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Lake Tahoe History
Lake Tahoe, the lake itself and the small towns scattered around him, are in the mountains of the Sierra Nevada, the border of Nevada and California. The lake is a freshwater lake and is renowned for the clarity and freshness of the water (even in summer). The region is also well known for its breathtaking views of the Sierra Nevada ski resorts, lake activities, hiking, camping, and all kinds of Off-trail recreational sports.
Of course, Lake Tahoe is historically known for the discovery of silver in the Sierra Nevada Mountains in the years 1860. During the gold rush is happening in California, fortune seekers headed to Tahoe and Virginia City, Nevada, hoping to hit the mother lode next Comstock Lode as found in 1859. Miners, workers and even family traveled over the treacherous Donner Pass on anything else to foot the wagons and horses. Hiking on the mountain has become so popular that it was named "Bonanza Road" (which later became used still Highway 50).
Finally, silver and gold dried up and slowly left the miners, or to pursue different paths to make money, such as tolls and fees to use the laissez-passer and timber harvesting. However, this was short lived and as early as 1900, Lake Tahoe has become a resort for the rich and famous San Francisco, California. Hotels catering to the rich seeking to be pampered in a beautiful setting became the new trade.
However, the lake was actually the story before the gold rush. The lake was discovered by Kit Carson and John Fremont in 1844, but Washo Indians had been living around the lake and its fish and fresh water for centuries before that. The Washo used the area as a summer place for their religious ceremonies and meetings with other factions of tribes that winter in different areas. It was the name of the Washo lake, their word was "Da-ow-a-ga" which means "lake." When Carson and Fremont came, they could not understand or pronounce the Indian word and mispronounced as Tahoe. The first explorers actually named Lake Bonpland (meaning Mountain Lake after a French botanist) and Lake Bigler after the third governor of California. But none of these names stuck. The locals still called Tahoe. In 1945, they gave in and officially named Lake Tahoe.
It was not until 1944, when the first casino and lounge, Harvey's Wagon Wheel Saloon and Gambling Hall, the region began to be known as a gambling destination for entertainment. Many casinos and more Hotels are beginning to emerge. Then in the early 50s, the roads and passes have to be manually started with landscaped roads being constructed and maintained all year, and people began to build houses and schools and lived in Tahoe full-time, not only as a holiday home.
In 1960, the Winter Olympics held in Lake Tahoe at one of the oldest ski resorts, Squaw Valley, and began Lake Tahoe's reputation to be considered as the ideal destination for skiing in the United States.
Fortunately, for those who live and visit Lake Tahoe, the government of California and Nevada have worked together to create the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency in 1968. The Agency was convened to ensure that all developments and tourist areas are limited to allow the natural environment of the region to prosper and continue to be a getaway wild and natural as long as people wanted to surrender.
The foresight of these precautions helped start to maintain some very nice sites and history, the modern tourist to see. Some of the most notable are the Vikingsholm castle on Fannette island, Ehrman Mansion, and the Taylor Creek Stream Profile Chamber.
Located at the west end of Emerald Bay, Nevada, Fannette Island (Island In Lake Tahoe) with Vikingsholm Castle at the top. The island and castle are a great way to get to see first hand some of the various peoples and cultures that have traveled across the pond. The castle was built in 1928 by Mrs. Lora J. Knight who commissioned the architect Lennart Palme Scandinavian to build a house without knocking, move, or injuring live trees on the site.
Knight and Palm decided to build a Norse fortress around 800 AD in the full scale, the method and details. They used only the tools and concepts from those used in ancient Scandinavia. The towers, turrets, towers, sculptures, and wood sanded by hand were used to create the modern fortress. They installed a turf roof with grass as the old Scandinavians used to feed livestock during the winter. Ms. Knight also wanted his furniture and decor to reflect Scandinavian era, but many of its desired objects were so historically significant that their export was prohibited by governments Norwegian and Swedish. But it was thus led to complete her vision, she had copied and recreated exactly to his house.
The Ehrman Mansion is located in Sugar Pine Point State Park in California. The property was owned until 1965 by Isaias W. Hellman, who built his summer home, Pine Lodge in 1903, then started buying property in Lake Tahoe in 1913 and rose to about 2,000 acres. The Mansion and the 1975 acre State Park provides a good overview of the Tahoe Tower at the beginning of the century. Of decadence, even require, land remain wild.
Similarly, Taylor Creek the room is a place where people can go and experience, almost firsthand, the water and living in Lake are similar. The glass windows in the walls, the waterfall and stream below the floor-eque complete with realistic sound effects make the experience, but without entering the water ice Tahoe.
The observation windows of the actual lake become a huge mural that surrounds the walls of the room, or chamber. There is also a huge poplar tree growing in the middle of the room. Visitors can view scenes of the Taylor Creek ecosystem while throughout the four seasons, with a final scene looking down at Taylor Creek where it empties into Lake Tahoe.
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