No big deal, but there may be $40,000 in gold coins buried near the historic hotel.
on U.S. Highway 80 has probably seen the sign: a faded billboard on the right, advertising the"Rainbow Lodge" in Art Deco-inspired letters. The forest-green text blends in with the trees behind it; only the red paint, now turned more of a magenta shade, stands out against the backdrop. A white fish — a trout, one assumes from the name — leaps to the right side of the frame in an artistic style that falls somewhere between vintage 1950s Americana and 1990s clip art.
However, the circa-1870 building was constructed in an already popular resting place for travelers headed west, and the most famous travelers to stop for the evening weren't carrying mail — they were carrying supplies to rescue the near-death Donner Party. By December 1864, the infamous Donner Party had been trapped by heavy snowfall 10 miles east at what's now Donner Lake.
There was also an on-site ski rental shop, and more advanced skiers could head to nearby Sugar Bowl Resort or Beacon Hill . Areported that rides were 25 cents each, or approximately $5.38 when adjusted for inflation — hardly steep by today's three-digit ski resort prices.
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