Growing up with the gatekeeper's son meant fun times playing near the dam and lake, but also some risky business.

The author recalls the 1967 Miss Sierra Snowflake pageant, when his two sisters were runners-up and his mom got called up on stage by Art Linkletter.

Columnist Tim Hauserman goes back in time to remember the role of second home kids in his summer adventures.

After her days as an original Tahoe cowgirl, Mazie Carnell grew up to be Tahoe Lake School's first librarian, where she delighted children with spiders and snakes.

In the ’50s and ’60s, many Tahoe City kids would go on to become world class skiers after first learning to ski at Granlibakken

Mazie Walker, Tahoe Lake School's librarian in the 1960s, was Tahoe's original cowgirl in the '30s and '40s.