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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN29_duane-leroy-bliss_Tahoe-City-CA.html
Timber baron and transportation mogul, D.L. Bliss - a one time Nevada banker - was best known for the railroads and steamships that he introduced to the Lake Tahoe Basin. He organized the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Co. in 1871 and the Lake Ta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMN22_lake-tahoe-outlet-works-and-gatekeepers-cabin_Tahoe-City-CA.html
The first outlet works were constructed in 1870 by Colonel A.W. Von Schmidt. The stone and timber crib structure soon passed to the Donner Lumber & Boom Co. who continued to regulate, for a fee, the water flow for floatation of logs and, later, po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFJU_pioneer-ski-area-of-america_Olympic-Valley-CA.html
One thousand competitors from 34 nations came to Squaw Valley to compete in the VIII Olympic Winter Games of 1960. The Games, brought here by Alexander C. Cushing, commemorated a century of sport skiing in America. By 1860 mining towns in the Sier…
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