Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-02
AT TAHOE.
A sacramentan's Enthusiasm Over tie
Sierra Resort

| Sierra Resort
| A well.known citizen, now rambling in
the Sierras, writes to the RECORD UNION
from Tahoe, under date of July 9th, a.
follows:
OF course you have never heard of Ia.
hoe. Nothing has heretofore been written
OF 1t and its surroundings. Artists mol
skeschers have never painted nor daubed
upon its varied scenery. No poet has We:
turned MS Tyre nor invoked the Muse upon
It's crystal waters, or the grandeur of the
surroundings. But, iesting all aside, after
all that has been written, the artists skill
exhausted, the poets muse lulled to quiet,
still there has not been even an introduction
to the beauteous tales and classic legends
accompanying the grandeur of the lake and
scenery along the Truckee river. Right
| here let me say that it is burning dis.
| grace to this State to permit the wanton
destruchon OF those majestic old patriarchs
OF the forest, and also the perversion OF
that beautiful watercourse which takes its
rise ct Tahoe, and flows to the west. That
| splendid sport of brook-trout fishing is GER.
taInly ruined by the greed of wealth, in
constructing so many flooding dams and
the emptying of sawdust into this herets.
fore pure and picturesque stream. agree
with the RECORD. UNION, which has often
through it's columns urged the necessity of
some national interference in securing the
preservation of these mountain forests and
| watercourses.
Why, every mile of the route from
Truckee to Tahoe is teeming with objects
of grandeur, interest and beauty, and &C.
companied with legends as beautiful and
NEUROLOGICAL as those emanating from
classic lore. Look at that huge old cliff
which carries its record of ages long prior
to the Biblical account of the origin of the
earth and mankind. See the old mans
face, which stands out in bold relief
thousands of feet above you. (By the
way, the profile is a striking resemblance
to the Mast profles of Roscoe Conkling. J
Then upon another view of the same cliff
appears the outlines of an old woman s
face, which has its legends as varied as
they are absurd. Then comes TALL this you
are aware ia on the road from Truckee to
Tahoe) that wondrous Indian mound, COM
posed of a huge pile of stones. 1t is said
to be OF Indian origin. Here again we
have legends as numerous as there are
Bohemians that see it. It is said by
Major Stonehill, a lawyer and Bohemian,
that 300 hundred years ago $50 warrior
chiefs were buried there, and that every
time one of any of the tribes who are rep.
resented in this tomb of antiquity passes
this spot an additional stone is placed upon
it. Historian Albert Gailatin gives an en-
tirely different account, and places the
dates about IL, 600 years ago, and the mum.
Der of Indian chiefs at much larger mum,
Der. l at first contemplated calling this
mound "Stonshill, but now will have to
defer the name until some other learned
mythologist comes that way. Bat at
Tahoe we have the finest specimen of com.
binations. The first thing that strikes the
eye is &C Postofice," Custom-house " bill
iards," all in one house, and over all of
which the odd flag proudly floats, which
is certainly very funny compound Of
Government offices and pleasure, strongly
suggestive Of Colonel Sellers, "the old
flag and an appropriation.
This is most charming place for sum.
mer resort. One does not have to lie
awake all night to study how grandly he
can say "good morning" to the other
visitors. All come here for pleasure, and
they have it. No airs of superiority of
wealth appeal, and all who are true gentle
men and ladies meet upon level, and just
literally go in for good time.
The Grand Central Hotel is at present
crowded with the jolliest lot of pleasure
seekers one would wish to meet. The
weather is all that the most fastidious old
invalid could desire. Trout. fishing, though
not SO good as a month ago, still affords
abundant sport for those that way inclined.
Quite number of Sacrameatans are at
1dlewild, and several at the Grand Central
Hotel.
Tomorrow l take trip to Tailac and
Glenbrook, at which points you may pos.
5IbIy hear from SACRASIENTAN.