Category: Historic Tahoe
Discovering the Discovery Museum
By Alison Bender New Reno children’s museum sparks young minds and imaginations In one room, children power a “Biggest Little City” sign utilizing miniature solar panels and light. A few galleries over, kids pen cowboy poetry, while in yet another space, little artists paint a large glass window. This is Reno’s Terry Lee Wells [...]
The Top 25 Athletes in Tahoe/Reno History
By Kyle Magin Our panel of local sports experts ranked the greatest Tahoe/Reno athletes of all time, individuals outstanding for both their stats and impact on their sports. 1. Greg LeMond, 1961— There exists two different eras in the Tour de France the American conscience—before Greg Lemond and after. Cycling’s most prestigious race barely registered [...]
Chopping Block
12 questions for Julia Walter, Executive chef, River Ranch Lodge & Restaurant Born and raised in Danville, a small town in central Kentucky, Julia Walter is a graduate of Johnson & Wales University’s School of Culinary Arts in Charlotte, South Carolina. Former chef de cuisine at Truckee’s Moody’s Bistro, Walter has presided over the kitchen at River Ranch Lodge [...]
From Bozen to Boating
Five generations and more than 100 years separate Jakob Obexer—who emigrated from Austria in 1906 at age 20—from Jacob Fields, a seven-year-old now running around the marina that his great-great-grandfather established. “There’s not a day that goes by that I do not feel blessed to be part of a family that is so rich and deeply rooted in Tahoe’s history,” [...]
Historic Tall Tales of Lake Tahoe
Bankrupt and blacklisted, a failed 70-year-old British philosopher named Bertrand Russell once sat stark- naked in his tiny cabin near the shores of Lake Tahoe, typing out a manuscript titled An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth. That book would eventually help to reestablish the writer and philosopher’s career: Ten years later, in 1950, Russell was [...]
Best Historic Yarns
Bankrupt and blacklisted, a failed 70-year-old British philosopher named Bertrand Russell once sat starknaked in his tiny cabin near the shores of Lake Tahoe, typing out a manuscript titled An Inquiry into Meaning and Truth. That book would eventually help to reestablish the writer and philosopher’s career: Ten years later, in 1950, Russell was awarded [...]
Best way to catch a fish
Rainbow, brown and Lahontan cutthroat trout, Kokanee salmon and speckled dace. You can catch all the fish you wish at the stream profile chamber at South Shore’s Taylor Creek Visitor Center. But leave the barbs and bait at home. The only angling you’ll do at this underwater observation spot is to get a better view [...]
Snowfest: A look back at the North Shore’s wacky/iconic winter carnival.
On June 26, 1981, Bobby Everson stood before some 35 representatives from North Tahoe resorts, businesses and service organizations. A local boy and a rising star in the ski industry, Everson had just taken a job as the marketing director at Alpine Meadows and was pitching the idea of a winter carnival to boost March [...]
SnowFest! Celebrates Thirty Years of Fun
On June 26, 1981, Bobby Everson stood before some 35 representatives from North Tahoe resorts, businesses and service organizations. A local boy and a rising star in the ski industry, Everson had just taken a job in the marketing department at Alpine Meadows and was pitching the idea of a winter carnival to boost March [...]
