Tahoe City Begins, 1860 to 1895 - Tahoe City, CA
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N 39° 10.292 W 120° 08.399
10S E 747075 N 4339708
This sign of history is one of a number located in Heritage Plaza.
Waymark Code: WMTPWV
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 12/26/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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Located in Heritage Plaza are a number of interpretive displays. One reads:

Tahoe City Begins, 1860 to 1895

A Town of 25 Takes Shape

Most folks traveling to Tahoe City in the 1800s arrived by stagecoach from Truckee. By 1868, 25 people called Tahoe City home.

Some harvested hay on what is now Tahoe City’s Golf Course, some worked as fishermen on Lake Tahoe. Others found employment in the rapidly developing timber industry that supported the Virginia City silver mines. The Union Army needed silver during the Civil War.

The first post office opened in 1871, as did the new, opulent Grand Central Hotel. This put Tahoe City on the map. The stagecoach used the toll road connecting Tahoe City and Truckee. You could visit the Custom House Saloon on the end of the 100-foot-long Tahoe City pier. From there you could hop on the steamer, Tod Goodwin, for a trip to other points around Lake Tahoe.

Sadly, a fire destroyed the Grand Central in 1895.

Notable People
A.J. Bayley - Proprietor of Grand Central Hotel • Sam Bethell - Surveyed Tahoe City townsite • William "Bill" Boyle - Commercial fisherman • Joseph B. Campbell - Saloon keeper (Custom House) and Postmaster • John C. Chesrown - Built first pier and Custom House Saloon • John Huntington - Builder of toll road to Truckee • Manuel J. King - Built Tahoe City Hotel, became Grand Central Hotel • William Pomin - Owner of Tahoe House Hotel and Saloon • Joseph A. Todman - Captain of Steamer Tod Goodwin • Wert Tong - Proprietor of first meat market • Col. Alexis Von Schmidt - Built first dams on Truckee River

Group that erected the marker: Tahoe City Rotary Club

Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
Heritage Plaza
Tahoe City, CA


URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed

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