Housed in a former Western Pacific diesel shop, the museum has approximately 12,000 square feet of diesel shop and two and a half miles of track for The Portola Railroad Museum. The Museum boasts over 85 freight, caboose and passenger cars. Visitors can climb about an extensive collection of train cars and locomotives and can even rent a locomotive that the visitor could drive on his or her own.(530) 832-4131), email: wpliveshere@wplives.com or visit the web site: www.wplives.org
Plumas Eureka State Park.
Perhaps the best kept secret within the California State Park System, the par is steeped in history and rich with recreation and natural resources. Located six miles from Graeagle on the Johnsville Road (County Road A-14) the 6,700-acre park features 67 sites first come first serve campgrounds set along Jamison Creek. The park features an indoor-outdoor museum of early mining equipment; (it takes you back to reliving the gold mining days with relics and living history reenacted by costumed docents.) www.plumas-eureka.org
Plumas Eureka Ski Bowl.
Above Johnsville, attracts history buffs as well as Nordic and downhill skiers. The site is the oldest recorded ski racing area in the Western Hemisphere and hosts an annual Historic Longboard Ski Revival series of races.
Beckwourth Cabin.
Located on Rocky Point Road, east of Portola (530) 832-4888). Open by appointment. The cabin has been recently restored to capture the legend of this explorer, trapper, Indian Chief, storyteller and scout. Plumas County pioneer Jim Beckwourth's refurbished hotel and trading post, circa 1852. Beckwourth, who was part Indian and part black, was one of the few pioneer leaders of African-American descent. Beckwourth discovered one of the lowest passes over the Sierra.
Beckwourth Trail Route.
Jim Beckwourth's road left the main California Trail (Truckee Route) at the confluence of Steamboat Creek and the Truckee River. It crossed the Truckee near Rock Park, followed by the Highway 395 route north to California Highway 70, where it turned west through Beckwourth Pass. From the pass it continued west through Sierra Valley to Big Grizzly Creek which it crossed north Grizzly Valley. From there the trail crossed Grizzly Ridge to Spring Garden and followed the creek to American Valley; crossed Emigrant Hill to Meadow Valley; climbed to Bucks Lake Summit and followed the route of the Oroville Quincy Highway to Lake Oroville, which covers the site of Bidwell's Bar.
The Communities
As visitors travel through the towns of Eastern Plumas County, they notice the friendliness and hospitality, and the true sense of rural mountain living. Towns far enough apart to have their own characteristics are close enough to share each others services and interests. It doesn't matter if you visit Beckwourth, Chilcoot, Clio, Cromberg/Sloat, Graeagle, Johnsville, Portola, Vinton, or somewhere in between, you will find something unique and different.
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