The History of Boca Brewery
No history of Tahoe is perhaps more curious than that of Boca, a town of 2,500 near the modern-day Boca Dam that once boasted...
Dick Joseph and the beginnings of Tahoe Forest Hospital
Dick Joseph was just passing through on a train from Sacramento to Colorado in 1917 when he stepped out of the locomotive at its...
Jerry Garcia at Squaw Valley
In late August of 1991, thousands of Deadheads peacefully descended upon Squaw Valley to see the Jerry Garcia Band perform under sunny skies, in...
Horseless Gordy takes on Tevis
A Tevis Cup competitor ditches his steed and starts one of the nation's most famous ultra marathon races.
Images of America: Truckee
You’ve heard the stories of Truckee’s rugged past. You know about the Chinese railroad workers, Truckee’s ice palace, and the Paiute chief that Truckee...
Before the Banzai
As the Rahlves’ Banzai Tour makes its way through a tour of four Tahoe ski resorts, it is becoming part of a long tradition of local ski competitions that date back to the days of wooden skis.
The Host of Hotel de Chipmunk
Of the cast of colorful characters that have manned Martis Peak Lookout's "Hotel de Chipmunk," circus tumbler and cigar roller Frank "Waddles" Maher was king.
Ice, Ice Baby
Ice, not snow, has been the region’s recreation surface of choice during this snowless start to winter.