Sierra Speaker Series: “Putting California on the Map” with David Carle Complimentary refreshments will be served, with beverages available for purchase. A $5 donation is suggested for this free program. Parking is free after 5pm. Putting California on the Map, von Schmidt’s Lines is the biography of Alexey W. von Schmidt, ’49er, surveyor and civil…
Sierra Speaker Series: Fibs, Fakes, Falsehoods – Mistaken Tahoe with David Antonucci Complimentary refreshments will be served, with beverages available for purchase. A $5 donation is suggested for this free program. Parking is free after 5pm. Join presenter David C. Antonucci, author, and professional speaker, as he explores some of the so-called facts about Lake…
Sierra Speaker Series: “Trilogy: Chinese Railroad Workers, From Donner to Central Valley,” A Min Zhou Film The Sierra State Parks Foundation is very pleased to offer a film premiere of “Trilogy: Chinese Railroad Workers, From Donner to Central Valley” by Min Zhou. Follow Min’s travels from California’s Central Valley to Utah’s Salt Lake City as…
Sierra Speaker Series: The Art & Science of Northern California Architecture with Todd Mather The Sierra State Parks Foundation is very pleased to offer a presentation by Todd Mather, TGM Architect. To survive, Man needs food, water and shelter. From this root, delicious food and artisan waters have sustained the artistic side of sustenance. Architecture…
Complimentary refreshments will be served, with beverages available for purchase. A $5 donation is suggested for this free program. Parking is free after 5pm. The Sierra State Parks Foundation is very pleased to offer a presentation by Barbara Czerwinski & Heidi Sproat from the Donner Party Hike. Do you know how and why Truckee became known as…
Sierra Speaker Series: 150th Truckee Railroad Anniversary with Jerry Blackwill Complimentary refreshments will be served, with beverages available for purchase. A $5 donation is suggested for this free program. Parking is free after 5 pm. Jerry Blackwill of the Truckee Donner Railroad Society will tell the story of the first passenger train arriving in Truckee…
Sierra Speaker Series: Cougars and Conservation with Dr. Richard Hopkins Complimentary refreshments will be served, with beverages available for purchase. A $5 donation is suggested for this free program. Parking is free. Our relationship with predators is driven by a fascination and primal curiosity. We tend to fear rare occurrences (such as large predator attacks…
Sierra Speaker Series: Snowbound! with Mark McLaughlin Sierra State Parks is excited to present Mark McLaughlin to discuss his award winning book, SNOWBOUND! Legendary Winters of the Tahoe Sierra. Complimentary refreshments will be served with wine available for purchase. A $5 donation is suggested for this free program. Parking is free. Award-winning Tahoe Weather Historian…