History is interesting to me. Through the various seasons of life my interest in it has waxed and waned, but right now I'm really interested in it. My work at the California Trail Interpretive Center in Elko, NV has been very rewarding and has opened up new areas of knowledge and interest to me. As [...]
Month: November 2022
November Social Media Posts for the California Trail Interpretive Center
November 4 – Fridays with the Donner Party This past week the Donner Party left Truckee Meadows (Reno area) and began their travel up the Truckee River canyon into the Sierra Nevada Mountains. At Truckee Lake (now called Donner Lake) they encountered rain and snow, with snow quickly deepening up the pass beyond the lake. [...]