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Watson Log Cabin in Tahoe City, California, was built in 1908 by Robert Montgomery Watson. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. [1] It is the only historic log cabin in the Tahoe City area. [2] The cabin is now owned by the North Lake Tahoe Historical Society and is open to the public seasonally.
NW of US 50 and CA 89 jct. on N side of CA 89 38°56′16″N 120°02′46″W / 38.937778°N 120.046111°W / 38.937778; -120.046111 ( Baldwi South Lake Tahoe
Tahoe City (formerly Tahoe) [2] is an unincorporated town in Placer County, California. [1] Tahoe City is located on the shore of Lake Tahoe , at the outlet of the Truckee River . The site was surveyed in 1863, and Tahoe House was built in 1864. [ 2 ]
One point of interest along California State Route 89 includes the Pony Express remount station in Woodfords, the Lake Tahoe Outlet Gates in Tahoe City (control of these gates was the source of the two-decade "Tahoe Water War" between lakeshore owners and downstream Truckee River water users), Plumas-Eureka State Park (containing Johnsville, a ...
There is a California Highway Patrol station near the south end, along with an insect inspection station and a post office. The nearest major city center is 5 miles (8 km) to the north along U.S. Highway 50 at an intersection that is known locally as "The Y" in South Lake Tahoe proper.
It lies on the southern shore of Lake Tahoe to the east of the California–Nevada state line from which it takes its name, and the city of South Lake Tahoe, California. According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP has a total area of 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2 ), of which 0.7 square miles (1.8 km 2 ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0. ...
Homewood is an unincorporated community of about 200 residents, in Placer County, California, located on the west shore of Lake Tahoe. It is located 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of Tahoe City and north of Chambers Landing and Tahoma. [3] It is the location of Homewood Mountain Resort.
The Washoe tribe later acquired meadow land along Lake Tahoe and gained the right to operate a newer resort complex at Meek's Bay, re-establishing some of the tribe's original presence along the shores of Lake Tahoe. [4] A post office operated at Meeks Bay from 1929 to 1972. [2]