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Title: 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 camping out trips, summer residences, fishing, hunting, flowers, birds, animals, trees and chapparal, with a full account of the Tahoe National Forest, the public use of the water of Lake Tahoe and much other interesting matter
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: James, George Wharton, 1858-1923
Subjects: Washoe Indians
Publisher: Pasadena, Calif., Radiant Life Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress
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the same water — in morning placid, inafternoon foam-flecked, on days of storm tempestuous. TheLake never freezes; not even a film of ice fringes its edge.Sunny skies and warm noons and the Lakes own restless-ness prevent. Emerald Bay alone is sometimes closed withice, but more often it is as open as the outer Lake. Eventhe pebbles glisten on the beach as far back as the wash ofthe waves extends. But beyond the reach of the waves a deep mantle of whiteclads the forests and caps the distant peaks. The refuseof the forests, the dusty roads, and the inequalities of theground are all buried deep. A smooth, gently undulatingsurface of dazzling white has taken their place. The forest trees are laden with snow — each frond bearsits pyramid and each needle its plume of white. The freshgreen of the foliage and the ruddy brown of the bark areaccentuated rather than subdued by their white setting.But as the eye travels the long vista of ascending and re- 1 By courtesy of Sunset magazine. 332
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