It always surprises me where cool history can be found. I have birded on the Dunlap Ranch property and never knew of its 100 year old history! Thanks, Jan, for sharing this Tahoe treasure.
Along the Bonanza Road (the first East-West road to carve directly across the mountains, built after the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode in Virginia City), hostelries, way stations, and inns sprang up to provide the services required by travelers. Small-scale ranching and farming endeavors developed around these hostels in support of the local economy. Hay and grain were raised in the meadows. The Johnsons, Bartons, Taylors, Sibecks, and Dunlaps were among several ranchers who established farms, ranches, or dairies here in the early days of what became South Lake Tahoe.
South Lake Tahoe's history continues to surprise and delight.
“History is the interpretation of the significance
that the past has for us.”
– Johan Huizinga
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