Life in the Logging Town of Hobart Mills

Life in the Logging Town of Hobart Mills

Driving north on Hwy 89 from Truckee you will see a right turn-off for Hobart Mills Road. Many don’t know that Hobart Mills (Mill) was once a bustling logging town with families and much more. The Beginnings of Hobart Mills The Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Company began as a small lumber mill in 1873. W.S. Hobart, with Seneca “Sam” Marlette, organized the Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company in Incline (now Incline Village) at the north end of L…