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| Landmark #724 | Placer County | Visited: July 12, 2015 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | A plaque at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: The VIII Olympic Winter Games of 1960 commemorated a century of sport skiing in California. By 1860 the Sierra Nevada-particularly at the mining towns of Whiskey Diggings, Poker Flat, Port Wine, Onion Valley, La Porte, and Johnsville, some 60 miles north of Squaw Valley-saw the first organized ski clubs and competition in the western hemisphere.
OTHER TIDBITS: That pretty well sums it up! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Adjacent to Lobby Entrance of Cable Car Building at base of mountain Squaw Valley, CA 96146 ANNOTATIONS: 1960 Squaw Valley Rd, Olympic Valley, CA 96146 From Los Angeles: ~496mi (799km) — 8.3hrs |
| When should I go? | You can see the plaque any time, but if you want to go skiing in the winter time, you’ll have to visit between 9:00 AM and 4:30 PM! |
