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The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad Company incorporated on April 4, 1874, [ 2] and was headquartered in Grass Valley, California. After two years of construction, passenger and commercial rail services began in 1876 and continued until 1943. The 22.53 mi (36.26 km) line ran from Colfax, north through Grass Valley to Nevada City.
Grass Valley is a city in Nevada County, California, United States.As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 12,860.Situated at roughly 2,500 feet (760 m) in elevation in the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, this northern Gold Country city is 57 miles (92 km) by car from Sacramento and 88 miles (142 km) west of Reno.
The museum offers a collection of railroad artifacts, photographs, and documents related to the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad, the 3 ft ( 914 mm) narrow gauge railroad that operated in Nevada and Placer Counties from 1876 until 1942. Exhibits include Engine 5, which appeared in many movies, and various pieces of restored rolling stock.
Nevada County (/ n ɪ ˈ v æ d ə / ⓘ niv-AD-ə) is a county located in the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada.As of the 2020 census, its population was 102,241. [7] The county seat is Nevada City. [8]
Empire Mine State Historic Park. / 39.20361°N 121.04278°W / 39.20361; -121.04278. Empire Mine State Historic Park is a state-protected mine and park in the Sierra Nevada mountains in Grass Valley, California, U.S. The Empire Mine is on the National Register of Historic Places, a federal Historic District, and a California Historical ...
Glenbrook, Nevada County, California. / 39.24222°N 121.03444°W / 39.24222; -121.03444. Glenbrook is a former settlement in Nevada County, California, located near Grass Valley. [ 2] It was listed on an official map as of 1949. [ 3]
Nevada City (originally, Ustumah, a Nisenan village; [6] later, Nevada, Deer Creek Dry Diggins, and Caldwell's Upper Store) [7] is the county seat of Nevada County, California, United States, 60 miles (97 km) northeast of Sacramento, 84 miles (135 km) southwest of Reno and 147 miles (237 km) northeast of San Francisco. The population was 3,152 ...
Location of Nevada County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Nevada County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...