then and now

Muybridge 687 Mt Stanford

Mount Stanford, from Western Summit (Muybridge 687) This photo by Eadweard Muybridge about 1875 is taken from along the railroad east of Tunnel 8. The very distinctive rock in the original seems to have been buried when they removed the wooden snowsheds. The rubble there now includes timbers & boulders. Mount Stanford is now Stewart Peak, and Highway 40 dominates the scene. Barely visible is the Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon Road. Photo location 39° 18.928'N 120° 18.980'W