Volume 032-2 - April 1978 (6 pages)

account of some of the criticism that the Disney Corporation’s Environmental Assessment Report has drawn. According to the U.S. Forest sources a full report from the agency will be made available in the Spring of 19,78. 2. Sinnott, op. cit., pp. 165-166. See also U.S.D.A. map, Tahoe National Forest, California, Mt. Diablo Meridian, 1977. 3. Omer C. Stewart, ‘‘Tribal Distributions and Boundaries in the Great Basin, Warren L. d’Azevedo, et. al, eds. THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE GREAT BASIN: 1964 (Desert Research Institute: Social Science and Humanities Publications, No. 1, Reno, May 1966), pp. 196-203. See also Robert G. Elston, A CONTRIBUTION TO WASHO ARCHEOLOGY (University of Nevada, Reno: Nevada Archeological Survey, No. 2, November 1971) pp. 1-11. 4. Sinnott, op. cit., pp. 158, 165-166, 287, 343. See also Fariss (no first name given) and C. L. Smith, HISTORY OF PLUMAS, LASSEN AND SIERRA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA, 1882 (Howell-North Books: Berkeley, California, reprinted in 1971), pp. 256262. See also the following unpublished typescripts on file at the U.S. Forest Service, Nevada City, California; Chas. D. DeVore, Jr., ‘“Lumbering In Sierra Valley,” pp.1-9, and Megan Taylor, “Boca: A History,” pp. 11-18, 35, 43. See also letter from Doris E. Foley to David Schuman, Sept. 24, 1976 in Searl’s Library, Nevada City, Dr. 16Topic File 1 which describes an 1865 lumber camp of “6 or 8”’ houses near the outlet of the lake making “‘timbers and ties’ for the Central Pacific. 5. T.H. Thompson and A. A. West, HISTORY OF NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 1880 (Howell-North Books: Berkeley, California, reprinted in 1970), p. 166. The compilers of this history apparently mistook the Lahontan Cutthroat for the “silver trout,” a not uncommon mistake before modern classification systems had been established. Information about the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout’s current status and programs to protect it was based on an interview with David Connel, Wildlife Biologist for the U.S. Forest Service, on February 21, 1978. Doris Foley’s letter to David Schuman cited above tells of a visit to Independence Lake by Lola Montez and a party of friends in 1854. 6. Sinnott, op. cit., pp. 165-166. Sinnott’s account is based in part ona useful Disney Corporation report on the history of Independence Lake. 7. IBID. See also E. B. Scott, THE SAGA OF LAKE TAHOE (Sierra-Tahoe Publishing Co.: Crystal Bay, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1957) pp. 308, 342. Information about the old rail bed was obtained in an interview with U.S. Forest Service Archeological Technician Mary Hale on February 12, 1978. 8. The preceding information on the Basque at Independence Lake was gathered from site visitation and analysis by myself and archeologist Michael P. Claytor in the Fall of 1977. The information gained will be used as part of a paper to be read at the Spring meeting of the Society for California Archeology at Yosemite in March of 1978. Further information on the Basque in California can be found in William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbau, AMERIKANUAK: BASQUES IN THE NEW WORLD (University of Nevada Press: Reno, Nevada, 1975) pp. 177246. Of use also is D. A. Gomez-Ibanez, THE RISE AND DECLINE OF TRANSHUMANCE IN THE U.S., Master’s Thesis (Univ. of Wisconsin: Madison, Wisconsin, 1967), pp. 10-12. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Beesley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 27, 1938. He was educated at Washington State University and at the University of Utah, where he earned his doctorate in History in 1968. After teaching at Tarleton State College, Texas and later at Morehead State College, Minnesota, he now teaches at Sierra College. He is married and has five children. The paper on Independence Lake was first presented at a meeting of the California Training Network and the California Council on the Humanities in Public Policy, Nevada City, January 28, 1978. Dr. Beesley is a member of the Nevada County Historical Society. f a ni . ore ats \/a a eet a? LE 3 ra & > Rs A, Ls oh »j , / os LAKE FRONT AS LODGING pr P2e.2 a fs J xk Sey age ao KS om at tad fips ras *YEAR ROUND {% ~~ 5 7 fae CF SWIMMING wy Ps t YE}: een bel Ly/ “ply Se aH ees . e Pl ages te eee, y 1)\ ve 3 Ota cee ROIS WW) VA eee Be SN aS Siitess M Fy, stacey ieee a . ¥ $y OSE Rae fe Bo git aay TT) HTL. 5 c 4 pe _— —— ay goo 37 5b . OVERNIGHT be a erg RAR KING ~™ 389 Ha wegen \ ‘s "1 yi Rieck ie f= LK SS LAKE FRONT LODGING UNITS = it a ea —— gy DEVELOPMENT PLAN INDEPENDENCE LAKE 2040‘s) YS? ——— pO! //) ATS Tote Pie LF RECEPTION CENTER yw “18 CAMPGROUND OO SITES ne U.S. Forest Service. Nevada City, California. Siiieta . Proposed Disney Development Plan for Independence Lake, 1977. On file at the “

account of some of the criticism that the Disney Corporation’s Environmental Assessment Report has drawn. According to the U.S. Forest sources a full report from the agency will be made available in the Spring of 19,78. 2. Sinnott, op. cit., pp. 165-166. See also U.S.D.A. map, Tahoe National Forest, California, Mt. Diablo Meridian, 1977. 3. Omer C. Stewart, ‘‘Tribal Distributions and Boundaries in the Great Basin, Warren L. d’Azevedo, et. al, eds.. THE CURRENT STATUS OF ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN THE GREAT BASIN: 1964 (Desert Research Institute: Social Science and Humanities Publications, No. 1, Reno, May 1966), pp. 196-203. See also Robert G. Elston, A CONTRIBUTION TO WASHO ARCHEOLOGY (University of Nevada, Reno: Nevada Archeological Survey, No. 2, November 1971) pp. 1-11. 4. Sinnott, op. cit., pp. 158, 165-166, 287, 343. See also Fariss (no first name given) and C. L. Smith, HISTORY OF PLUMAS, LASSEN AND SIERRA COUNTIES, CALIFORNIA, 1882 (Howell-North Books: Berkeley, California, reprinted in 1971), pp. 256262. See also the following unpublished typescripts on file at the U.S. Forest Service, Nevada City, California; Chas. D. DeVore, Jr., ‘“Lumbering In Sierra Valley,” pp.1-9, and Megan Taylor, “Boca: A History,” pp. 11-18, 35, 43. See also letter from Doris E. Foley to David Schuman, Sept. 24, 1976 in Searl’s Library, Nevada City, Dr. 16Topic File 1 which describes an 1865 lumber camp of “6 or 8”’ houses near the outlet of the lake making “‘timbers and ties’ for the Central Pacific. 5. T.H. Thompson and A. A. West, HISTORY OF NEVADA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, 1880 (Howell-North Books: Berkeley, California, reprinted in 1970), p. 166. The compilers of this history apparently mistook the Lahontan Cutthroat for the “silver trout,” a not uncommon mistake before modern classification systems had been established. Information about the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout’s current status and programs to protect it was based on an interview with David Connel, Wildlife Biologist for the U.S. Forest Service, on February 21, 1978. Doris Foley’s letter to David Schuman cited above tells of a visit to Independence Lake by Lola Montez and a party of friends in 1854. 6. Sinnott, op. cit., pp. 165-166. Sinnott’s account is based in part ona useful Disney Corporation report on the history of Independence Lake. 7. IBID. See also E. B. Scott, THE SAGA OF LAKE TAHOE (Sierra-Tahoe Publishing Co.: Crystal Bay, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, 1957) pp. 308, 342. Information about the old rail bed was obtained in an interview with U.S. Forest Service Archeological Technician Mary Hale on February 12, 1978. 8. The preceding information on the Basque at Independence Lake was gathered from site visitation and analysis by myself and archeologist Michael P. Claytor in the Fall of 1977. The information gained will be used as part of a paper to be read at the Spring meeting of the Society for California Archeology at Yosemite in March of 1978. Further information on the Basque in California can be found in

William A. Douglass and Jon Bilbau, AMERIKANUAK: BASQUES IN THE NEW WORLD (University of Nevada Press: Reno, Nevada, 1975) pp. 177246. Of use also is D. A. Gomez-Ibanez, THE RISE AND DECLINE OF TRANSHUMANCE IN THE U.S., Master’s Thesis (Univ. of Wisconsin: Madison, Wisconsin, 1967), pp. 10-12. ABOUT THE AUTHOR David Beesley was born in Salt Lake City, Utah on September 27, 1938. He was educated at Washington State University and at the University of Utah, where he earned his doctorate in History in 1968. After teaching at Tarleton State College, Texas and later at Morehead State College, Minnesota, he now teaches at Sierra College. He is married and has five children. The paper on Independence Lake was first presented at a meeting of the California Training Network and the California Council on the Humanities in Public Policy, Nevada City, January 28, 1978. Dr. Beesley is a member of the Nevada County Historical Society. f a ni . ore ats \/a a eet a? LE 3 ra & > Rs A, Ls oh »j , / os LAKE FRONT AS LODGING pr P2e.2 a fs J xk Sey age ao KS om at tad fips ras *YEAR ROUND {% ~~ 5 7 fae CF SWIMMING wy Ps t YE}: een bel Ly/ “ply Se aH ees . e Pl ages te eee, y 1)\ ve 3 Ota cee ROIS WW) VA eee Be SN aS Siitess M Fy, stacey ieee a . ¥ $y OSE Rae fe Bo git aay TT) HTL. 5 c 4 pe _— —— ay goo 37 5b . OVERNIGHT be a erg RAR KING ~™ 389 Ha wegen \ ‘s "1 yi Rieck ie f= LK SS LAKE FRONT LODGING UNITS = it a ea —— gy DEVELOPMENT PLAN INDEPENDENCE LAKE 2040‘s) YS? ——— pO! //) ATS Tote Pie LF RECEPTION CENTER yw “18 CAMPGROUND OO SITES ne U.S. Forest Service. Nevada City, California. Siiieta . Proposed Disney Development Plan for Independence Lake, 1977. On file at the “