In the January Heirloom: The first locomotives over Donner Summit (did not go on tracks) The Iron Horse (1924); The Good of it All (1914 auto trip across the U.S. and Donner Pass) book review; From the Archives of the DSHS; What’s in Your Closet? Odds & Ends of Donner Summit

In the February Heirloom
: A little different issue: Scotty Allan – world famous dog team driver; the Autobiography; Scotty Allan, Character and Donner Summit; Scotty Allan, Hero; Scotty Allan Album; From the Archives of the DSHS; Odds & Ends of Donner Summit; Beyond Scary, 1932; and The King of the Dog Team Drivers, book review
In the March Heirloom: Eadweard Muybridge on Donner Summit; Wm. M. McCarthy Photo Collection from the State Archives; Alone and Awheel (Across Donner Summit in 1897); Bicycle Face; Phil Sexton and the San Mateo; From the Archives of the DSHS; Odds & Ends of Donner Summit; The Inventor and the Tycoon – book review (more on Muybridge)
In the April Heirloom: The Sword in the Stone – Donner Summit Edition; The FBI Comes to Soda Springs, 1955; And then More on the FBI Comes, 1955; Storm in the Mountains 1880; Rainbow Lodge Sales Brochure, 1951; From the DSHS Archives; The Naming of Cisco; Bud and Me book review; Odd and Ends of  Donner Summit
In the May Heirloom: The Most Historically Inspiring Square Yard in the Most Historically Significant Square Mile; Flyers Cross Continent – 1919; From the Archives of the DSHS
Book review: Best Land Under Heaven – The Donner Party in the Age of Manifest Destiny; A little article where we need some help.; Odds & Ends of Donner Summit
In the June Heirloom: The Donner Monument at 100 (celebration coming June 9 – see page 16); New Exhibits (Pioneer Monument and more); Cadaver Dogs Find Donner Party Remains on Donner Summit? From the Archives of the DSHS ;River of Shadows (Eadweard Muybridge) book review; Eadweard Muybridge Today; Margie Powell Hike, 2018; Odds and Ends of Donner Summit
In the July Heirloom:Across the “Sierra Nevadas” – the first passenger train across the summit (1868); Ski jumping in July (1932); Life at The Summit Soda Springs (1898); A miscellaneous collection of newspaper articles about Donner Summit.; From the Archives of the DSHS: The Donner Treasure; Round the World on a Wheel (1896) including bicycling over Donner Summit; Odds & Ends of Donner Summit; Margie Powell Hike, 2018; Extraordinary Crossings (2018); Placer County Overland Emigrant Trail; Clair Tappaan Lodge – announcement and some history.

In the August Heirloom: Our 10th Anniversary – the Heirloom is 10 years  and 120 issues old.; A retrospective; Charles Crocker’s Famous Ride (over Donner Summit of course); From the Archives of the DSHS; What’s in Your Closet; Around the United States By Bicycle (and over Donner Summit) 1904; and Odds and Ends of Donner Summit; and then, stolen signs - Again!

In the September ’18 Heirloom: A Happy Story – the relevance of the DSHS to Modern Life;(and the longer document, "The Next Prince"; Pictures from the Margie Powell Hike, 2018.; What’s in Your Closet – the Ski Inn album; Trail Marker History Solved
From the Archives of the DSHS; Then and Now with Art Clark.; Odds & Ends of Donner Summit; A Broken Propeller - book review; Three new 20 Mile Museum signs
In the October ’18 Heirloom;Stage Travel – not so easy in the Old Days 1866; Cisco – background; Dashed to Death –; Frightful RR accident 1890; A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains, 1872 (visit to Truckee Pt I); From the Archives of the DSHS –; Starr Walton’s album; Hints to Transcontinental Tourists – 1914; History is Everywhere – You Just  Have to Look (Odds & Ends of Donner Summit: rust marks and more)
In the November, ’18 Heirloom: The Search for Soda Springs Station, an Adventure of the MHRT; Collage of Soda Springs Station Over the Years; A Lady’s Life in the Rocky Mountains PT II: Donner Lake, Snowsheds, and Keseburg; The Pacific Tourist, 1884 – book review; Great Grandma at Donner Pass, 1918; Odds & Ends of Donner Summit
In the December Heirloom: One Picture – A Lot of  Stories; Donner Trail Ski Lodge; Kiski Lodge; A Morning with Kayle (an historic human remains detection dog); Merry Christmas from 1950; From the Archives of the DSHS (there must be a story behind this truck); A Baggage Car with Lace Curtains (book review); Exploring with Art Clark (Castle Valley ski trail markers); Odds and Ends of Donner Summit (some of what we found with Kayle)

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