The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-06-06
THE TRAVEL VIA LAKE BIGLER.

Bigler, Truckee and Carson, and the
means of communication between
them. In passing through California
we have always found people very
much astonished to learn that Lake
Bigler is only about 10 miles from
Carson, and still more surprised to
hear that a passenger can leave the
cars on the Central Pacific Railroad at
Truckee-take stage thence to the
Comedian Hot Springs Hotel-cross
the lake in a steamer in one hour and
A half to the eastern side. at the Glen
brook House-jump on Il stage and
land in Carson in another hour and Il
half-and two hours afterwards hear
the steam whistle blow as the locOmO-
tive brings upin Nirginia:-and II they
like can take the overland railroad at
Reno again the same night.
The communication is now so per
feet that the Eastern tourist returning
from California has time to visit II of
the most beautiful bodies of inland
water on the continent, visit the Capt.
tai of Nevada. and take a run through
the mines Of Virginia, and yet lose
only II hours.
That this lake is we'll worth a visit
not only for a few hours but for
weeks-the concurrent testimony Of
every visitor will furnish the evidence
The lake lies in an immense valley
between two parallel ridges OF the
Sierra Nevada. about $500 feet above
the ocean level. and extends over a
space of about 80 miles i'll length and
from 70 to Is miles i'll width. Il Il
possible that there Is another lake OF
this size. at this elevation abovethe sea,
but if so, we are not aware OF Its eN-
iStence. 1t is probably the largest
body of water this high on the noun
tains. in America, and probably in the
world.
Looking over that vast cNpan>e OF
shining waters the mind is carried
back to that not very remote period in
the worlds history when these great
bodies Of water covered most OF the
now habitable portion ofthe continents;
when the wide eNpan>e OF plain,
mountain and desert which now con-
s]litutcS the State of Nevada. were
washed by the waves of a sea from the
mountains to the Gulf of California;;
when the basin of the Columbia was
an inland ocean; and the valley OF
the Sacramento and a joaquin con-
stitulcI the bed Of a great lake. Lake
BigIer is a fragment of the ancient
time. solitary and alone among the
mountain peaks il has retained lis IN
dividuality-the purity, the beauty OF
the primitive age. The traveller from
the East, looking for the sublime and
the beautiful of the Pacific Coast, who
fails to visit the Lake, will find moth
Ing in the grandeur of Yosemite or
the loneliness of Santa Cruz, to COM
pen>ate him for a sail across these blue
Alpine waters.
The easy communication and ample
/ accommodations on the shore of the
lake are even this early i'll the season
inducing considerable travel. which i
/ daily increasing. As the sweltcrlng
| heats of July and August coIne on the
lake will be a ~taVori;e watering place
for the fog blown citizens Of san Fran
cisco and the bilious denizeEs of the
Sacramento Valley Railroad travel
to the lake, and steamboat travel on
the lake, and rapid stage communica-
ton on this side of the lake, are revo-
lut!oniZin- the Old-tinle inconveni-
ence~. and rendering access easy,
speedy. and pleasant. Families i'll
California will find no locality superior
to this as a quiet. lovely, healthy,
Summer resort-aS far from the busy
world. and as near to heaven, prob
ably, as most ofthem will ever reach
The Central Pacific Railroad is CON
ncctcd with Lake Bigler by Il good
wagon road about l. miles in length
and a regular stage, running TO the
Comedian Hot Springs Hotel, on the
northwestern shore. This is a new
neat, first class hotel. erected ano
maintainedb by w. Il. Canpbell.a jovia',
driving landlord, who knows how t.
keep Il hotel. and with his atlable as
s%i~tant. Mr.. Burton, does it to the sat
| iSfaciinn of his PATRONS. The no