Beginning with the Nevada City-Washington route in the 1860s, the Gissel line eventually covered much of the county west of Donner Summit. Then, in 1909, the brothers took the bold
Eugene Ely's daring and fortitude paid off, and he eventually ushered in the age of U.S. naval aviation by successfully taking off from a U.S. Navy warship in Virginia on Nov. 14, 1910.