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waters of the North Fork of the American River, its tributaries, and the water of Lake Bigler, onto the divides between the Middle and North Forks of the American River.” (From 1854 to 1945, Lake Tahoe was officially named Lake Bigler after California’s third governor.)
The Lake Bigler Canal Company failed to implement its plan, but that was only one in Part 1 a series of bold schemes to divert water from By Mark McLaughlin the Truckee River system. In the 1860s, a San Francisco-based engineer, Colonel Alexis Lake Tahoe is world renowned for its spectacular Waldemar von Schmidt, acquired a half-section scenic splendor, but ever since a crude rock and of land surrounding the Truckee River outlet log splash dam was constructed several miles and the right to appropriate 500 cubic feet per below its outlet to boost river flow and facilitate second of Tahoe water. It was a subtle and log fluming, entrepreneurs have coveted the inauspicious beginning to what Von Schmidt lake’s famously pristine waters. While the most was intent on engineering, a water project outlandish schemes to appropriate Tahoe’s considered nothing less than the “Grandest water were ultimately unsuccessful, today the Aqueduct in the World.” magnificent alpine lake is primarily operated as a reservoir for irrigation storage and municipal Headwaters of the American River at water use in Nevada. Together with a handful of Snow Slide Mountain - 1866 other publicly and privately owned reservoirs in Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress the Truckee River system, Lake Tahoe provides about 75% of the water supply for the RenoSparks area. The first outlet works on the Truckee River were constructed in 1870, but there were 19th century visionaries before then who dreamed of tapping and marketing Lake Tahoe as an unlimited, clean water source for both California and Nevada. It was a time when Americans were being dazzled by breakthrough advances in technology and engineering, an era known as the “Age of Enterprise”. On August 18, 1864, the Lake Bigler Canal Company was formed with the grand idea of transporting Tahoe’s water over the Sierra Nevada to help expand the economy in Northern California. The company’s stated purpose was “to supply the people of Placer County with water for mining, irrigating, and manufacturing purposes by conducting and conveying the
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The Prussian-born Von Schmidt exuded optimism, confidence, and a driving energy that enabled him to succeed at projects others considered impossible. He had arrived in San Francisco in 1849, but somehow resisted the impulse to join the gold rush. Trained as a civil engineer at American universities, Von Schmidt landed a job as a United States surveyor, mapping public lands and Spanish land grants throughout the state. Recognizing that “water flows uphill to money” and that a limited fresh water supply threatened to curtail the growth of San Francisco, Von Schmidt helped incorporate the Bensley Water Company. The company successfully built San Francisco’s first water supply system in the late 1850’s, but angry that the corporation did not pay him for the rights to use a water meter that he invented, he retaliated by joining the rival Spring Valley Water Company in 1860. Five years later, he had his revenge when Spring Valley bought out the Bensley outfit and established a profitable monopoly as the principal water purveyor to San Francisco. Von Schmidt had bigger goals than operating the Spring Valley Water Company, however. In 1863, he had submitted an ambitious plan to the Board of Aldermen in Virginia City, Nevada. Von Schmidt explained to the city’s leaders how Tahoe water could be piped over Spooner Summit down to Carson City, through the Washoe Basin, and then up to a reservoir on Mt. Davidson above the Comstock mines. Unfortunately for Von Schmidt, the aldermen doubted the feasibility of the elaborate and expensive pumping system needed to lift the water to the 6,000-foot elevation of Virginia City. (The idea of bypassing the Truckee River and siphoning off Lake Tahoe water
directly refused to die quietly. As recently as 1952, the Bureau of Reclamation proposed tapping Tahoe water with a tunnel through the Carson Range with storage in Washoe Lake.) Undeterred, the enterprising engineer hatched a new, more outlandish scheme. In 1865, Von Schmidt and five other investors established the Lake Tahoe and San Francisco Water Works Company to export the water of Lake Tahoe to the Bay Area, a distance of 163 miles. First among its articles of incorporation; “To take the waters of Lake Tahoe at or near its outlet, known as the Truckee River, and conducting the same through suitable canals, tunnels, flumes and pipes, to the City of San Francisco.” The plan required a diversion dam built about four miles downstream of the outlet, where a canal would branch off from the river and flow into Squaw Valley. A five-mile tunnel bored northwest through the mountains would carry the water to the American River watershed near Soda Springs. A complex system of pipes, tunnels, ditches, aqueducts, and reservoirs would transport the water to a storage facility at Hunter’s Point for use in San Francisco. To fund the project Von Schmidt wanted the city to issue $10 million in bonds and he petitioned the U.S. Congress for a generous right-of-way package, which included large checkerboard land grants as well as any inherent timber and stone resources. Newspapers were initially exuberant at the prospect; the S.F. Daily Morning Call declared the project “decidedly the most stupendous water works enterprise ever undertaken on the American continent.” Nevada residents and politicians were hardly thrilled at the thought of a private
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company diverting and exporting water from the Truckee River to San Francisco. Wasting no time, Nevada Attorney General, George A. Nourse, challenged Von Schmidt to prove his legal entitlement to Tahoe water. He claimed that Nevada’s agriculture and mining industries were completely dependent on the Truckee River and held preeminent water rights through established usage. Von Schmidt assured Nourse that Nevada had nothing to fear; the six-foot dam he planned to erect at the Lake Tahoe outlet would store enough water to supply both states. He also argued that California had a superior water claim to Tahoe because two-thirds of the lake and its outlet were within its border. In response, editor Joe Goodman of Virginia City’s Territorial Enterprise advised Von Schmidt to “bring to the mountains an escort of twenty regiments of militia” should the water diversion proposal succeed. “They will need them all,” Goodman warned, “for we will not submit to the proposed robbery.”
Despite the heated political rhetoric and the growing threat of a water-war between California and Nevada, Von Schmidt’s survey work continued. During the summer of 1870, his company built a stone and timber crib dam at the outlet of Lake Tahoe. Because there was little support for the water diversion project in Truckee, an armed guard was posted “to protect the dam against hot-headed residents.” Truckee’s factories and lumber mills used the river’s current to power machinery, and to float logs down the Truckee River Canyon. As it was, there was only enough water volume to float logs for about four months out of the year. Without such cheap transportation for Sierra timber, northern Nevada and Truckee would both suffer economically. An editorial in the Truckee Republican warned, “Violence would be used to prevent work on the project.”
resistance. Opponents argued that the federal government had no business subsidizing private corporations by giving away public lands. (Similar arguments were made regarding the generous government contracts issued for the construction of the first transcontinental railroad across northern California and Nevada.) Citizen groups and newspaper editorials complained that, like other projects under consideration that year, the proposed aqueduct reeked of corruption, which caused state and federal legislators to kill the legislation.
When Von Schmidt’s proposal was submitted to legislators in Sacramento and Washington, D.C., it ran into strong
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Alexis von Schmidt’s “Grand Aqueduct” was never built, but several decades later the Bureau of Reclamation assumed control of Lake Tahoe and rebuilt the dam to supply water for farming in the Nevada desert…the conflict Von Schmidt had ignited over how to distribute Lake Tahoe’s water reared its head again.
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FEB25-MAR 6, 2022 The Lightning Thief, The Percy Jackson Musical
http://www.truckeecommunitytheater.com The Greek gods are real, and they’re ruining Percy Jackson’s life. As a son of Poseidon, Percy has newly discovered powers he can’t control, monsters on his trail, and he is on an epic quest to find Zeus’s lightning bolt and prevent a war between the gods. Normal is a myth when you’re a demigod. Based on the best-selling Disney-Hyperion novel by Rick Riordan, The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical is an action-packed theatrical adventure that will rock your world - and the underworld. This show features our Level 4/5 students from 7 area schools grades 7-12! Directed by Carrie Haines Musical Direction by Elise Van Dyne Choreography by Delana Ryan
MAR 6, 2022 I-Did-A-Run Dogsled Race
https://www.tahoedonner.com/events/ i-did-a-run/ Dogs of all shapes and sizes compete in this entertaining, timed dog pull race, which raises money for the Humane Society of Truckee-Tahoe. The races will be held at Tahoe Donner Downhill Ski Area and Check-in is at 12:30PM; race at 1PM Categories: 0-25lbs, 26-50lbs, 5175lbs, 76 and over.
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FEB 25-MAR 6, 2022 North Lake Tahoe SNOWFEST! 2022 https://www.tahoesnowfest.org/
SnowFest 2022 runs from February 25 through March 6. Dozens of events take place along the north shore to celebrate all things winter including pancake breakfasts, fun parades, and GarWoods annual Polar Bear Swim. SnowFest! became extraordinarily successful. It was named one of the Top 100 Events in the United States by the American Business Association, and the Top 10 Events in California by the California Department of Tourism. It received media coverage throughout the country in national publications and attracted tourists from across the U.S. and Canada.
FEBRUARY/MARCH CALENDAR OF EVENTS EDITOR’S NOTE: Click or tap on any event to go to the event’s website. The information in the calendar was up to date as of time of publishing. Please verify details of events as changes happen due to COVID-19 restrictions.
MAR 26-27, 2022 DIAMOND PEAK’S LUGGI FOEGER UPHILL/DOWNHILL FESTIVAL
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The Luggi Foeger Uphill/Downhill Festival and SkiMo Race takes place on Saturday, March 26, 2022. Competitors race to the top of the mountain using whatever human-powered method they prefer – skins, snowshoes, running shoes, etc. – then ski, snowboard, snowshoe, or run back down to the finish line. For those looking for a less-challenging route, a recreational course will be available. Winners are awarded for all categories. The weekend will also include fun activities including a Sunday morning snowshoe hike, live music, and more! Costumes are strongly encouraged.
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FEB 25-26, 2022 Lake Tahoe Lakers Ice Hockey
https://tahoesouth.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/lake-tahoe-lakers-hockeyschedule-fall-winter-2021.jpg Lake Tahoe Lakers are an expansion United States Premier Hockey League (USPHL) franchise playing in the Pacific Premier Division of the United States Premier Hockey League. Game times are as follows. Friday & Saturday Night 7:30 pm puck drop. Upcoming schedule Home date remaining Feb. 25-26 against the Fresno Monsters. Tickets are $10 at the door and season passes are still available. Come out this weekend and get to know your Lake Tahoe Lakers. We are confident that this weekend’s series will also be available on HockeyTV.
MAR 5, 2022 2nd Annual Crab Feed Hard Rock Hotel & Casino
https://showtix.hardrockcasinolaketahoe. com/eventperformances.asp?evt=220 Saturday, March 5, 2022, Dig into our 2nd Annual Crab Feed. Revolution Ballroom. 5:00 pm, Doors. $75 Per Person. Ticket purchase includes full menu below, 1 drink ticket, and 1 wristband. Buy Tickets Tables seat up to 10 (ten) guests. Seating assignment upon arrival. For Seating Requests and Inquiries, Email BoxOffice@ hrhctahoe.com. Live Ambient Music, Cash Bar Available. Registration Day of event, Saturday, March 5 | 2021 Entrance. 3:00 – 5:00 pm Ballroom Ticket purchases not claimed by 5:00 pm, March 5th are assumed forfeited and are subject to re-sale. Refunds on forfeited tickets will not be offered.
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MAR 27, 2022 Lake Tahoe Whiskey Expo
https://www.omnitahoe.com/event-details/ lake-tahoe-whiskey-expo-at-statelinebrewery The inaugural Lake Tahoe Whiskey Expo is a prohibition-themed experience of fine whiskey tasting, cocktail contests, live music, expert insights, live art, charity raffles, dancing, secret rewards and more! Stateline brewery welcomes the leading brands to showcase their whiskeys and the best bartenders in the region to compete in the ultimate Old Fashion competition.
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• MAR 4 -5, 2022 DAVIS CUP BY RAKUTEN QUALIFIER
https://www.usta.com/en/home/pro/protennis-events/davis-cup.html The United States Davis Cup Team will come to Reno, Nevada, for the first time as the U.S. takes on Colombia in a 2022 Davis Cup by Rakuten Qualifier March 4-5 at the Reno Events Center. Davis Cup is the World Cup of Men’s Tennis and is the largest international team competition in world sport, with nearly 150 nations competing each year. The Qualifier vs. Colombia is a best-of-five match series played over two days, beginning with two singles matches on Friday, March 4. A doubles match and two reverse singles matches will follow on Saturday, March 5, with the winner advancing to the 2022 Davis Cup Finals – a 16-nation, multi-city competition held later this year with dates and locations to be announced.
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RENO LEPRECHAUN CRAWL
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Virginia City takes the phrase, “have a ball” to the next level with the 31st annual Rocky Mountain Oyster Fry. This St. Patrick’s Day celebration in historic Virginia City unites daring revelers for a wild and outlandish festival featuring tasty testes, a Ball breaker Saloon Crawl, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, costume contests and more. Cooks compete for bragging rights (and cash prizes) by preparing their most innovative and, sometimes, outlandish recipes featuring oysters of the land variety. You might forget what you’re really eating – it’s that good. Purchase a sampler and select from grilled, smoked, fried or even in a taco, or, go balls out and try them all with the VIB’er – Very Important Baller with front of the line access and a medallion nothing your baller status.
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FEB 24-26, 2022 WINTER CLAYS WEEKEND BY THE CARSON VALLEY INN
https://www.carsonvalleyinn.com/activities/sporting-clays The Carson Valley Inn will be hosting a three day shooting event the last weekend in February! The 36th Annual Winter Clays Weekend includes a welcome reception, clays at the Walker River Resort and Carson Valley Clays, awards banquet, lunch for two days and $2,500 in prizes! Non shooters can still enjoy the reception, dinner and lunches both days.
Join the Heritage Park Gardens (HPG) Committee at Gardnerville Station to discuss Spring Gardening opportunities and best practices. The event starts at 10:00 am and ends at 2:00 pm. Please adhere to social distancing guidelines and wear a mask if possible. Invite your friends and family! This event is hosted by Main Street Gardnerville. For more information please visit their website Main Street Gardnerville or by calling 775-7828027.
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FEB 27, 2022 NEVADA CITY MARDI GRAS PARADE & STREET FAIRE
https://www.nevadacitychamber.com/ Nevada City’s annual Mardi Gras Celebration is set for Sunday, February 27, 2022. The annual event features a festive parade and Street Fair throughout historic downtown Nevada City, offering up spirited fun for all ages Nevada City has been known to throw a party and its version of Fat Tuesday is no exception! People come just for this colorful annual event that lights up the streets with bright costumes, beads and a sense of playfulness. Spectators will crowd the streets to enjoy the floats and revelers at the annual Mardi Gras Parade, which starts at 2pm on Broad Street. Everyone is encouraged to wear festive Mardi Gras attire. Along with the fun, Nevada City also honors noteworthy citizens for their contributions to the community. Each year the Mardi Gras Planning Committee chooses four (4) individuals that have impacted Nevada City’s community positively to serve as the Mardi Gras King and Queen and the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess. The committee also honors a Grand Marshal, who leads the parade.
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Frank Rossbach In Memoriam January 16, 2022
Frank’s wonderful smile, good natured manner and generous spirit will be greatly missed by all who knew him. Frank embraced life as an artist – born into a family of glassblowers with a 400 year history. He was born in Duisburg, Germany and emigrated to the USA with his parents and sister when he was 4 years old. His youth was spent in the Bay Area, where he attended San Carlos High School and learned the art of glassblowing from his father, Gerhard Rossbach. The entire family was artistic, with his mother Inge not only glassblowing, but also painting on the glass ornaments for the Christmas Tree. After high school, Frank spent time in East Germany as an apprentice to
master glassblowers in the town of Lauscha where the art was famous. Frank loved music, and studied classical piano as a young boy. He loved playing drums, and was drumming on pots and pans with a wooden spoon when he was just 3 years old! His interest in Art and Music continued throughout his life, leading him to opening glassblowing galleries in Incline Village and Truckee. Truckee was Frank’s home for over 30 years and he had many, many friends who were like family to him. His latest vision was to form an artist cooperative on West River Street where art and music could flourish.
Frank is survived by his sister Ilona Robinson and brother in law Bob Robinson, who were also glassblowers, with Bob having learned the art from Frank. Much of Frank’s artwork will be displayed for the last time on February 22nd and 23rd at his shop located at 10150 West River Street in Truckee. The shop will be open from noon until 5 PM both days. For more information please email Frank’s sister Ilona at iloro@pacbell.net A Celebration of Life will be held in June when the weather is warmer, at a local park. The Celebration will be announced in the Sierra Sun. Frank will be missed greatly by all who knew him.
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