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Tahoe Place Names
The origin and history of
names
in the Lake Tahoe Basin
by Barbara Lekisch
Foreword by Richard H. Dillon
"Barbara Lekisch has become the chief authority on the subject—a superb introduction to the region." (Hal Gilliam, San Francisco Chronicle.)
On February 14, 1844, the explorer John C. Fremont and his cartographer, Charles Preuss, stood atop Red Lake Peak in the Sierra Nevada, and from that summit were the first white men to see Lake Tahoe—a name that did not come into use until 1863.
Contains old names, Washoe Indian names, and the diary of Charles Preuss from January and February of 1844 (Frémont's second expedition to the Far West).
Floating Island Lake
"This lake covers an area of about five acres. Floating on its surface is a lawn-covered natural island, some twenty feet in diameter, which floats with such buoyancy as to carry a fishing party of from four to six people, who paddle it about the lake." (Sacramento Daily Union, June 15, 1890.)"It is proposed to drop the name of Bigler from the lake among the Sierras and adopt the Indian name of Tahoe. Good idea. Why the finest sheet of water in the mountains should be named after a fifth rate politician we have never been able to see. Let's call it Tahoe. Fine fishing in Tahoe. Who's going on a pleasant excursion this Summer to Tahoe? Poetical name; Indian name; proper name. Tahoe is suitable. Who don't say Tahoe?" (Sacramento Daily Union, June 1, 1863.)
Tahoe Place Names: the origin and history of names in the Lake Tahoe Basin. ISBN: 0-944220-01-0. 192 pages. #GRWE5916 paper$14.9
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