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Since 1927
_ OVER GREAT SNOWDRIFTS, THROUGH RAGI
A HERO OF THE SIERRA NEVADA MOUNTAINS!
PROBABLY THE FIRST SKIER OF THE WEST.
THIS VIKING SON OF NORWAY EXEMPLIFIED THE
SPIRIT OF A TRUE PIONEER: STRONG, DARING,
FAITHFUL AND COURAGEOUS.
HE WAS THE ANSWER TO CALIFORNIA'S MOTTO
“BRING ME MEN TO MATCH MY MOUNTAINS”.
FOR 20 YEARS HE WAS . ‘THE WINTER LIFELINE
GENOA, NEVADA, AND OTHER ISOL ‘EI
HAMLETS OF THE MOTHER LODE COU _
“MAIL, NEWS OF THE WORLD, MEDICINE, SUPPL
_ AND EQUIPMENT ARRIVED ON THE STURD
SHOULDERS OF THIS GIANT SNOW VIKIN
WINTER STORMS, WITH PACKS OF UP
100 POUNDS, HE MADE HIS “APPOINTED
ROUNDS”. HIS DARING RESCUES, ERRANDS O
MERCY, AND MANY KINDNESSES MADE HI
LEGEND IN HIS OWN TIME. HE WAS BOR:
_ JOHN TOSTENSEN AT TINN IN TELEMAR
NORWAY, APRIL 30, 1827. HE DIED MAY 15, 18
AT THE AGE OF 49. HE RESTS AT THE BASE OF
THE MOUNTAINS HE LOVED, BY: THE SIDE OF HIS
WIFE ANDSONINTHECEMETERY AT
GENOA, NEVADA. A SIMPLE HEADSTONE —
ENGRAVED WITH A PAIR OF SKIS, MARKS HIS
GRAVE.
Seg’story on page 2.
Serving the communities of Nevada City, Grass Valley, Red Dog, Town Talk, Glenbrook, Little York, Cherokee, Money Flat, Sweetland, Alpha, Omega, French Corral
Rough~and Ready, Graniteville, North San Juan, North Bloomfield, Humbug, Relief Hill, Washington, Blue Tent,
Summit City, Walloupa, Gouge Eye, Lime Kiln, Chicago Park, Wolf, Christmas Hill, Liberty Hill, Sailor Flat, Lake City, Selby Flat, Grizzly Hill, Gold Flat, Soggsville, Gold
Bar, Lowwell Hill, Bourbon Hill, Scotch Hill, North Columbia, Columbia Hill, Brandy Flat, Sebastopol, Quaker Hill, Willow Valley, Newtown, Indian Flat,
Birchville, Moore's Flat, Orleans Flat, Remington Hill, Anthony House, Delirium Tremens, Kentucky Flat.
LaBarr Meadows, Cedar Ridge, Union Hill, Peardale,
Bridgeport,