Images of America: Lake Tahoe's Rustic Architecture Books Railroads like the Nevada County

Railroads like the Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and Nevada County Traction Company served the gold rush-era boomtowns of Grass Valley and Nevada City

and spikes were shipped from the East through Panama or around South America to the West or lugged across the country to the Plains

Burton recovers one woman’s compelling history through a modern-day family’s adventure into realms of ultimately timeless experiences

For ages 0 to 3

based on the 2010 Geologic Map of California

Images of America: Lake Tahoe's Rustic Architecture Books Railroads like the Nevada CountyLake Tahoe is the gem of the Sierra Nevada. Those who visit this beautiful "Lake of the Sky" may share Mark Twain's impression of the place as he camped on its shore in 1861: "As it lay there with the shadows of the mountains brilliantly photographed upon its still surface I thought it must surely be the fairest picture the whole earth affords." Twain's quote, from Roughing It, includes the trinity of Tahoe's landscape sky, mountains, and lake that