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Introduction I Why "the Lake of the Sky"?
II Fremont and the Discovery of Lake Tahoe III The Indians of Lake Tahoe IV Indian Legends of the Tahoe Region V The Various Names of Lake Tahoe VI John Le Conte's Physical Studies of Lake Tahoe VII How Lake Tahoe Was Formed VIII The Glacial History of Lake Tahoe IX The Lesser Lakes of the Tahoe Region and How They Were Formed X Donner Lake and Its Tragic History XI Lake Tahoe and the Truckee River XII By Rail to Lake Tahoe XIII The Wishbone Automobile Route to and Around Lake Tahoe XIV Tahoe Tavern XV Trail Trips in the Tahoe Region To Watson's Peak and Lake To Squaw Valley, Granite Chief Peak, Five Lakes and Deer Park Springs To Ellis Peak XVI Camping Out Trips in the Tahoe Region To Hell Hole and the Rubicon River XVII Historic Tahoe Towns XVIII By Steamer Around Lake Tahoe XIX Deer Park Springs XX Rubicon Springs XXI Emerald Bay and Camp XXII Al-Tahoe XXIII Glen Alpine Springs XXIV Fallen Leaf Lake and Its Resorts XXV Lakeside Park XXVI Glenbrook and Marlette Lake XXVII Carnelian Bay and Tahoe Country Club XXVIII Fishing in the Lakes of the Tahoe Region XXIX Hunting at Lake Tahoe XXX The Flowers of the Tahoe Region XXXI The Chaparral of the Tahoe Region XXXII How to Distinguish the Trees of the Tahoe Region XXXIII The Birds and Animals of the Tahoe Region XXXIV The Squaw Valley Mining Excitement XXXV The Fremont Howitzer and Lake Tahoe XXXVI The Mount Rose Observatory XXXVII Lake Tahoe in Winter _Written by Dr.J.E.Church, Jr., University of Nevada_.
XXXVIII Lake Tahoe as a Summer Residence XXXIX The Tahoe National Forest XL Public Use of the Waters of Lake Tahoe APPENDIX A Mark Twain at Lake Tahoe B Mark Twain and the Forest Rangers C Thomas Starr King at Lake Tahoe D Joseph LeConte at Lake Tahoe E John Vance Cheney at Lake Tahoe F The Resorts of Lake Tahoe [Illustration: TAHOE TAVERN, LAKE TAHOE, CALIF.] [Illustration: STEAMER TAHOE OFF CAVE ROCK, NEVADA SIDE, LAKE TAHOE] THE LAKE OF THE SKY LAKE TAHOE.