In 1871, Bliss moved his family to Carson after he founded the Carson and Tahoe Lumber and Fluming Company.  He eventually controlled every aspect of the business from the land to the timber, ships and barges to move the timber, flumes and the railroad system he built.  Bliss became one of Nevada’s most successful businessmen because of his thriving lumber business.

After the end of the logging era in 1893, Bliss recognized the tourism potential of Lake Tahoe.  He successfully formed the Lake Tahoe Transportation Company to build a rail line to carry tourists to Tahoe from the Southern Pacific line in Truckee, CA.  He also commissioned the construction of a luxury steamboat called “The Tahoe”.  This vessel carried tourists across the lake to a first class resort called the Tahoe Tavern located in Glenbrook; which Bliss also built.

The 60 room Tahoe Tavern was built in 1901.  By the 1930s the tavern had added many luxurious amenities.  Today the pool and the rock stairway are the remaining structures of the Tahoe Tavern after it burned downed in 1960 and shortly after torn down.

References: 
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duane_Leroy_Bliss
http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/duane_bliss.php

Let’s start at the front of the property for this first post:  The Carson buidling.  John C. Frémont and Christopher “Kit” Carson, were the first European Americans to arrive in Eagle Valley during an 1843 exploration.  Frémont had named the river that flowed through this valley after Kit Carson.  Kit Carson was hired only after Frémont could not locate another well-known guide by the name of Andrew S. Drips.  (Who knows, this first building could have been named Drips instead of Carson!)

Christopher Kit Carson was not only known for his guide and trapping expertise.  After several years of guiding on 3 more expeditions with Frémont, he served in the Mexican War where he carried messages through enemy territory to and from the Southwest and Washington.

In 1854 he became the agent for several Southwestern tribes, trying to keep the peace and fair treatment of Native Americans.  Come 1861, Carson was appointed as lieutenant colonel during the Civil War.  He continued to hold assignments in the West until he quit the army in 1867.  He died in 1868.

Thanks to the fascination of  the West with the American public, Frémont’s reports on Christopher Kit Carson’s adventures became wildly exaggerated and made him a famous household name!

Reference:  www.notablebiographies.com/Ca-Ch/Carson-Kit

For those who will venture up to Tahoe we have you covered on your accommodations.  Take a look at our Spring Break Specials for March and April in the upper right hand corner of our website.

Thank you to all of you who have been perfecting your snow dance!  We received up to a foot of snow yesterday and there is another 2-4 feet on the way starting in the wee hours of Wednesday morning.  Once Mother Nature blankets us with this next snow fall she’s clearing the weather to make it easier to get up to Tahoe this weekend.

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Tahoe Beach & Ski Club is just up the street from both venues.  We have limited space available for the week preceding the concert and the night of the concert.  So book now to secure your room!

Looking to spend some time on the water?  The Tahoe Queen, right next door to Tahoe Beach & Ski Club, invites you aboard for an Apres Ski Cocktail Cruise every Wednesday now through April 4th.  If you desire to be on the lake and ski, what better way than the Tahoe Queen’s Ski Shuttle to Northstar!  Board on the south shore and ski on the north shore.  Available Tuesday and Thursday now through April 5.

Snow at the Resort

Phew, the snow is still falling here at Tahoe Beach & Ski Club.   After today, the roads will be clear of snow with temperatures  heading into the 50′s this week.  Plan on driving up, the roads will be clear of snow.  See you at the lake!

With all this snow in the forecast we are ready with discounted lift tickets to Heavenly/Northstar, Kirkwood and Sierra-At-Tahoe for our registered guests. 

Thank you to all for doing your snow dance!  Keep groovin out there!

Get your skis and board ready and see you at the lake!