Lake Tahoe is the majestic mountain lake that spans the boundary line of California and Nevada. The lake�s clarity and scenic beauty are legendary. In the 1870s; the Nevada Comstock Lode created an insatiable appetite for Lake Tahoe�s virgin pine forests. The timbers would shore up underground mining and build communities approaching 40;000 inhabitants. Railroads on three shores delivered the logs lakeside; where they were towed by steam-powered tugs to sawmills; to lumber flumes; and again by rail to their final destinations. As the mines and giant lake pines subsided; railroads pushed farther north after 1898 into new timber stands in the Lake Tahoe and Truckee River basins. Other rail lines were sold; barged across the lake; and repurposed for the burgeoning new industry of tourism. For the next 40 years; railroads marketed Lake Tahoe as their unique scenic destination.
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