Remember When for July 22

95 years ago

July 24, 1914

A large crew of men are now at work on the Alpine State Highway, and will be thus employed for the next three months. The road from Woodfords to Lake Valley is to be placed in the best possible condition and will compare favorably with the chain of highways that are to link the towns and counties of that state. The Alpine highway, while probably a little longer, is the easiest route to lake Tahoe from the Nevada side of the Sierra and with the work now being done, is sure to become a popular route with the auto owners.

80 years ago

July 26, 1929

Buzz Morrison, popular Reno aviator, and who a few months ago received considerable notoriety when he was captured by rebel forces while doing scout duty for the federal army of Mexico, will be the first to land at the new Carson Valley airport when he pilots his plane here Sunday. While the new field is not in perfect condition, the large tract of land donated for an airport by the H.F. Dangberg Land and Livestock company, has been cleared of brush and the ground leveled off sufficiently for a plane to land.

50 years ago

July 23, 1959

The oft boasted claim that the Lake Tahoe area has no rattlesnakes was exploded this week by three Zephyr Heights youngsters. And they have the proof. Darrell Scott, 12, of Zephyr Heights and two friends found the baby rattler, captured it alive, then immediately pickled their proof that Tahoe does have rattlesnakes, in a bottle of alcohol.

25 years ago

July 19, 1984

Photo caption. Cave Rock hosts torch. Jonathan Lloyd, representing Caesars World, is all smiles as he passes through Cave Rock on Saturday morning on his one-kilometer portion of the Olympic Torch Relay.

The torch made its final pass across a state line in the 33-state trek as it entered California and South Lake Tahoe. The relay will travel to Southern California where a runner will light the big torch for the 23rd Summer Games on July 28.

10 years ago

July 21, 1999

"Common sense will prevail," and Nevada's congressional delegation will stop the U.S. Forest Service from tearing down the $3 million Dreyfus mansion on the shore of Lake Tahoe at Zephyr Cove, Sen. Richard Bryan said.

"It's just simply not going to happen," Bryan said of reports that the Forest Service would order the nine-bedroom, 10,000-square-foot mansion torn down instead of allowing Park Cattle Co. to operate the former residence as a convention center.

A look at past issues of The Record-Courier by Sharlene Irete.