Portola

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Portola town team
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 1913

Description: Action shots from good old days at local ball field.

Portola town team
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 1920

Portola Baseball Field
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 1945

Description: Picture was taken at Portola baseball field with old wooden backstop. The field is no longer there as it was replaced by the current high school and softball diamonds.

Portola town team
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 1945

Description: The Portola town team wore hand-me-down uniforms donated by the Sacramento Solons which at the time was a team in the Pacific Coast League. At the end of World War II, the Feather River League was formed and over the years included teams from towns of Portola, Graeagle, Quincy (American Valley Giants and Quincy Red Sox, an all-Black club), Sloat, Greenville, Chester, Stead Air Force Base (Reno), Carson City State Prison, Susanville and Herlong Army Base (ammunition depot) among others.

Back row (left to right/staggered): George Swartsley, Don McNaughton, Carl Hettinger, unidentified, "Okie" Smith, Chet Lockwood, John Sypher Sr., Hank Parrish, Lee Hoag, John Lusar, unidentified

Front row (left to right): Pete Thill, unidentified, Maurice Story, Herb Rushing, Alf Sorenson, Bill Howell and George Hettinger

Title: Portola May Be Dark Horse Entrant In Nevada Tourney; Starts Friday
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 1946 (July 21)

Title: - Feather River-Sierra Nevada Leaders Tangle Here; Harrah-Portola at Moana
- Harrah's Staves Off Last-Inning Rally To Win Exhibition From Portola, 8 to 5
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 1948

Portola town team
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 1950

Description: Team displays 4-foot tall trophy after winning the Feather River League title. Other town teams in the league included Chester, Westwood, Quincy, Sloat and Greenville, many sponsored by local merchants as with Portola.

Back row (left to right): Butch Dalrymple, unidentified, unidentified, George Hettinger, Carl Hettinger, unidentified, LeRoy McNally

Front row (left to right): Jim Freeman, Frank Hansen, Bill Conant, Walt Powell, Punky Monahan, unidentified, Thomas “Red” Nally

Site of old ball field
Area: Plumas (Portola)
Year: 2013

Description: Picture was taken as a screenshot using Googlemaps.

Lineups from 1953 Portola team scorebook.

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Lineups from 1953 Portola team scorebook.

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Lineups from 1953 Portola team scorebook.

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