Truckee’s Historical Haunted Tour, October 14th and 15th, is coming around the bend, so find those tickets and dust off your boots! As a gentle reminder, please pass along the event information below to all in your party.
You may want to make reservations soon at Moody’s to start off the night with delicious eats and handcrafted cocktails. Moody’s Bistro https://www.moodysbistro.com
We will make sure your group has a blast with one of our storytelling guides to see 6 historic sites with storytelling and music.
We appreciate everyone’s cooperation and understanding of our safety guidelines, as this is the only way to reopen and offer the Historical Haunted Tour safely.
Meeting at Historic Downtown Truckee, California, starting at Moody's/The Historic Truckee Hotel. 10007 Bridge St, Truckee, CA 96161
• As of today, face coverings are required in all indoor public settings, following the Nevada County Public Health Officer.
• Tours will last approximately one hour and 30 minutes to two hours.
• Please check in 15 to 20 minutes early (before your tour start time)
• We love a fun group and always do our best to accommodate our guests however we cannot hold a spot on a tour for anyone late for check-in. This requires each tour attendee in your party to be present, with a valid ticket, and valid photo ID.
• Wear walking shoes and layered clothing, a small flashlight is recommended for later tours.
• Check the weather, we tour in rain, shine, snow, moonbeams, and rainbows!
• Sorry no pets, sorry no cell phones/cameras/video at the acting scenes.
• You are welcome to take photos in the banquet room before or after your tour. A great backdrop is Truckee’s Historical Downtown all dressed up in lights!
• All attendees need to be over 21 years old with a valid ID
• To “distance” at our basecamp, this year we are not hosting a raffle or professional photography. We will welcome each attendee with a complimentary glass of wine or non-alcoholic beverage to be served in the banquet room of Moody’s/Truckee Hotel before each group starts their tour.
All tickets sold out in 4 days this year with proceeds benefiting Trails & Vistas’ The Dreaming Tree Field Trips, community art hikes, and community art workshops. Thank you for your support! Tickets go on sale every July 4th!
The Historical Haunted Tour Committee
You may want to make reservations soon at Moody’s to start off the night with delicious eats and handcrafted cocktails. Moody’s Bistro https://www.moodysbistro.com
We will make sure your group has a blast with one of our storytelling guides to see 6 historic sites with storytelling and music.
We appreciate everyone’s cooperation and understanding of our safety guidelines, as this is the only way to reopen and offer the Historical Haunted Tour safely.
Meeting at Historic Downtown Truckee, California, starting at Moody's/The Historic Truckee Hotel. 10007 Bridge St, Truckee, CA 96161
• As of today, face coverings are required in all indoor public settings, following the Nevada County Public Health Officer.
• Tours will last approximately one hour and 30 minutes to two hours.
• Please check in 15 to 20 minutes early (before your tour start time)
• We love a fun group and always do our best to accommodate our guests however we cannot hold a spot on a tour for anyone late for check-in. This requires each tour attendee in your party to be present, with a valid ticket, and valid photo ID.
• Wear walking shoes and layered clothing, a small flashlight is recommended for later tours.
• Check the weather, we tour in rain, shine, snow, moonbeams, and rainbows!
• Sorry no pets, sorry no cell phones/cameras/video at the acting scenes.
• You are welcome to take photos in the banquet room before or after your tour. A great backdrop is Truckee’s Historical Downtown all dressed up in lights!
• All attendees need to be over 21 years old with a valid ID
• To “distance” at our basecamp, this year we are not hosting a raffle or professional photography. We will welcome each attendee with a complimentary glass of wine or non-alcoholic beverage to be served in the banquet room of Moody’s/Truckee Hotel before each group starts their tour.
All tickets sold out in 4 days this year with proceeds benefiting Trails & Vistas’ The Dreaming Tree Field Trips, community art hikes, and community art workshops. Thank you for your support! Tickets go on sale every July 4th!
The Historical Haunted Tour Committee
HOWDY and Welcome back!
For 2022 Pick Your Posse Tours contact Event Director, Maria Jones at maria@trailsandvistas.org
Personalized tours: Pick Your Posse!
A Personalized Tour (Your Posse) makes a perfect party to gather your best friends together for a fun night on the streets of Truckee. We will make sure your group has a blast with one of our favorite storytelling guides. Personalized tours are great for your business employees, clients or gather your friends for an evening of historic storytelling. Your group will be thoroughly entertained, occasionally harassed and sometime doted upon.
Here are some of our safety measures already in place:
•Each tour group will have fewer participants per group, capped at 12 to 14 participants.
• If you are not vaccinated, please wear your face covering at all times. Thank you for being honest and kind.
•Participants will be physically distanced and masked at our check-in area as well as indoor spaces following host sponsor sites, and following local and state safety guidelines.
•All participants will need to mask up at performance areas indoors. (up to 10 minutes)
•Participants/tour groups will have well marked, socially distanced “audience areas” during performances.
The nonprofit Trails & Vistas will continue to update safety guidelines by the State of California and Nevada County guidelines for Covid-19.
The Historical Haunted Tour is always a sell-out event! Sign up for the Trails & Vistas E Newsletter and get FIRST announcements of tickets for the 2021 Truckee Historical Tours and the Trails & Vistas art hike & World Concert.
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Truckee’s Historical Haunted Tour is produced by the arts nonprofit of Trails & Vistas. Thank you to the event coordinator Maria Jones and all of the volunteer actors, basecamp characters, and storytelling guides that make this the best fun-raiser in all the West!
Truckee's Historical Haunted Tour benefits the arts and culture of Truckee Tahoe, including the Art in Nature Dreaming Tree Field Trips for local 3rd grade students.
Truckee's Historical Haunted Tour benefits the arts and culture of Truckee Tahoe, including the Art in Nature Dreaming Tree Field Trips for local 3rd grade students.
2017 Historic sites and actors
Squeeze In – Visit with the Spirits of the Squeeze In, Toby and Mary
Toby – Gary Gunter
Mary – Katrina Johnson
Toby – Gary Gunter
Mary – Katrina Johnson
Dressed the Party (Lewis’s General Store) – Meet Frank “Waddles” Maher in Lewis’s General Store. A fire lookout on Martis Peak, AKA “Hotel de Chipmunk”
Frank “Waddles” Maher – Jeff Rogers
Hazel Lewis – Lois Moore
Frank “Waddles” Maher – Jeff Rogers
Hazel Lewis – Lois Moore
Dressed Boutique (Hurds Saloon) – Richard Blair sings of Teeter/Reed Duel
Sheriff Teeter – Kevin Cowie
Deputy Reed – Erik Springer
Saloon Girl at bar with Teeter – Heather Ford
Bartender – Michael Novick
Men sitting at table with Reed (2-3) – Bob Moore
Saloon Girls standing around table with Reed – Nancy Bruton, Kelly Matthew, Debbie Matthew
Sheriff Teeter – Kevin Cowie
Deputy Reed – Erik Springer
Saloon Girl at bar with Teeter – Heather Ford
Bartender – Michael Novick
Men sitting at table with Reed (2-3) – Bob Moore
Saloon Girls standing around table with Reed – Nancy Bruton, Kelly Matthew, Debbie Matthew
Richardson House Bedroom – Truckee’s Emergency Hospitals during the devastating Spanish Flu outbreak.
Dr. George Bryant – Jeff Ridgel
Mrs. Charles Adam Ocker, Owner of Truckee’s Funeral Home – Courtney Ridgel
William “Butch” Bottcher, Constable – Robert Torres
Ms. Jensen, Red Cross Worker – Lisa Abrahams
Dr. George Bryant – Jeff Ridgel
Mrs. Charles Adam Ocker, Owner of Truckee’s Funeral Home – Courtney Ridgel
William “Butch” Bottcher, Constable – Robert Torres
Ms. Jensen, Red Cross Worker – Lisa Abrahams
Richardson House – Roaming the halls
Mrs. Richardson – Dawn Taren
Mrs. Richardson – Dawn Taren
Richardson House Dining Room – Richardson Brothers, Warren and George, talk of their accomplishments and inventions.
Warren Richardson – Craig Fierro
George Richardson – Dow Costa
Warren Richardson – Craig Fierro
George Richardson – Dow Costa
Art Truckee (The Old Courthouse) – Trial of the 1st murder in Truckee. Guests are the jury.
Judge Keiser – Todd Wees
Prosecutor – Courtney Thurman
Mr. Smith – J-Son Saulsgiver
Carroline – Michelle Erskine
Judge Keiser – Todd Wees
Prosecutor – Courtney Thurman
Mr. Smith – J-Son Saulsgiver
Carroline – Michelle Erskine
Sotherby’s Realty – The bootleggers of Super Syrup in Truckee’s “underground tunnels”
Rich, bootlegger – Mikey Kruck
Mark, bootlegger – Leonel Angeles
Sheriff Larson, Nevada County Sheriff – Amy Wilson
Rich, bootlegger – Mikey Kruck
Mark, bootlegger – Leonel Angeles
Sheriff Larson, Nevada County Sheriff – Amy Wilson
Tour acting & site photography by Scott Thompson
Thank You to our Featured Historic Host Sites Sponsors of 2017
Dress the Party, Sierra Sotheby's Realty, Dressed Boutique, Art Truckee, The Richardson House, Squeeze In, Host Sponsor: Moody's Bistro Bar & Beats and The Truckee Hotel
We gathered up some fine goodies for the Raffle & Silent Auction
Thank you to our gracious supporters
2014 Tour Performers, photo compliments of event sponsor, Johnstone Studios.
Each year the highly anticipated performances take place in new featured haunts. Our script writer, Cayman Levonian, has skillfully weaved together dramatic hauntings and downright funny stories inspired by times of yore. The Historic Tour is complete with treats and tricks.
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JOIN THE FUN! CALL FOR STORYTELLING GUIDES,
Contact: Nancy Lopez, email info@trailsandvistas.org |
Miss Via Haven, Maria Jones, the committee chairperson with VIP guide Diamond Dan
Moody's Banquet Room/Group photos from 2015, compliments of Rob Retting Photography http://robretting.zenfolio.com 
Costume Designer, Lois Moore, and poker player Bob Moore
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Truckee's Historical Haunted Tour Is Pleased to welcome our Extraordinary Sponsors (and the list keeps growing!)
Moody's Bistro Bar & Beats | The Truckee Hotel | Sierra Sotheby's Reality |Dressed Boutique | Art Truckee | The Richardson House | Squeeze In | Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce | Dark Horse Coffee Roasters| Dressed the Part | Moonshine Ink |Cabona's | Atypical Design | Sunshine Tahoe | Spin Games | KidZone Museum | Marsh VIP's | North Tahoe Catering & Tahoe Ice Sculptures | Trails & Vistas Board of Directors | Scott Thompson Photography | Rob Retting SNAP Photography | Sacred Salon| The Weekly | 101.5| Sierra Sun|TDPR Community Art Center| El Chapman Boutique 
Founder of the Historical Tour: Christina Stoever Young, bottom left, with Misty and Gary Young of Squeeze In & Friends. Photo by Rob Retting/2014 |
Since 2009, Truckee's Historical Haunted Tour could not have succeeded without the support of the following organizations and businesses:
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Featured Sponsors:
Misty & Gary Young, owners of SQUEEZE IN, DOWNTOWN TRUCKEE, CALIFORNIA
The Squeeze In's History: In 1974, a tiny little kitchen started selling omelettes to locals and tourists in historic downtown Truckee California. At just 10 feet, 3 inches wide, and with only 39 seats, guests would literally have to ‘squeeze in’ to enjoy their breakfast at the little restaurant. As the list of omelette options grew, so did the popularity of the restaurant, and by the mid 80s it was considered a true Truckee institution.
In 2003 Gary and Misty Young purchased the Squeeze In and became restaurant folk. Since then, the business and family have grown, but the essence of the Squeeze In remains: great food, served by genuinely happy people in a super-fun environment, with a focus on community involvement. From our family to yours, welcome to the Squeeze In. We look forward to having the pleasure of serving you in Historic Downtown Truckee, Reno, and expanding to a town near you. http://www.squeezein.com
ABOUT SUNSHINE TAHOE/Christina Stoever Young
Sunshine Tahoe is a business designed to enhance partnerships, strengthen exposure, inspire creativity and captivate well intended efforts ripe for success. Sunshine Tahoe has supported Trails and Vistas for almost a decade and also served as the founder and original producer of the Truckee Historical Haunted Tour from 2009-2014. www.sunshinetahoe.com
The Squeeze In's History: In 1974, a tiny little kitchen started selling omelettes to locals and tourists in historic downtown Truckee California. At just 10 feet, 3 inches wide, and with only 39 seats, guests would literally have to ‘squeeze in’ to enjoy their breakfast at the little restaurant. As the list of omelette options grew, so did the popularity of the restaurant, and by the mid 80s it was considered a true Truckee institution.
In 2003 Gary and Misty Young purchased the Squeeze In and became restaurant folk. Since then, the business and family have grown, but the essence of the Squeeze In remains: great food, served by genuinely happy people in a super-fun environment, with a focus on community involvement. From our family to yours, welcome to the Squeeze In. We look forward to having the pleasure of serving you in Historic Downtown Truckee, Reno, and expanding to a town near you. http://www.squeezein.com
ABOUT SUNSHINE TAHOE/Christina Stoever Young
Sunshine Tahoe is a business designed to enhance partnerships, strengthen exposure, inspire creativity and captivate well intended efforts ripe for success. Sunshine Tahoe has supported Trails and Vistas for almost a decade and also served as the founder and original producer of the Truckee Historical Haunted Tour from 2009-2014. www.sunshinetahoe.com
