially went into effect on January 17, 1920, with the passage of the Volstead Act. The Movement In the 1820’s and ’30’s, a wave of religious revivalism swept the […]

Arguably, Donner Pass is the most important square mile in California with many firsts: •The first wagon trains to California •The first transcontinental railroad •The first transcontinental highway •The first transcontinental air route. Even with all these firsts for California and the west, the tragic journey of the Donner Wagon Party is probably the most […]

Are you concerned about what’s going on with the McIver Dairy Project? Is it another housing development? Grocery store? Parking lot? None of the above. Concerns over the current ecological state of the McIver Dairy property has prompted the Truckee Town Council to move forward with plans to restore the land. That’s right, it’s a […]

We are all curious what is going on with the Truckee Railyard Project. Ground has obviously been broken; but no buildings? What’s going on? Since November 2016, a significant amount of work has been completed at the site, including infrastructure improvements and the relocation of Union Pacific facilities last summer. This is an 11,000 square […]