Tahoe heritage : the Bliss family of Glenbrook, Nevada / by Sessions S. Wheeler with William W. Bliss ; foreword by Robert Laxalt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wheeler, Sessions S., author.

Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924- author.

Contributor:

Laxalt, Robert, writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bliss family.

Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--History.

Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.).

Tahoe, Lake, Region (Calif. and Nev.)--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (118 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Reno, Nevada ; Las Vegas, Nevada : University of Nevada Press, 1992.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Tahoe Heritage is a lively chronicle of four generations of the pioneering Bliss family, beginning with Duane L.Bliss, a visionary who built an impressive lumbering business and later the renowned Glenbrook Inn.The inn was completed in 1907 and quickly became a destination for the elite of San Francisco.

Contents:

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgments

One - A Man Named Diston

Two - Gold Hill, Nevada, 1864

Three - Early Settler from Maine

Four - Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company

Five - A Box of Letters

Six - Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company

Seven - To Nome

Eight - Letters from Nome

Nine - End of an Era

Ten - Tahoe Water

Eleven - Time of Change

Twelve - A New Direction

Thirteen - Fishing

Fourteen - Rodeos

Fifteen - Golf and Tennis

Sixteen - The Final Years

Epilogue

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-148) and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-87417-432-5

OCLC:

1017611898