Newsletters2012

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January, 2012: Finding Sierra SkiWays trails;Norden Store and Lodge; From the DSHS Archives; Then and Now with Art Clark; First Markings of the Donner Trail - Marshall Fey; Assembling California book review
February, 2012: Cisco Sled Pt II; Cisco Grove and Auburn Ski Club; Emigrant Trails - Coldstream Pass; A Visit to Donner Peak - 1849; Old Donner Summit by Jim White; Emil Papplau, Telemark King of Donner Summit; From the DSHS Archives; Then and Now with Art Clark; Book Review, The Look of the Elephant;more from Marshall Fey - Emigrant Trail
March, 2012: Albert Bierstadt at Donner Summit; Then and Now with Art Clark, Exploring the Emigrant Trail; Last Blacksmith Shop on Donner Summit; From the DSHS Archives; Trancontinental Travel Times (in the old days); Book Review, Hard Road West; From the Summit Hotel, 1883; and miscellaneous
April, 12 Robbery $1000 REWARD, History of the Norden, CA post office, magnificent USGS 1867 photo of the east end of Tunnel 6, from the DSHS Archives, Then and Now with Art Clark, Lake Mary by Bob Williams, Plains Across book review, Discovery of Roller Pass, Across Donner Summit from Western Skiing Magazine, 1946
May, 12 Tunel 6 today - introduction to the next few months; Tunnel 6 Portolio; Tunnel 6 Central Shaft; San Francisco to New York by Railroad, 1870; from the DSHS Archives; Then and Now with Art clark; Old Greenwood book review







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Here are the newsletters for 2012. Each edition is contains historical articles, pictures, and
graphics related to Donner Summit history. Each is a PDF and none very large (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.