August 17, 1960 (18 pages)

Donner Summit. DEBEA TE WEEREER Po Cag PNA ROR eA EEO doen ~ PROGRESS AT GEM-LIKE DONNER LAKE.Looking west toward Donner Lake and End of US40 freeway is just below the lake. there provides access to Donner State Park, left. State Sign Route 89 south to Lake Tahoe. The interchange Inter change in foreground is Old highway, right. Now under construction, the summit freeway will connect.at the end of freeway in picture and travel over a completely new alignment north (right) of the lake, and, at its farthest point, about two miles north of the existing summit route. with the freeway at Soda Springs, a distance of 10.5 miles. It will connect ---Division of Highways Photo State Highways In Nevada County — Past And Present By Alan S, Hart, District Engineer, Division of Highways Progress has been a guiding principle of Californias Division of Highways since the first roads were taken into the state highway system over 60 years ago. They were wagon roads-often little more than a set of wheel ruts--some the route of early immigrants, others the route of gold from , and supplies to, the diggings. As economic emphasis changed, routes changed, Some were abandoned, some are now county roads, and some have become a part of highway system and undergone widening, straightening, and grade reduction as new engineering techniques and improved equipment have enabled that progress to become manifest in the conStruction of better, safer highways. Recent progress: Two lanes ofanultimate four-lane expressway were completed in 1958 from the Placei county lineto about7.3 miles north on State Sign Route 49, The same year, theGrass ValleyColfax highway was resurfaced to improve its riding qualities, aswasa portion of SSR 20 east of Nevada City. The most dramatic presentday project is the conversion of U.S, 40toa full freeway. The entire section from Donner Lake east is completed , and recently excavation star ted on the mammoth job of building the freeway over Donner Summit. Another big underway project is the relocation of SSR 89 north of Truckee forthe Prosser Creek dam reservoir. Future progress? There will be plenty in Nevada County: A twoand four-lane expressway from Grass Valley to the Yuba county line; a freeway between Grass Valley and Nevada City; a new bridge over the Bear River on SSR 49; the reconstruction and widening of SSR 49 south of North San Juan; and other smaller jobs--most of them, under current scheduling, are expected to be under construction or completed within the next six years. And there will be more to come after that. ‘The High Sierra Wilderness Area Take your pack and walk In wilderness areas natural batk 100 years into a slower features are preserved in as pace of life and the priminear primitive condition as tive experiences of the westpossible. ' ern pioneers. You get a One such area in the close approximation of this High Sierra Wilderness Area early day existance in NatOf nearly 400,000 acres in ional Forest Wilderness the high and Areas, stated Regional ForSierra Crest country. ester Chas. A. Connaughton. Most half of it is within spectacular AlBe, the Sierra National Férest. The rest is in the Inyo and Sequoia National Forests. Man people travel into the area afoot, packing lightwieght essential gear; others go deluxe with both pack and saddle stcck. Carfree“and carefree,-the wilderness traveler proceeds bd ce NEW. .Glenbrook Gas Company of Grass Valley now have their. new propane trailer in operation after receiving it the middle of June. With a liquid Capacity of 10,765 gallons -it is the largest semi-trailer in operation on the west coast transporting propane. Tom Legg, (left) president, and Brad Legg, secretary-treasurer of the firm, be made. discuss deliveries to Fresno, without schedule, stopping when and where he wishes. Here in the burning midday. ‘ sun and the below freezing nights he learns to live with the elements. In the High Sierra Wilderness Area Spectacular mountain crests rise to over 13,000 feet in elevation. Granite pinnacles’ bleak and bare, stretch their thin fingers into the blue skies. , $ Snowfields feed myriads of deep blue lakes and miles of ‘crystal clear streams which supply the angler with good sport. In this Wilde®ness Area, deer, marten, marmots, ground squir& and grouse are the wildlife most ¥ rels, mountain quail, commonly seen. As a part of the Onnration Outdoors program. an intensive effort is being made in the Bear Creek drainage to study the problems of this Wilderness Area and develop desirable management policies for it! . Most of the study is being — conducted by Forest Service Widerness -Expert, Arnold Snyder, Ranger of'€ the High Sierra District. “ According to Connaugh‘ton, the High Sierra Wild. erness Area is reached by . several trails fromroad ends ir the Owens Valley area lateral to U. S. Highway 395 between Los Angeles and Reno, Nevada. From the west side, the area is about 100 miles from California, past Shafer and Huntington Lakes, to road ends and trail take-offs at Mono Hot Springs, Florence Lake and Edison Lakes. ‘ abt, oar rb at Ye ' Heed ayaa vie SERVING THOSE WHO BUILD NEVADA COUNTY WITH QUALITY LUMBER ~ C / AND BUILDING MATERIALS LUMBER COMPANY INC. Re1, Box 310 GV. ‘Dial 265-4521 \ 4

Donner Summit. DEBEA TE WEEREER Po Cag PNA ROR eA EEO doen ~ PROGRESS AT GEM-LIKE DONNER LAKE..Looking west toward Donner Lake and End of US40 freeway is just below the lake. there provides access to Donner State Park, left. State Sign Route 89 south to Lake Tahoe. The interchange Inter change in foreground is Old highway, right. Now under construction, the summit freeway will connect.at the end of freeway in picture and travel over a completely new alignment north (right) of the lake, and, at its farthest point, about two miles north of the existing summit route. with the freeway at Soda Springs, a distance of 10.5 miles. It will connect ---Division of Highways Photo State Highways In Nevada County — Past And Present By Alan S, Hart, District Engineer, Division of Highways Progress has been a guiding principle of Californias Division of Highways since the first roads were taken into the state highway system over 60 years ago. They were wagon roads-often little more than a set of wheel ruts--some the route of early immigrants, others the route of gold from , and supplies to, the diggings. As economic emphasis changed, routes changed, Some were abandoned, some are now county roads, and some have become a part of highway system and undergone widening, straightening, and grade reduction as new engineering techniques and improved equipment have enabled that progress to become manifest in the conStruction of better, safer highways. Recent progress: Two lanes ofanultimate four-lane expressway were completed in 1958 from the Placei county lineto about7.3 miles north on State Sign Route 49, The same year, theGrass ValleyColfax highway was resurfaced to improve its riding qualities, aswasa portion of SSR 20 east of Nevada City. The most dramatic presentday project is the conversion of U.S, 40toa full freeway. The entire section from Donner Lake east is completed , and recently excavation star ted on the mammoth job of building the freeway over Donner Summit. Another big underway project is the relocation of SSR 89 north of Truckee forthe Prosser Creek dam reservoir. Future progress? There will be plenty in Nevada County: A twoand four-lane expressway from Grass Valley to the Yuba county line; a freeway between Grass Valley and Nevada City; a new bridge over the Bear River on SSR 49; the reconstruction and widening of SSR 49 south of North San Juan; and other smaller jobs--most of them, under current scheduling, are expected to be under construction or completed within the next six years. And there will be more to come after that. ‘The High Sierra Wilderness Area Take your pack and walk In wilderness areas natural batk 100 years into a slower features are preserved in as pace of life and the priminear primitive condition as tive experiences of the westpossible. ' ern pioneers. You get a One such area in the close approximation of this High Sierra Wilderness Area early day existance in NatOf nearly 400,000 acres in ional Forest Wilderness the high and Areas, stated Regional ForSierra Crest country. ester Chas. A. Connaughton. Most half of it is within spectacular AlBe,

the Sierra National Férest. The rest is in the Inyo and Sequoia National Forests. Man people travel into the area afoot, packing lightwieght essential gear; others go deluxe with both pack and saddle stcck. Carfree“and carefree,-the wilderness traveler proceeds bd ce NEW. .Glenbrook Gas Company of Grass Valley now have their. new propane trailer in operation after receiving it the middle of June. With a liquid Capacity of 10,765 gallons -it is the largest semi-trailer in operation on the west coast transporting propane. Tom Legg, (left) president, and Brad Legg, secretary-treasurer of the firm, be made. discuss deliveries to Fresno, without schedule, stopping when and where he wishes. Here in the burning midday. ‘ sun and the below freezing nights he learns to live with the elements. In the High Sierra Wilderness Area Spectacular mountain crests rise to over 13,000 feet in elevation. Granite pinnacles’ bleak and bare, stretch their thin fingers into the blue skies. , $ Snowfields feed myriads of deep blue lakes and miles of ‘crystal clear streams which supply the angler with good sport. In this Wilde®ness Area, deer, marten, marmots, ground squir& and grouse are the wildlife most ¥ rels, mountain quail, commonly seen. As a part of the Onnration Outdoors program. an intensive effort is being made in the Bear Creek drainage to study the problems of this Wilderness Area and develop desirable management policies for it! . Most of the study is being — conducted by Forest Service Widerness -Expert, Arnold Snyder, Ranger of'€ the High Sierra District. “ According to Connaugh‘ton, the High Sierra Wild. erness Area is reached by . several trails fromroad ends ir the Owens Valley area lateral to U. S. Highway 395 between Los Angeles and Reno, Nevada. From the west side, the area is about 100 miles from California, past Shafer and Huntington Lakes, to road ends and trail take-offs at Mono Hot Springs, Florence Lake and Edison Lakes. ‘ abt, oar rb at Ye ' Heed ayaa vie SERVING THOSE WHO BUILD NEVADA COUNTY WITH QUALITY LUMBER ~ C / AND BUILDING MATERIALS LUMBER COMPANY INC. Re1, Box 310 GV. ‘Dial 265-4521 \ 4