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    South Lake Tahoe
    South Lake Tahoe
    South Lake Tahoe
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    South Lake Tahoe

    By Peter Goin

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    Known for its stunning surroundings, South Lake Tahoe has changed dramatically since its industrial-logging beginnings to today s tourist destination and mountain setting of natural splendor. Matching vintage images with their modern counterparts, Peter Goin of the University of Nevada, Reno, worked with a research team and the collections of the South and North Lake Tahoe Historical Societies, Nevada Historical Society, and the University of Nevada to compile these surprising juxtapositions as the dramatic landscape of this mountain community changes over time.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArcadia Publishing
    Release dateFeb 15, 2010
    ISBN9781439640043
    South Lake Tahoe
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    Peter Goin

    Peter Goin, professor of art at the University of Nevada, Reno and author of several highly respected books including Stopping Time: A Rephotographic Survey of Lake Tahoe, was awarded the governor�s Millennium Award for Excellence in the Arts in 2000. Drawing from the collections of the Nevada Historical Society, North Lake Tahoe Historical Society, South Lake Tahoe Historical Society, and Special Collections at the University of Nevada, Goin redefines this faceted jewel, Lake Tahoe, and its special place in our mind�s eye.

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      South Lake Tahoe - Peter Goin

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      INTRODUCTION

      The explorer John Charles Frémont encountered Washo Indians in early February 1844, whereupon he was told of a spectacular body of water three- or four-days travel away. One of the Washo men drew a map, but he counseled Frémont against crossing the Sierra Nevada in the middle of winter. Frémont led his party south to what is now the Carson River, and disregarding the Washo’s advice, he headed west into the mountains. The weather was severe, and Frémont’s party suffered mightily as many of their animals perished in the biting cold and deep snow.

      From the top of Red Lake Peak, now called Carson Pass, at the south end of the Tahoe Basin, Frémont made the first official sighting on February 14, 1844, of what is now Lake Tahoe. Frémont named the spectacular body of water Lake Bonpland after the French botanist Aimé Jacques Alexandre Bonpland (1772–1858). Bonpland was a companion of Alexander von Humboldt (1769–1859), a German naturalist, explorer, and statesman. This is the same Humboldt who is memorialized by the Humboldt River in Nevada and by two mountain ranges, the West Humboldt in northwestern Nevada and the East Humboldt in northeastern Nevada. Frémont’s report, published in 1845, narrates his discovery as a beautiful view of a mountain lake at our feet. Thus begins a confusing legacy over the naming of the lake, as the preceding passage is credited as the source by which early cartographers identified Lake Bonpland as Mountain Lake.

      However, by 1857, the lake had been renamed Lake Bigler after California governor John Bigler, who served from 1852 to 1856. During the Civil War, numerous Union sympathizers objected to naming the lake after the governor, an outspoken secessionist proponent. During the subsequent renaming efforts, a few unusual suggestions were proffered, including Lake Union, a direct response to Bigler’s unpopular beliefs. Dr. Henry De Groot, an explorer and journalist, was charged to come up with a new name, and he suggested Tahoe. Maps from 1862 list Lake Tahoe as the Sierra jewel’s namesake, but that name was not official until the California State Legislature enacted a law in 1945. The origin of the name Tahoe is unclear, although Frémont recorded two Washo words, "Tah-ve, identifying snow, and Mélo, signifying friend. In 1859, Indian agent Maj. Frederick Dodge recorded Ta-hou to roughly mean big water. The precise etymological origins of the word Tahoe" may never be known, but its lyrical title endorses its permanence.

      Lake Tahoe’s geomorphology is more determinable. Lake Tahoe is the North American continent’s largest alpine lake—22 miles long, 12 miles wide, and covering a surface area of 191.6 square miles with 72 miles of shoreline. Lake Tahoe is shared between both California and Nevada, although the split is two-thirds in California and one-third in Nevada. The lake’s surface is 6,226 feet above sea level, and the natural rim is 6,223 feet above sea level, making it the highest lake of its size in the United States. Lake Tahoe is the third deepest lake in North America and the 10th deepest in the world. Tahoe’s deepest point is 1,645 feet, near Crystal Bay; the average depth is 989 feet. The geological structure of the basin was formed during the last ice age. Glaciers carved Emerald Bay, Fallen Leaf Lake, and Cascade Lake. Mount Tallac is 9,735 feet, the

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