519.2i Donner Summit Historical Society - Memorial

Colfax to Summit Pass CA, May 19

"...The sheds wind around the mountain sides, their roofs built aslant that the avalanches of snow and rock hurled from above may glide harmlessly into the chasm below. Stations, section houses, and all else pertaining to the railways are, of course, built in the dripping and gloomy, but friendly, shelter of these sheds, where daylight penetrates only at the short breaks where the railway tracks span a deep gulch or ravine..."

Waypoint Today
Donner Summit Historical Society, 21467 Donner Pass Rd, Soda Springs, CA  & GPS Coordinates 39.3233, -120.3791

George A. Wyman Memorial Display
The DSHS hosts a Wyman Waypoint & Journey Poster inside.