Publisher’s note: This is the last of three stories about Edgewood Companies. By Kathryn Reed STATELINE – Brooks Park, the mastermind behind so much of what Edgewood Companies developed at Lake Tahoe under the business’ former name of Park Cattle, envisioned lodging on the golf course. Eleven years after his death, the environmental document for […]
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Randy Schachtili passed away June 19, 2011, doing what he loved, spending time with Jane, his wife of more than 63 years. At 84, he lived a long and interesting life and touched the lives of all who knew and loved him. Born in Asheville, N.C., on Nov. 7, 1926, and raised in Sacramento, he […]
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By Forrest Hartman, Reno Gazette-Journal Marvin Jefferson knows what it means to walk in the footsteps of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. because he’s done it. Jefferson, a professional actor, has portrayed the beloved civil rights leader numerous times, and he’s preparing to do it again for Nevada Humanities Chautauqua. The event, which is celebrating […]
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Publisher’s note: This is republished with permission from the September 1975 Lake Tahoe Historical Society newsletter. A picture story of the Oregon-California Trail was presented by Chuck Lucas on August 28th. Ninety-eight per cent of the 225 photographic slides were taken on site as he recently followed the route of the Oregon Trail from Independence, […]
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By Guy Rocha Carson City’s First Presbyterian Church celebrated 150 years as a congregation on June 2. Legend has it that Mark Twain once performed in the church in 1864 to raise money to replace a roof on the building. The fundraiser was a favor to his brother, Orion Clemens, who was a church member […]
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Publisher’s note: This is the second of three stories about the Park family and Edgewood Companies’ evolution at Lake Tahoe. By Linda Fine Conaboy The Park family began to rent what Brooks Park called “parking lot land” to the likes of Harvey Gross and Bill Harrah in the 1950s. His parents still lived at Friday’s […]
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The Village at Squaw Valley’s inaugural KT Concert Series begins in July. The KT Concert Series features Stung, a tribute to The Police; Hollywood Stones, a tribute to The Rolling Stones; and Zoo Station, a tribute to U2. The KT Sundeck is nestled at the mountain’s base just feet from the chairlifts. The schedule: July […]
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By Lauren Gustus, Reno Gazette-Journal In his recently released paperback, Matt Johanson compiles 23 little-known stories from one of America’s best-known parks in “Yosemite Epics: Tales of Adventure from American’s Greatest Playground.” Pictures of the Sierra Nevada’s most challenging climbs and hikes dot the first-person accounts from Yosemite, each of which is introduced by the […]
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By Linda Fine Conaboy Lake Tahoe News resurrected an interview conducted with Brooks Park in 1992 when he was 79. He quietly filled the role of family patriarch and owned Park Cattle Company, now known as Edgewood Companies. Brooks died in 2000. At the request of family members, this interview was not published until now. […]
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By Sam McManis, Sacramento Bee My, what is that clacking cacophony piercing the pleasant murmur and hum and halogen glow of the workplace? Staccato bursts, startling as gunfire, ring out through the cubicle partitions. Now here comes a single bell chime, followed by a dissonant rrrpppttt noise, like an angry boss clearing his throat. Someone, […]
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