Though small in geographic size, Placer County is large in its rich history of railroading in California. This book covers 14 different railroads that did or st

Topics include the organization of the county, its political, financial, and mining history; mining laws, agriculture, public schools, railroads and wagon roads

The Central Pacific Railroad was the first railroad to enter Nevada County as it constructed eastward in 1865. At the base of the eastern slope of Donner Pass,