Download or read book The Ghosts of Lake Tahoe the Stuff of Legends written by Patrick Betson and published by . This book was released on 2013-08-15 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you love folklore you will find Betson's stories riveting. Author Patrick Betson is a storyteller make no mistake about it." Tahoe Daily Tribune/Tahoe World. "Legends, tall tales and true accounts blend into a delightful read in Patrick Betson's "The Ghosts of Lake Tahoe: The Stuff of Legends." The Tahoe Weekly. "It's a great read for any history buff or Lake Tahoe fan, a great vacation book." The Nevada Magazine "A colorful and rumbustious saga, Patrick's enthusiasm for Lake Tahoe is infectious" Southend Evening Echo In a timeline of 150 years, here Patrick Betson brings together twelve stories, some remembered and some long forgotten, of some of the most colorful characters whoever crossed the western mountains reflected in the history of America's most glorious lake. The bravest of all the Pony Express riders, the ex-riverboat pilot who became a reporter and a giant of American literature, a Chinese migrant who risked life and limb to build a railroad, a tale of stock manipulation and murder that stemmed from a discovery of a Tahoe whirlpool, a salty seafarer who battled the worst of Tahoe's weather and gangrene, the silent terror that caused fear to the local lumber-jacks, the incorrigible stagecoach driver that gave a nineteenth-century icon a ride he wanted to forget, a refugee from the San Francisco earthquake who became an aquatic marvel, the famous of Hollywood's Golden Age that came to play, the overly optimistic New York lawyer who had an impossible dream that came true, and the unpaid Norwegian who flew down mountains delivering the US Mail. Tahoe is a meeting place, where the mountains meet the sky, where the snow meets the clear blue waters and where Nevada meets California. This book humbly brings you the stories of the men Sam Walter Foss might have alluded to when he said, "Bring me men to match my mountains." Well here they are Sam, some of Tahoe's finest, The Ghosts of Lake Tahoe (The Stuff of Legends.) Patrick Betson

Download or read book Legends and Ghosts of the Lake Tahoe Area written by Janice Oberding and published by . This book was released on 2004-01-01 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Haunted Lake Tahoe written by Janice Oberding and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Tahoe's natural splendor conceals its haunted history. Locals say the ghosts of the Donner Party haunt their doomed campsite in the Sierras. Wealthy recluse George Whittell is said to have never left his beloved Thunderbird Lodge, though he died in 1969. The ghosts of Frank Sinatra, Marilyn Monroe and members of the Rat Pack are thought to gallivant in the showroom and cabins of the Cal Neva Lodge, a popular celebrity retreat. Prisoners from the past may remain in the old Truckee Jail, and the restless spirit of a murdered showgirl might linger in the Tahoe Biltmore. Travel back to Tahoe's golden age and explore where glamour meets ghoul with the queen of haunted Nevada, Janice Oberding.

Download or read book The Ghostly Tales of Lake Tahoe written by Kate Byrne and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2023-05-01 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghost stories from America's "Jewel of the Sierras" have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky shores of Lake Tahoe! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know Tahoe has a lake monster named Tessie? Or a prehistoric flying beast roaming the skies? Can you believe you might bump into ghostly legends like Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe--and even Elvis!--just hanging around your hotel? Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Lake Tahoe, and have you sleeping with the light on!

Download or read book Fannette Island Lake Tahoe s Emerald Isle written by Chad Wilson and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lake Tahoe's only island has had many names - Coquette, Emerald Isle, Eckley's, Dead Man's, Hermit's, and Fannette or Fanette. Over the decades it has contained a small cottage, an empty tomb made of stones, and a tea house. Today the only manmade remains are the four stone walls of the tea house and some granite stairs. Thousands of visitors step foot on the little island each year, making the 5-10 minute climb up to the tea house and one of the most alluring vantage points on the lake.The island is full of history, is rumored to be haunted by a ghost, and is the subject of two fascinating Native American legends about its origin. Even the name Fannette has a strange basis that is not widely known. With this book, we share some of these stories and photographs with those interested in the Lake Tahoe region. The book includes many stunning photographs of Emerald Bay and Fannette Island, with several photos from rarely seen historical collections.

Download or read book Lake Tahoe Legends written by Ethel Joslin Vernon and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lost Legends of Tahoe written by Steven C. Brandt and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifteen tales of Lake Tahoe with a healthy mix of hard facts of history and enjoyable imagination. Lake Tahoe is one of the special places in the world, a huge, pristine lake at 6,200 feet in elevation. It is a sight to see and experience.

Download or read book Ghosts of the Great Lakes written by Megan Long and published by Thunder Bay Press Michigan. This book was released on 2003-07 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Great Lakes have a colorful past that spans hundreds of years, stretches over thousands of miles... and sometimes crosses into the spirit world. Ghosts of the Great Lakes takes readers from the far eastern shores of Lake Ontario to western Lake Superior, revealing haunting and strange tales. These whispers from the other side, however, are based in history and fact. One lighthouse site hides the bones of a murdered keeper. Rapping sounds in a family home mark the beginning of the Spiritualist movement in North America. A bride has a premonition that her honeymoon ride will end in death... and soon after, the steamer she was on vanishes. Repeated sightings of ghost ships. Can these strange phenomena be attributed to the imagination? How can multiple sightings be explained away as mere tricks of light and fog? Read these historical accounts of the Great Lakes' most fascinating ghost stories and judge for yourself--are they more than mere legend? Where does fact end... and folklore begin?

Download or read book Ghosts and Legends of Calico written by Brian Clune and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-09-14 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set against the painted hills of the Mojave Desert, this town "as purdy as a gal's calico skirt" once was California's most prolific silver mining community. Now Calico lives again as a museum and tourist attraction, but the dead have not abandoned it. Shades of the past are everywhere, from the mischievous little boy that runs into the Sweet Shop and disappears to the ghostly schoolteacher still eager to pass on knowledge. Dark shadows appear at the old Calico Cemetery, where few names mark graves. Join authors Brian Clune and Bob Davis as they explore the haunted side of this historic town.

Download or read book Legends of Tahoe written by and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Legends of Lake Tahoe and Alpine County written by Fred S. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Tales of Tahoe Lake Tahoe History Legend and Description written by David J. Stollery and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Haunted Virginia City written by Janice Oberding and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike any city in America, Virginia City epitomizes the notion of a western boom-and-bust ghost town. The Comstock Silver Rush lured wealth seekers from around the world, including a young Samuel Clemens. Despite the fortune some found, not all of the town's earliest settlers rest easy. Shops, hotels, boardwalks and cemeteries are said to be filled with the supernatural remnants of Virginia City's hardscrabble characters and their violent propensities. The queen of haunted Nevada, Janice Oberding, mines Virginia City's spectral history, from the ghost of Henry Comstock to the ghostly Rosie and William of the Gold Hill Hotel.

Download or read book Stop It You re Scaring Me written by Jonathan Mumm and published by Tate Publishing & Enterprises. This book was released on 2016-10-25 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Jonathan Mumm knows the bones of a classic haunted house. In creating a dark history of Vikingsholm, he delivers a creepy, deeply paranoid thriller in the tradition of The Shining." ---Screenwriter David Koepp, Jurassic Park, Mission Impossible, Panic Room, etc. All alone with the dead. She stole another glance around the room, but no one had followed her. She turned back around. Her heart failed. The body was sitting straight up in the coffin, the eyes wide open, one hand reaching out for her, grabbing her around the wrist.

Download or read book Silver State Monsters written by David Weatherly and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Angel and the Warrior written by Karen Kay and published by Samhain Publishing. This book was released on 2015-04-07 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hunted woman, a forbidden love...and time ticking down on an ancient curse. The Lost Clan, Book 1 Eighteen years ago, Swift Hawk was sent to the earthly realm to try to break an enchantment that curses his clan to a half-life in the mists. As his allotted time runs short, a vision gives him a glimpse of his last chance to free his people. A delicate young woman with translucent white skin and star-like hair. He never thought his sacred vision would possess the tongue of a shrew. Angelia Honeywell and her brother Julian fled Mississippi amid a hail of rotten tomatoes and flying bullets. She only fired back in self-defense, but now they are on the run as their father pleads their case to the governor. With Julian trying to pass himself off as a wagon train scout, Angel knows they need help. When the handsome, black-eyed Swift Hawk agrees to save their skins, she can't help but be drawn to his compelling gaze. But as they come together in a blaze of desire, the dark shadows of the curse descend, threatening to divide them forever. Warning: May cause nights of unbridled passion with the one you love.

Download or read book Weird California written by Greg Bishop and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 2006-03-01 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE WEIRD SERIES What’s weird around here? That’s a question Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman have enjoyed asking for years—and their offbeat sense of curiosity led them to create the best-selling phenomenon, Weird N.J. But why should they stop at New Jersey when there’s so much that’s peculiar, odd, and utterly nutty across the whole U.S.? So the two Marks—along with several other writers with a taste for the strange—have focused on some key locales, giving each of them the full “New Jersey” treatment. Spanning the breadth of the country, from New York to California, these are travel guides of a sort, but to the kind of places voyagers will never find on their everyday maps. Instead, they’re chock-full of local legends, crazy characters, cursed roads, and bizarre roadside attractions. So come along and join the fun: Some of what’s out there is disturbing, some hilarious, but all of it is unforgettably…weird. Praise for WEIRD N.J.: “They are the chroniclers of the creepy, bards of the bizarre…From abandoned asylums to colorful real-life characters past and present, to folk stories of ghosts, monsters, and aliens, Mr. Sceurman and Mr. Moran have created a journal of New Jersey’s unwritten history.”—The New York Times. “Enough with the head-severing mobsters of Jersey. The state is packed with far more evil than TV could ever invent—from satanic Klan rallies to time-traveling tree farmers. And Weird N.J. has the pictures to prove it.”—Rolling Stone. “Mark Sceurman and Mark Moran see their native state as others do not. For them, it is a demented Disneyland of worldly, and otherworldly, delights.”—The Boston Globe. “If it’s the offbeat, paranormal or downright weird that you crave…there could be no better place”—USA Today. Praise for Weird U.S. “Weird U.S. is delicious armchair reading. Who can resist an ax-wielding man in a bunny suit, a home shaped like a giant shoe, cannibal albino villages, midget colonies, passages to hell or close relations of Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster?”—San Francisco Chronicle. “Weird U.S. is a marvelous work of entertainment and the basis for a truly unique vacation.”—Library Journal. “Kudos to Mark Moran and Mark Sceurman…This is the book by which future explorers will chart their road trips in pursuit of the meaning of this nation.”—New York Press.