More saloons than any town in the west? Learn more about Truckee's colorful history.

Historical Haunted Walking Tour Goals -

Position the Historical Haunted Walking Tour as one of Truckee's most talked about events by providing a unique and engaging experience.
Create public awareness of Truckee's historical gems and promote preservation and awareness through the engaging and fun art of oral history.
Produce a sell-out event by engaging guests in an evening to remember.
Capture additional funding opportunities for community art and cultural events in the Truckee/Tahoe Region.
Cultivate a unique raffle to include unique gifts and overnight room comps to encourage out-of-town and local visitors to enjoy all that Truckee has to offer. Gross receipts from raffles goes directly to Trails & Vistas.
Create a solid foundation for long-term growth through this unique and enjoyable evening.

2012 Overview
The tour raised $16,000 and sold over 400 tickets with a wait-list of over 100 individuals. Attendees visited from Florida, Minnesota, Nebraska, South Dakota, Arizona, Oregon, Nevada and sunny California.

2011 Overview
The tour raised $9,500, for the Truckee Donner Historical Society and Trails and Vistas through ticket sales and a phenomenal raffle.

2009 / 2010 Overview
The tour raised over $6,000 for the Truckee Donner Historical Society and Trails and Vistas. In 2010 we were able to generate feedback from over 160 individuals (out of 200 attendees); in large part due to the incredibly generous $10 gift certificate provided by The Squeeze In for all research participants.

Comments included:

Enjoyed every stop and entertainer! A great event, please keep it up, you're pulling a lot of our town history together. - John, Local
Truckee Regulators were authentic, tall drinks of water; seemed very authentic. -Jennifer, Oklahoma
Costumes were fantastic! - Lisa, Local
Very engaging - Anna, Local
Thank you for sharing local history and a chance to get together with fun and charismatic people. - Jennifer, Reno
The tour gets better each year. We can't wait until next year! - Cathee, Local
Great fun - girls night out! - Pam, San Louis Obispo
Keep up the wonderful work. - Jill, Auburn

A typical summer day off in front of what is now the Bar of America. Photo courtesy Truckee-Donner Historical Society

Did you know that Truckee's Historical Haunted Tour is a fundraising event for Trail and Vistas? The beloved host of one of the most unique annual art hikes in the world identified, in 2007, a long-term goal - to bring a modified version for the young-at-heart of their unique event to local 3rd grade children.

The organization knew this goal would need crucial funds to assist with the extra time and resources required by schools to enable students to go "off-site" for such a unique and engaging field trip.

Trails and Vistas also knew support from the community to keep the nationally renown artists in Truckee for an extra few days to continue performing would be critical.

2017 marked the 7th year funds raised through the Historic Haunted Tour provided Trails and Vistas signature outdoor art hikes to more than five hundred third grade students from Truckee, North Lake and Incline Village and South Shore.

Tickets for Trails and Vistas Art Hikes go on sale Earth Day of every year and is held the weekend after Labor Day Weekend in September. The annual event sells out in advance, book early at trailsandvistas.org.

Never been? Feeling up to a refresher? Take five minutes out of your day, turn up the volume on your device, relax and enjoy this beautiful offering from a Trails and Vistas.

A Special thank you to the talented volunteer actors for their hours and hours of rehearsals,
the tour guides, and all of the base camp characters!
3 Cheers for the Event Coordinator Maria Jones &
Lois Moore the costume director, Liz Wainscoat our volunteer coordinator,
and Cayman Levonian the script writer!

Our Gracious Supporters
The list continues to grow… Join Us.
Moody's Bistro Bar & Beats | Squeeze In | The Truckee Hotel | Hampton Inn & Suites | Atypical Design | Sunshine Tahoe | Spin Games | KidZone Museum | Coffeebar Truckee | North Tahoe Catering & Tahoe Ice Sculptures | Truckee Donner Chamber of Commerce | Johnstone Studios Lifestyle Photography | Rob Retting SNAP | Tahoe TV | Moonshine Ink | The Weekly | 101.5| Sierra Sun

Spin Game employees are fortunate enough to be living in the Biggest Little City in the World, a city full of culture and diversity. We are dedicated to our community by supporting a variety of programs throughout the Truckee Meadows that focus on arts and culture, education, environment, and health and human services. www.spingames.net

ABOUT SPIN GAMES
Reno’s own, Spin Games, globally caters to both the land based and interactive market segments, specializing in differentiated game content, platform technology, and innovative secondary bonusing products. We bring extensive industry experience and an impressive intellectual property portfolio to the marketplace. Spin Games provides high-performing, turn-key, technology, secondary bonus products, premium slot content, and 'out of the box' innovations never seen before.