Box 10
Container
Contains 3 Results:
Bliss Company land papers: maps delineating holdings, a "History of 'Bliss Co.' Interest of Hope Bliss," written inventory of lands, acreage, and values)., 1935-1937
File — Box: 10, Folder: 368
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Bliss records document more than anything, the history of land acquisition and development at Glenbrook, Nevada, and Tahoe City, California. During the 1890s, as the lumber industry at Tahoe was approaching an end, Duane Bliss began to build three projects: a passenger ship to transport visitors across Lake Tahoe, a railroad to connect Tahoe City with the Southern Pacific Tracks at Truckee, and a luxurious resort hotel at Tahoe City, to be known as the Tahoe Tavern.The...
Dates:
1935-1937
C&TL&F Co. "in-house" dispute in which W. S. Bliss contended F. E. Murphy, vice president and company director, and a party named Malley, committed conspiracy and fraud.
File — Box: 10, Folder: 369
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Bliss records document more than anything, the history of land acquisition and development at Glenbrook, Nevada, and Tahoe City, California. During the 1890s, as the lumber industry at Tahoe was approaching an end, Duane Bliss began to build three projects: a passenger ship to transport visitors across Lake Tahoe, a railroad to connect Tahoe City with the Southern Pacific Tracks at Truckee, and a luxurious resort hotel at Tahoe City, to be known as the Tahoe Tavern.The...
Dates:
1869-1949
Tahoe water controversy, W. S. Bliss papers, including letters, facts & figures, newspaper clippings, etc.(Continued in Box 11.), 1930s
File — Box: 10, Folder: 370a
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Bliss records document more than anything, the history of land acquisition and development at Glenbrook, Nevada, and Tahoe City, California. During the 1890s, as the lumber industry at Tahoe was approaching an end, Duane Bliss began to build three projects: a passenger ship to transport visitors across Lake Tahoe, a railroad to connect Tahoe City with the Southern Pacific Tracks at Truckee, and a luxurious resort hotel at Tahoe City, to be known as the Tahoe Tavern.The...
Dates:
1930s