. California game "marked down"; . TRUCKEE RIVER. TRUCKEE, TAHOE, CONNER AND INDEPENDENCE. Here is a right royal line of sporting resorts. Esthetic tastes may befed and broadened by wonderful, high mountain, river, lake and wood-land scenery. Nowhere have Natures scenic beauties been more lavishlyspread out. For lack of room some of them are placed on edge; the [ 40 ] lakes fortunately are on a level, but the streams for the most part arein hurried search of such restfulness. Truckee is on the tumbling, foaming, musical river from which it takesits name, and is an important railway station of
. California game "marked down"; . TRUCKEE RIVER. TRUCKEE, TAHOE, CONNER AND INDEPENDENCE. Here is a right royal line of sporting resorts. Esthetic tastes may befed and broadened by wonderful, high mountain, river, lake and wood-land scenery. Nowhere have Natures scenic beauties been more lavishlyspread out. For lack of room some of them are placed on edge; the [ 40 ] lakes fortunately are on a level, but the streams for the most part arein hurried search of such restfulness. Truckee is on the tumbling, foaming, musical river from which it takesits name, and is an important railway station of the Southern Pacific Com-pany, 209 miles east of San Francisco, and 14 miles from the summit ofthe Sierra Nevada on the eastward slope. It is a central point for finehunting and fishing resorts and may wisely be made headquarters whenone desires to take them all in. Excellent trout fishing can be had. MOUNTAIN Californica. in suitable pools of the river that borders the town, and at nearby DonnerLake choice angling is enjoyed, usually with agreeable company of thesame craft. Eastern Brook trout having been planted in the lake, havefound a congenial home and developed a gamy vigor that taxes theexpert anglers best skill. Rainbow and the famous Cut-throat troutare also freely taken. Independence Lake is a body of beautiful mountain water closely [ 41 ] framed about by luxuriant conifers. It is reached by a stage drive offourteen miles from Boca, on Southern Pacific Companys railway linenine miles eastward of Truckee. The road is excellent, a deviouswinding ride through fragrant forests. The Lake is two and one-half miles long and three-quarters of a mile wide with bold androcky shores. The waters have been kept well stocked, and by enthu-siastic sportsmen are said to be alive with fish. An excellent hotel, withcottages for supplemental use, is a*feature of the place. Ne
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