Truckee’s haunted past lies just below the surface

Truckee’s haunted past lies just below the surface

TRUCKEE, Calif. — On a crisp autumn morning, sunlight spills across the grass at Truckee Cemetery. Among the weathered stones and whispering pines, Greg Zirbel, president of the Truckee Donner Historical Society and cemetery manager, pauses before a grave marked “Teeter.” In 1881, pioneer John Reed stepped into William Hurd’s saloon in the heart of downtown Truckee and ordered a drink. Among the patrons was Constable Jacob Teeter — bold, confide…