Bliss family records, 1869-1949.

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Bliss family records, 1869-1949.

Records of the Bliss family businesses which centered around Lake Tahoe, Calif. and Nev., include those of the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company, Lake Tahoe Transportation Company, Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company, Sierra Realty Company, Truckee Lumber Company, Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works, and Glenbrook Improvement Company. Topics include the lumber industry; Lake Tahoe development; Lake Tahoe tourism industry; Tahoe Tavern at Tahoe City; railroads and steamships at Lake Tahoe; development and history of Glenbrook, Nev., and the Glenbrook Hotel; and controversy over the use and levels of water at Lake Tahoe.

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Lake Tahoe Railway and Transportation Company.

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Tahoe Tavern (Tahoe City, Calif.)

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Bliss, Duane L.

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Lake Tahoe Transportation Company.

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Glenbrook Improvement Company.

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Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company

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Lumber company of Lake Tahoe and Carson City, Nev. From the description of Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company records, 1871-1901. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 76960535 ...

Bliss family.

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Sierra Realty Company.

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Glenbrook Hotel (Glenbrook, Nev.)

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Bliss, Walter, -1917

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Cadet at the Michigan Military Academy, Orchard Lake, Michigan, later student at the University of Michigan, class of 1886. From the description of Walter B. Bliss autograph book, 1880-1885. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421747 ...

Truckee Lumber Company.

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Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works.

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Bliss, D. L. (Duane Leroy)

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Bliss, William W. (William Walter), 1924-

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The Bliss family, of whom William W. Bliss is the successor, developed lumber, tourism, and transportation businesses at Lake Tahoe, especially at Tahoe City, Calif., and Glenbrook, Nev., between the late 1860s and the mid 1900s. From the description of William W. Bliss manuscript maps and drawings, 1861-1955. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 43417660 The Bliss family developed lumber, tourism, and transportation businesses at Lake Tahoe, especially at Tahoe...

Bliss, W. S. (William Seth)

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