Glenbrook Inn (Glenbrook, Nev.)

Abstract The Bliss family, of whom William W. Bliss is the successor, developed lumber, tourism, and transportation businesses at Lake Tahoe, especially at Tahoe City, California, and Glenbrook, Nevada, between the late 1860s and the mid 1900s. Manuscript maps and drawings document land and water rights acquired, owned, developed, controlled, and sold by the Bliss family on the north and east shores of Lake Tahoe, California, and Nevada, including Bijou, Glenbrook, Tahoe City, Spooner Summit, and the...

Abstract Promotional brochures about Lake Tahoe resorts, hotels, and attractions published by area hotels, the Southern Pacific Railroad, and the Lake Tahoe Railroad. The collection contains material from 1895-1935. Communities and resorts featured include Tahoe Pines (California), Tahoe Tavern (California), Deer Park Springs (California), Homewood (California), Stateline Country Club (Nevada), Emerald Bay Camp (California), Glenbrook Inn (Nevada), Globin's (California), and Chambers Lodge (California).