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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 large Sierra Valley begins at the latter community, and SR 70 heads almost directly across, passing the north end of SR 49 at Vinton and the south end of SR 284 at Chilcoot before crossing Beckwourth Pass, which the railroad takes the Chilcoot Tunnel under, and descending slightly to end at U.S. 395 at Hallelujah Junction.
CR E21 (Marysville Road) – Browns Valley, Dobbins, Brownsville: Southern terminus of CR E21; serves Collins Lake, Bullards Bar Reservoir: Nevada NEV 0.00-41.287 6.60: Rough and Ready Highway / Penn Valley Drive – Rough and Ready, Penn Valley: At-grade intersection; west end of Eric W. Rood Memorial Expressway: Grass Valley: R12.16 —
He was born in Grass Valley and is buried in the local cemetery. A memorial to him was created in Grass Valley's downtown area. Joanna Newsom, an American multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Northern California, Newsom was classically trained on the harp in her youth, and began her musical career as a ...
State Route 174 (SR 174) is a state highway in the U.S. state of California.The two-lane 13-mile (21 km) highway in the western Sierra Nevada, added to the state highway system in 1933, connects Interstate 80 in Colfax with SR 20/SR 49 in Grass Valley, crossing the Bear River next to a 1924 concrete arch bridge.
Old Route 49 north / Valley View Drive – Sutter Creek, Amador City: SR 49 bypass was constructed around Sutter Creek and Amador City in 2009 R10.76: Old Route 49 south – Amador City, Sutter Creek: Central House: 14.72: SR 16 west – Sacramento: Eastern terminus of SR 16: Plymouth: 17.22: CR E16 (Shenandoah Road) / Main Street ...
The 1982 Official Nevada Highway Map was the first to note I-80 as a contiguous freeway across the state. All of the business loops for I-80 in Nevada use the historical route of US 40. I-80 is also known in Nevada as the Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway after the former president of the same name and the Purple Heart Trail after such military ...
Monument to the Donner Party in Donner Memorial State Park. The Donner Party ordeal is arguably Truckee's most famous historical event. In 1846, a group of settlers from Illinois, originally known as the Donner-Reed Party but now usually referred to as the Donner Party, became snowbound in early fall as a result of several trail mishaps, poor decision-making, and an early onset of winter that ...