The Milton Gottardi Museum Loyalton Museum

105 Beckwith Rd, Loyalton, CA 96118

Closed winters Until Memorial Weedkend. With budget restraints, the Sierra Valley Museum will be run by local volunteers. If interested, call City Hall at 993-6750

loyalton museum

The Museum is located on A24, just on the edge of town, on what locals call the "Six Mile Stretch", next to the city park. Pridefully, passed from local generation to local generation, the museum features displays on logging, agriculture, the Washoe Indians, and fraternal organizations. You can also see an old school house, logging wagons, a donkey engine, and farm equipment.

The Museum contains numerous artifacts, mostly from the Sierra Valley area (eastern part of Sierra County), plus historical photos, documents and books. The museum does have some genealogical information.

...photos compliments of the Sierra Booster Newspaper. First photo: Elda Fae Ball.. now retired.

A collection of portraits and familymemorabilia.

The museum is looking for volunteers to run the facility and tours. ...Interested in Historical Societies in Sierra County?

 

 

 

brick store soda fountain
The International Order of Odd Fellows' three story brick building in Loyalton was built around the turn of the 20th century. This building, along with the grocery store in Sierraville, are two of the few remaining buildings
constructed of Sierra Valley brick. The picture to the right shows a Soda Fountain use in the Brick Store when is was known as the Huntly Store in 1911. The Brick Store may be seen on Main Street, downtown Loyalton.