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Welcome to the Sierra Nevada Virtual Museum Site Map.

This site provides only the text of exhibits and other elements of the SNVM Flash-version website.  To enter the Flash-version, click on “Open SNVM Full Graphic Site” at the top of your screen at any time.

To access the text files, click one of the three destinations listed at the right -- “Galleries,” “Special Exhibits,” or “Resources” -- and select from the menus.


SNVM Text Only site is updated regularly. 
However, not all text from every exhibit on the Virtual Museum (Flash version) may presently appear.

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Galleries
              
The Arts
Arts Portal: Landscapes of the Mind
                   
Fine Arts
Ansel Adams
Albert Bierstadt
Films of the Sierra Nevada
Fruit Crate Labels
Rebecca Gregg
John Michael Keating
Chiura Obata
Stan Padilla
Petroglyphs: Ancient Rock Art
Keith Sutter Photography
David Arnold
                   
Literature
Mary Austin
Caroline Churchill
Dan DeQuille
James M. Hutchings
Clarence King
James Lawrence
Joseph LeConte
Zenas Leonard
Joaquin Miller
John Muir, Prose
Gary Snyder
J.D. Sproat
Mark Twain
Wilber Ziegler
                   
Music
Christine Bonner
Rob Bonner
William Jay Sydeman
Mary Youngblood
              
History
History Portal: Twilight of the Dawn
                   
Communities
Grass Valley's Great Fire of 1855
                   
Culture
Cultural History: African Americans
Cultural History: Chinese Americans
Cultural History: Japanese Americans
Cultural History: Mexican Americans
Cultural History: Native Americans
Native Americans: Shadows on the Land
                   
Entertainment
Chaplin's Gold Rush
Camping in the Great Outdoors
                   
Land
David Beesley's Crow's Range
Fall of The Forest Monarchs
Philip Fradkin's Sierra Nevada
Tom Philp's Hetch Hetchy Reclaimed
Seashells in the Sierra
Von Schmidt Survey
                   
Mining
Gold Lake Fiasco
Gold Mining Techniques
Hydraulic Mining - Sawyer Decision
                   
Sierra Nevada Chronicles
J.D. Borthwick
Jervie Henry Eastman
Désiré Fricot
Alma Lavenson
Lawrence and Houseworth
John Rollin Ridge
                   
Transportation
Central Pacific Railroad Timeline
First Airplane Flights
Theodore Judah
The Ultimate Thrill Ride
              
Natural History
Natural History Portal: Climb the Mountains
                   
Animals
Reptiles and Amphibians
                   
Geology
1872 Lone Pine Earthquake
Granite
Mountains on the Move
The Truckee River
                   
Lake Tahoe
Fremont's First Sighting of Lake Tahoe
Tahoe "Tidal Wave"
Lake Tahoe Aerial Tour
Tahoe Water Diversion
Tahoe Water War
                   
Paleontology
Fossils of the Sierra Nevada
                   
Plants
Fungi
Rare Native Plants
Table Mountain Wildflowers
                   
Weather
Sierra Snowfall Records
Truckee's Cold Spot Legacy
         
Special Exhibits
              
Biographies & Profiles
                   
Biographies
James Beckwourth
Lotta Crabtree
Alonzo Delano
Tamsen Donner
Eliza Farnham
John C. Fremont
Lyman Gilmore
Griffith Griffith
Charles Scott Haley
Andrew Hallidie
Kate Hayes
Bret Harte and Mark Twain
Lola Montez
Emma Nevada
Josiah Royce
Sargents of Nevada City
John Studebaker
William Morris Stewart
Mark Twain's Lectures
US Senators from Nevada County
                   
Profiles
Tom Knudson
Chris Enss
Mike Miller
JoAnn Levy
Lee Stetson
Keith Sutter
Mike Tollefson
              
Virtual Field Trips
Calaveras Big Trees
Pacific Crest Trail
Sierra College Natural History Museum
              
On The Road
                   
Highway 49
Highway 49 Introduction
Alleghany
Amador City
Angels Camp
Auburn
Bear Valley and Mt. Bullion
Bridgeport
Butte City
Calaveras Big Trees
Camptonville
Carson Hill
Chaw Se
Chinese Camp
Coloma
Columbia
Cool and Pilot Hill
Coulterville
Daffodil Hill
Diamond Springs, El Dorado, Nashville
Downieville
Drytown
Grass Valley and Rough and Ready
Hornitos
Jackson
Jamestown
Knight Foundry and Sutter Creek
Knight's Ferry
Mariposa
Moccasin
Mokelumne Hill
Murphys
Nevada City
North Bloomfield and Malakoff Diggins
North San Juan and French Corral
Oakhurst
Placerville
Plymouth
Railtown 1897
San Andreas
Sierra City
Sierra Valley, Loyalton, Sierraville, Sattley
Sierra Valley
Sonora
Sutter Creek
Vinton
Volcano
Yosemite National Park
                   
Highway 50
Highway 50 Intro
Camino
Cedar Grove / Apple Hill
Echo Summit
Kyburz
Lake Tahoe
Meyers
Pacific House
Placerville
Pollack Pines
Riverton
Strawberry
Twin Bridges / Desolation Valley
                   
Interstate 80
Interstate 80 Intro
Alta
Applegate
Auburn
Baxter
Blue Canyon
Cisco Grove
Colfax
Donner Summit
Drum Forebay
Dutch Flat
Emigrant Gap
Foresthill
Gold Run
Hampshire Rocks / Big Bend / Rainbow Lodge
Loomis
Newcastle
Norden
Nyack
Penryn
Rocklin
Soda Springs
Truckee
Weimar
              
Image Gallery
Donner Lake
Lake Tahoe and Environs
Mammoth Mountain
Mill Creek and Mono Lake
Sonora Pass
South Yuba River
The Gold Country
Topaz Lake
Upper Rubicon
Velma Lakes
Yosemite
Yuba City Sikh Festival
         
Resources
              
About SNVM
Center For Sierra Nevada Studies
Contributers
Editorial Guide
Awards and Recognition
Sponsors and Support
Virtual Museum Staff
                   
Contributors
David Arnold
Stan Batiste
David Beesley
Christine Bonner
Rob Bonner
Sean Booth
Karen Callahan
Jennifer Codina
Charles Dailey
Frank DeCourten
Dan DeFoe
Philip Fradkin
Jaquie Gipson
Rebecca Gregg
Haggin Museum
Brian Haley
Paul Hamilton
Dick Hilton
Tom Knudson
LACMA
JoAnn Levy
Beverly Lewis
Shawna Martinez
Mark McLaughlin
Joe Medeiros
Kurtis Ming
National Park Service
Gary Noy
Stan Padilla
Tom Philp
Mike Price
Alton Pryor
Lee Roddy
Randy Snook
Gary Snyder
Keith Sutter
William Jay Sydeman
Thor Tivol
Mary Youngblood
              
Events
Sierra Nevada Counties
              
Reference Desk
Resources: Reference Desk
Forecasts
Snow and Ice Reports
Road Conditions
Satellite and Radar Imagery
Webcams and Livecams
Climbing and Back Country Information
Forest and Wil
Conservation and Environment
Maps, Software, and Imagery
              
Support SNVM
Support SNVM - How You Can Help

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