Transportation
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In the pioneer days of California, the Emigrant Trail turned south at this point for approximately three miles, then west across the summit of the Sierras about a mile south of the present railroad. Here the Donner Party missed the trail because of the early snows, resulting in tragedy.
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Truckee, California · United States