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January '10: donated historical items, Rainbow Bridge plaque "comes home," Thanks to those who donated in '09, movie views, the text for our Tunnel 6 20 Mile Museum sign
February '10: The Norden Store: Milli's Story: Richard Bigelow, first US Forest Supervisor in Tahoe National Forest - circa 1908 to 1932. His life and times, as documented in his actual daily-work journal; maybe finally Hitler's Last Soldier in America; and mabye we'll begin to tell stories that may or may not be true about Donner Summit history.
March '10: Pictures from an album just donated, Circus animals escape
April '10: Traffic on Donner Summit and Old 40 becoming year 'round, Kingvale Park, Hitler's Last Soldier in America (a review - he worked on Donner Summit), Gifts from God (more from our Stories that may or may not be true about Donner Summit, Alfred A. Hart at the LOC.
May '10 Ending Winter's Isolation, The Madman of Donner Summit, How Lake Angela Got its Name, The 20 Mile Museum
June '10 Donner Summit, 1874; Lena & Herbert chapter II; More Stories that May or May Not Be True; SP will drive tunnel through Summit, 1905
July '10 Red Mountain, driving Old 40 instead of the Interstate, Summering at Cisco, Stories of Donner Summit, Lake Mary Evenings, Summit Pioneer Awards, The Fire Lookout on Red Mountain, Fire Trains.
August '10 Snow tunnels and fires, the Watchmen of Red Mountain, Fire Trains, Dick Buek, Auburn Ski Club, Hannes Schroll, Summit Pioneer Awards.
September, '10: Something Different: Interesting pictures from the DSHS archives, DSHS Building, Heritage Tour and Pioneer Awards, Soda Springs Hotel donations, Old Highway 40 matchbook collection
October, '10: Something Different II: Interesting pictures from the DSHS archives, DSHS News, Gateway to California, Lincoln Highway Trip, Old Cars come to Donner Summit, Along the Lincoln Highway at Big Bend, China Wall
November, 2010 Licoln Highway "Tioga Route" (this does have to do with Donner Summit)
Lincoln Highway II (east side of Donner Summit) Catfish and Catfish Ponds, 2010 Contributors, Donner Summit Topo Map circa 1930's - 3.6 meg (lots of pictures)
December, 2010: The Real Turkey Story of 1955, Norden Station and the Mole People of Norden Station, DSHS news, Sierra Skiways, more on catfish
newsletters, 2011
 
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Here are the newsletters for 2010. Each edition is contains historical articles, pictures, and graphics related to Donner Summit history. Each is a PDF and none larger than 2.4 meg (except as noted) due to
judicious use of Adobe Acrobat 9's file shrinking capabilities.

Use the indices to the right to find topics, pictures, or other things you might be interested in seeing or reading.

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