Always looking for better and faster ways to move the logs and lumber from the Tahoe Basin to Virginia City, the owners of the mills started building railroads – all kinds of railroads! It appeared to some that an immense…
Lake Tahoe – “The Lake of the Sky,” Part IV – Down Come the Trees
Within just a short period after the 1859 discovery of silver in the Virginia Mountains of Nevada, there were over one-hundred way stations along the road between Placerville and Virginia City. Freight wagons by the hundreds were lined up end…
Lake Tahoe – “The Lake of the Sky, “Part III – The People Come
Prior to 1859, when the news of the discovery of silver in the Virginia Mountains of what was then known as Washoe, and later Nevada, leaked out, very few people resided in the Lake Tahoe Basin and fewer had yet…
Lake Tahoe – “Lake of the Sky,” Part II – Development at the Southern End
Prior to the popularity of the personal motorcar, the main means of transportation into the Lake Tahoe basin was by stagecoach, wagon or carriage. In 1868 the tracks of the Central Pacific Railroad reached Truckee, which later would be connected…
Lake Tahoe – “The Lake of the Sky,” Part I – Discovery
Because of its location in the remote and relatively inaccessible portion of the Sierra Nevada range, Lake Tahoe apparently escaped “discovery” by all but the local native population up until 1844. It was on Valentine’s Day of that year that…
Steppin’ Out – Hog Wild Bar-B-Que & Catering
Aaron and Jamie Evans are the new owners of Hog Wild Bar-B-Que and Catering, which is located at 38 Main Street in Placerville. Aaron, a native born Texas boy, met Jamie, a native born California girl from Placerville, back in…