historic preservation
Valhalla Boathouse Fundraiser with Special Guest
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/23/2022 - 8:40am
Event Date:
August 31, 2022 - 7:30pm This very special performance will be a fundraiser for the Boathouse Theatre Lighting Improvement Fund. The band is so popular we can't announce who they are until after they play a nearby festival in July. Check back then for the Band Name!
Wednesday, August 31, 2022, 7:30 pm at Valhalla Boathouse Theatre. General Admission $35.
Boathouse Theatre Fundraiser with Special Guest
Location
Valhalla Tahoe
1 Valhalla Tahoe Road
United States
See map: Google Maps
Daughters of the American Revolution membership surpasses one million
Submitted by Anonymous on Fri, 10/18/2019 - 3:12pm
This month, membership in the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution has surpassed one million total members since its beginning. Member number one million is Amy Dickinson from Freetown, New York. Amy is the author of the popular advice column, “Ask Amy.” Her journalism career began as a freelancing position with the Chicago Tribune. Her personal life has involved many challenges, including her father’s abandonment of the family when she was a child.
35th annual Great Gatsby Festival at Tallac HIstoric Site
Submitted by paula on Fri, 08/09/2019 - 9:44pm
Event Date:
Repeats every day until Sun Aug 11 2019 .
August 10, 2019 (All day)
August 11, 2019 (All day)
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. This weekend marks the 35th annual Gatsby Festival and Tea at the Tallac Historic Site from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. August 10-11.
Celebrate life at Lake Tahoe in the 1920s. This free event includes exhibits, Vintage Market, food vendors, live jazz, antique vehicles, children's and family games, activities and more. 1920’s attire is encouraged but not required.
Enjoy a celebration of the Rip-Roaring ’20s with a variety of events including guided tours, vintage automobiles, historical talks, silent auction, family games and activities, food and drink.
Lake Tahoe Chapter of DAR celebrates its organization
Submitted by Anonymous on Wed, 05/08/2019 - 6:26am
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) members from all over California came together on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at the Lake Tahoe Golf Course to celebrate the new DAR Chapter in South Lake Tahoe.
The chapter was officially organized by the National Society on February 5 of this year, and was welcomed to the city with a proclamation at the South Lake Tahoe City Council's April 16 meeting, Sunday's event was the formal recognition of the chapter's status as the newest in California. City Council member Tamara Wallace attended the event and read the proclamation to the attendees.
Lake Tahoe Chapter, NSDAR now a reality on the South Shore
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 02/07/2019 - 3:42pm
Lake Tahoe Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR), is now officially chartered in South Lake Tahoe. The Daughters of the American Revolution is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, non-political, women’s service organization.
It focuses its community and national service in the areas of:
- Historic Preservation - Al Tahoe Historic Cemetery, preservation of family histories
- Education - literacy, path to U.S. Citizenship (Naturalization), American History education and essay contest, genealogy workshops
DAR surveys pioneer cemetery in South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 10/14/2018 - 7:45am
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. - The local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) have been working in the historic pioneer cemetery in Al Tahoe, surveying original boundaries and unmarked grave sites dating back to the late 1800s.
Long before there was a South Lake Tahoe, the town of Rowlands rested on the southern shore of Lake Tahoe in the area of the current Bellevue and Lakeview Avenues.
Thomas Rowland built the cemetery for the small community several hundred feet away from the town that bore his name.
Location
Al Tahoe Historic Cemetery
Alameda Avenue
United States
See map: Google Maps
Daughters of the American Revolution comes to South Lake Tahoe
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 05/28/2018 - 11:12am
A chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is organizing in South Lake Tahoe. DAR is a non-profit, non-political women's charitable service organization that focuses its community service on historic preservation, education and patriotic endeavor. DAR membership is open to any woman age 18 and over, regardless of race, religion or creed, who can document her lineal, bloodline descent from someone who aided in our independence from Great Britain. Assistance with application preparation is provided at no charge.
Valhalla wraps up summer season with Celtic and Gospel music
Submitted by paula on Mon, 08/22/2016 - 3:46pm
Event Date:
August 24, 2016 - 7:30pm
Valhalla wraps up their annual summer festival with two concerts in the Boathouse Theater on August 24 and 31. The Valhalla Art, Music and Theatre Festival is Lake Tahoe’s premier summer long festival of world class live music, theatre, visual and cultural arts, bring a wide range of activities to the historic estate.
Wednesday, August 24 at 7:30 p.m.
Paint & Sip to support Valhalla Tahoe
Submitted by paula on Sat, 04/16/2016 - 8:18am
Event Date:
April 18, 2016 - 6:00pm
Support Valhalla's efforts to bring unique, world class arts programming and historic preservation to the community while creating your own work of art, Starry, Starry Night, at their Paint & Sip fundraiser on Monday, April 18, 2016.
No art experience is necessary and a professional artist will be there to guide you step-by-step instructions. All supplies will be provided.
The cost is $40 per person, with $20 of that going to support Valhalla.
Tallac Historic Site retrofit approved; work could begin in 2015
Submitted by paula on Thu, 10/16/2014 - 9:51pm
A decision to approve the retrofit project to revitalize the Tallac Historic Site was announced today by the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit (LTBMU).
The project, in the works for a few years, will improve recreational facilities, implement water quality BMPs, as well as upgrade paths, restrooms, parking and picnic areas.
Whodunnit on the V & T?
Submitted by paula on Thu, 07/03/2014 - 8:13pm
Event Date:
July 18, 2014 - 6:00pm
Hijinks on the Comstock with a twist comes to Carson City this summer with "Where is the Gold?" a Wild West melodrama and murder mystery dinner set aboard a vintage Virginia and Truckee Railroad steam engine train, July 18 and August 15.
"Where is the Gold?" produced by the Brewery Arts Center will entertain with plenty of Comstock legend and lore intertwined with spellbinding whodunit mystery. The audience will be invited to help the cast of characters solve the mystery of who stole the gold, and who is responsible for the death of Mr. Big.
2014 Valhalla Art, Music and Theatre Festival
Submitted by paula on Mon, 05/26/2014 - 9:40pm
There is something for everyone this summer at the Valhalla Art, Music and Theatre Festival in South Lake Tahoe. The festival, on the beautiful shores of Lake Tahoe, opens on Wednesday,
UNR archeologist leads Virginia City hospital excavation team
Submitted by Editor on Wed, 07/18/2012 - 11:12am
The University of Nevada, Reno, in cooperation with the Nevada State Historic Preservation Office, has sent a team of archaeologists to excavate the site of one of Nevada’s most important early hospitals. St. Mary Louise Hospital in Virginia City opened in 1876 and served the mining community until the early 20th century.
