NoeHill Travels in California
Historic Sites and Points of Interest in Placer County
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16 December 2013
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Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad
East Grass Valley Street Near Railroad Avenue
Colfax
Built 1876
Dismantled 1942
East Grass Valley Street Near Railroad Avenue
Colfax
Built 1876
Dismantled 1942
The plaque on the left commemorates the narrow gauge railroad. It reads:
Nevada Co. Narrow Gauge Railroad
Depot was 100 yards N. E. of this spot. Built by John Flint Kidder between 1874-76. It ran 22 miles from Colfax to
Nevada City via
Grass Valley. Rails taken up on 1942. Sarah Kidder,
widow of builder, world's first woman railroad president 1901-13.
Plaque dedicated May 1, 1976 by
1876-1942
Placer County Terminus
Lord Sholto Douglas, No. 3 and
Wm. Bull Meek - Wm. Morris Stewart, No. 10
E Clampus Vitus
The plaque on the right commemorates the First Transcontinental Railroad.