Rails Around Lake Tahoe

by Mallory Hope Ferrell


Contents

Dedication 3
Acknowledgements 6
Foreword: Tahoe . . . Gem of the Sierra 8
Introduction: Manifest Destiny 10
1. The Argonauts 13
2. Logging the Tahoe Basin 19
3. Bliss, Yerington & Company 27
4. Narrow Gauge to the Summit 33
5. Narrow Rails, Steamboat Trails & Flumes 47
6. Lake Valley Railroad 73
7. Lake Tahoe Narrow Gauge Glory Days 85
8. Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation 115
9. The Other Tahoe Loggers 171
10. Steamboats On The Lake 225
11. Restorations and Dispositions 197
Tahoe, Trout Creek & Pacific 243
Epilogue 244
Contributors 245
Rosters 246
Bibliography 252
Index 254