Postponed to 2021 Season
After much listening, discussion, and careful consideration, Trails & Vistas board of directors have made the difficult decision to postpone the Historical Haunted Tour until 2021. Given the painful reality of COVID-19, one of the greatest global challenges of our lifetimes, we believe this is the right thing to do. We want you to know our actors and guides will miss performing for you and we know you will miss them too. Stay safe.
For 2021 PERSONALIZED Tours
Contact Event Director, Maria Jones at maria@trailsandvistas.org
Personalized tours
A Personalized Tour makes a perfect client appreciation party or 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.
Contact Event Director, Maria Jones at maria@trailsandvistas.org
Personalized tours
A Personalized Tour makes a perfect client appreciation party or 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.
The Historical Haunted Tour is always a sell-out event!
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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
