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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 and...
Dates:
1869-1949
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
Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC72
Overview
The Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company was organized in 1873 with Duane L. Bliss as president and general manger and H. M. Yerington, D. O. Mills and J. A. Rigby as stockholders. It was probably the largest and most extensive lumber operation serving the mines of the Comstock. Collection includes correspondence, company papers, land related documents, financial accounts, lumber statistics and maps from 1858-1946.
Dates:
1858-1946
El Dorado Wood and Flume Company Records
Collection
Identifier: NC76
Overview
The El Dorado Wood and Flume Company was incorporated in Nevada in 1875 with H. M. Yerington, J. W. Haynie and A. J. Ralston as trustees; H. M. Yerington was the president when the company incorporated. Its major areas of operation were in Lake Valley, El Dorado County, California and in Hope Valley, Alpine County, and California. The company also held land in Ormsby, Douglas, and Washoe counties, Nevada. Collection contains correspondence, land related documents, financial accounts, legal...
Dates:
1850-1941
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- Flumes 2
- Glenbrook (Nev.) 2
- Land titles -- California 2
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- Lumber trade -- California 2
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- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- History 2
- Water rights -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 2
- Alpine County (Calif.) 1
- Bijou (Calif.) 1
- Chinese -- California 1
- Chinese -- Nevada 1
- El Dorado County (Calif.) 1
- Glenbrook (Nev.) -- History 1
- Hotels -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Lake steamers -- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Land titles -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Land use -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Lumber trade -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Manuscript maps 1
- Motorboats -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Railroads -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Spooner Summit (Nev.) 1
- Tahoe City (Calif.) 1
- Tahoe City (Calif.) -- History 1
- Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- Water rights 1
- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- Commerce 1
- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- Land use 1
- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- Maps 1
- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- Water rights 1
- Taverns (Inns) -- Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) 1
- Truckee River (Calif. and Nev.) -- Water rights 1
- Washo Indians 1
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