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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNOO_the-sacred-lake_Tahoe-City-CA.html
Lake Tahoe is sacred to the Wa-she-shu or Washoe people.
Each spring family groups gathered at Da-ow-?ah-ga or Lake Tahoe's shore and offered blessings. Countless generations of children were taught by each family's leader that their responsibi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMND0_a-safe-harbor_Tahoe-City-CA.html
Business and touristsOutlet point is the location where the waters of Lake Tahoe find their only release from the lake basin along the Lower Truckee River at Tahoe CityThe sheltered inlet of the Truckee River mouth provided safe harbor for fisherm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNCQ_the-gatekeepers-cabin-and-museum_Tahoe-City-CA.html
[First Marker - Located on the left:]The North Lake Tahoe Historical Society (NLTHS) operates and maintains the Gatekeeper's Museum, The Marion Steinback Indian Basket Museum, the Watson Cabin Living Museum (located above Commons Beach) and Willia…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNCE_post-war-1946-to-1955_Tahoe-City-CA.html
A peacetime boom came to Tahoe City. New businesses flourished. Life was changing in ways unimaginable. From the old Tahoe Tavern Winter Sports Grounds, a retired Norwegian sea captain, Kjell "Rusty" Rustad, created a small family-style ski area, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNCD_southern-pacific-1926-to-1945_Tahoe-City-CA.html
In 1925, the Southern Pacific Railroad bought Tahoe Tavern and the railroad from Duane L. Bliss. They changed the narrow-gauge railroad to standard tracks and attempted to clear them of snow during the winter. Their vision was to turn Tahoe City i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNC9_pioneer-tourism-1896-to-1926_Tahoe-City-CA.html
Think about the people who made Tahoe City what it is today. They were frontiersman and adventurers, hunters and fishermen, lumberjacks and miners, school teachers, newspapermen, and ladies of the night. They ranged from Washoe Indians, who called…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNBH_tahoe-city-begins-1860-to-1895_Tahoe-City-CA.html
Most folks traveling to Tahoe City in the 1800s arrived by stagecoach from Truckee. By 1868, 25 people called Tahoe City home.
Some harvested hay on what is now Tahoe City's Golf Course, some worked as fishermen on Lake Tahoe. Others found empl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMNAS_the-watson-cabin_Tahoe-City-CA.html
Positioned on a bluff over looking Tahoe City's Common Beach is the historic Watson's Log Cabin. The cabin is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest log structure remaining in the North Lake Tahoe area.
The two-story c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN2U_william-b-layton-park_Tahoe-City-CA.html
This park was named for and dedicated to the memory of William B. Layton by the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society.
North Lake Tahoe will miss the unselfish way the Bill worked for the community. Past General Manager of the Tahoe City Public U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN2N_tahoe-citys-big-tree_Tahoe-City-CA.html
For over 125 years a grand pine tree known as the "Big Tree" stood in the centerline of Highway 28 in the heart of Tahoe City.
In 1940 the Federated Women's Club literally joined hands around the tree when the California Division of Highways' …