Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1924-
  • Existence: 1924    

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Bliss Family Records

 Collection
Identifier: 96-53
Abstract Records of the Bliss family businesses which centered around Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, include those of the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, Lake Tahoe Transportation Company, Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company, Sierra Realty Company, Truckee Lumber Company, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works, and Glenbrook Improvement Company. Topics include the lumber industry; Lake Tahoe development; Lake Tahoe tourism industry; Tahoe Tavern at Tahoe City; railroads...
Dates: 1869-1949
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / Bliss Family Records

William W. Bliss Manuscript Maps and Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: 97-24
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...
Dates: 1861-1955
Found in: University of Nevada, Reno. Special Collections Department / William W. Bliss Manuscript Maps and Drawings

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Subject
Bijou (Calif.) 1
Glenbrook (Nev.) 1
Glenbrook (Nev.) -- History 1
Hotels -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Lake steamers -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
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Land titles -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Legal instruments 1
Lumber trade -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Manuscript maps 1
Motorboats -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Photographs 1
Railroads -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Spooner Summit (Nev.) 1
Tahoe City (Calif.) 1
Tahoe City (Calif.) -- History 1
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Commerce 1
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Maps 1
Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Water rights 1
Taverns (Inns) -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) 1
Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) -- Water rights 1
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