. The lake of the sky, Lake Tahoe, in the high Sierras of California and Nevada; its history, Indians, discovery by Fremont Legendary lore, various namings, physical characteristics, glacial phenomena, geology, single outlet, automobile routes, historic towns, early mining excitements, steamer ride, mineral springs, mountain and lake resorts, trail and ccamping out trips, summer residences, fishing, hunting, flowers, birds, animals, trees and chapparal [l] with a full account of the of the Tahoe national fores, the public use of the water of lake Tahoe and much other interesting matter . sing
. The lake of the sky, Lake Tahoe, in the high Sierras of California and Nevada; its history, Indians, discovery by Fremont Legendary lore, various namings, physical characteristics, glacial phenomena, geology, single outlet, automobile routes, historic towns, early mining excitements, steamer ride, mineral springs, mountain and lake resorts, trail and ccamping out trips, summer residences, fishing, hunting, flowers, birds, animals, trees and chapparal [l] with a full account of the of the Tahoe national fores, the public use of the water of lake Tahoe and much other interesting matter . sing number of the better class of gueststhat annually visit these divinely-favored California Muir wrote truthfully when he said: The Glen Alpine Springs tourist resort seems to me oneof the most delightful places in all the famous Tahoe re-gion. From no other valley, as far as I know, may excur-sions be made in a single day to so many peaks, wild gar-dens, glacier lakes, glacier meadows, and Alpine groves, cas-cades, etc. The drive from Tallac around Fallen Leaf Lake undertrees whose boles form arch or portal, framing pictures ofthe sunny lake, is a memorable experience; then on past GlenAlpine Falls, Lily Lake, and Modjeska Falls, up the deepmountain glen, where the road ends at the hospitable cot-tages, log-houses and spacious tents of Glen Alpine. Here is the world-famous spring, discovered in the fiftiesby Nathan Gilmore (for whom Gilmore Lake is named).Mr. Gilmore was born in Ohio, but, when a mere youth,instead of attending college and graduating in law as his 232.
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