Board designates Mount Lola a Nevada County Historical Landmark
The Board approved a resolution designating Mount Lola (site of an 1878 geodetic survey) as a Nevada County historical landmark after a presentation by the Historical Landmarks Commission describing George Davidson's survey work and surviving surveying structures.
The full story
The Board of Supervisors adopted a resolution recognizing Mount Lola and the associated United States Coast and Geodetic Survey remnants as a Nevada County historical landmark (filed as NEV 20 5‑7 in the presentation). Chuck Soumeika of the Nevada County Historic Landmarks Commission outlined the 1878 triangulation project led by George Davidson, noting the 9,143-foot summit’s role in measuring long-distance observations and the surviving stacked-rock pedestal found there.
Sign up to keep reading.
Your free newsletter brings you what your city council, county, and school board discussed and decided.
Keep reading for free
Create a free account to finish this story and see the video, transcript and key details.
Continue with GoogleContinue with emailAlready have an account? Log in