Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.) -- History
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 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
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
Robert G. and Barbara Ann Harmon Collection on Lake Tahoe
Collection
Identifier: 2017-70
Abstract
Robert G. Harmon was the grandson of J. E. and Edith Jewell and the nephew of Laura Brown. Collection contains materials collected by Robert Harmon between 1892 and circa 1965 about Lake Tahoe including Jewell Heights ephemera, an 1892 boat travel description of Lake Tahoe written by Laura Brown, an invitation from Kings Castle, and an advertisement for Mark Twain Camps, including materials from his grandmother Edith Jewell, who owned Jewell Heights, a resort at Bijou, Lake Tahoe,...
Dates:
1892-circa 1965
Lake Tahoe Area Council Records
Collection
Identifier: NC1200
Abstract
The Lake Tahoe Area Council (LTAC) was a private, non-profit, non-political organization established in 1958 to seek cooperation between private land owners at Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada, and government agencies in solving Tahoe Basin problems of planning, land use, park and recreational development, pollution control, and soil convervation. The LTAC disbanded in 1975 due to lack of funds. The collection includes LTAC background and historical information, bylaws, meeting minutes,...
Dates:
1950-1980