Truckee is an unincorporated town in Nevada County, California, a few miles north of Lake Tahoe. Originally called Coburn Station after a local barkeeper, Truckee was renamed after a Paiute chief, Tru-ki-zo, the father of Chief Winnemucca, after whom the city in neighboring Nevada is named. According to legend, the first Europeans who came to cross the Sierra Nevada encountered the tribe. Chief Tru-ki-zo rode toward them, shouting "Tro-kay!" which is Paiute for "Everything is all right." The unaware travelers assumed he was yelling his name. Chief Truckee later served as a guide for the Western explorer John C. Fremont. Photo by Carol Highsmith.