A stroll around Truckee, CA

[xzmattzx]

Many people who were nerds in their childhood may remember Truckee as one of the low temperature or snowfall total fixtures on the Weather Channel back in the 1990s.

[Docere]

Interesting. I have some vague memory of passing through Truckee when I was on a family trip years ago.

[38 Geary]

Very nice! Always interesting to see old Sierra towns.

Truckee, I think is notorious for 2 main things. The Donner Party (a group of settlers from Illinois) and the genocide of the local Chinese population back in the 1870s. They had moved there after the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad after playing a vital role having been assigned the most hazardous tasks and being paid significantly less than white workers. Within this small but vibrant community, Chinese railroad workers, merchants, wood choppers, doctors, restaurateurs, labor contractors, and laundrymen lived and worked in the heart of town. However, anti-Chinese sentiment was rising in this time period and white arsonists destroyed about 40 Chinese buildings (Truckee was 1/4 Chinese at that time) and eventually in the oncoming years the entire Chinese district, and then once purged, blocked Chinese residents from rebuilding. Today, nearly all physical traces of the original Chinatown are gone. The old herb shop is the only surviving building.

[sopas ej]

Cool pics!

I've only ever been in Truckee once, sometime in the early or mid-2000 aughts. It was on a side trip my partner and I took to Lake Tahoe; I don't recall where we were staying, hotel-wise. I do remember thinking about the Donner Party while I was there.

[Velvet_Highground]

Bought the best pair of snow boots I’ve ever owned or needed in Truckee. Bought a pair of Gortex boots when I was 13 on my first snowboarding trip. Snagged a pair few sizes too big and over 20 years later they’re still almost good as new & fit like a glove. Possibly because they were a bit too big to trash a young teen. Still damn fine boots.

You think Truckee gets snow go up 1,000 to 1,500 feet in elevation and its next level. Part of my cousins winter ritual in Incline Village was digging down from the second floor deck to get the garage open. There was a deadly avalanche sometime in the 90’s just after they moved there. It came down the canyon at the end of the street one spring and killed a few backcountry campers, it was wild being so wet and heavy ripped the trees out of the canyon.

Truckee is a beautiful little mountain town remember to stop by the Donner Diner next door in Donner Lake. It’s called the Donner Cafe but it’s not fooling anyone it’s the Donner Diner and idk what they have on the menu some kind of mysterious pork but I heard it’s good. Lol. Like legit mostly after driving past and having a laugh I looked it up and it looks like good eats.

[ColDayMan]

Been there quite a few times between my travels from Sacramento to Reno and back. Thanks!