Sierra State Parks Foundation has unveiled four interpretative panels that tell the story of Mark Twain’s 1861 timber claim adventure and wildfire. These panels are located at Gar Woods Grill & Pier in Carnelian Bay, at Sandy Beach in Tahoe Vista and North Tahoe Beach in Kings Beach.
The panels tell the story of Mark Twain’s quest to stake a timber claim at Lake Tahoe. He arrived at Lake Tahoe hoping to strike it rich, capturing his experiences in his book “Roughing It,” which included descriptions of the landscape, his attempts to make money and a brush with death in a fast-moving wildfire.
The new panels are part of a series of eight stretching from Tunnel Creek Road, where Twain first viewed the lake, extending as far west as Carnelian Bay. They are known informally as the Mark Twain Timber Claim Adventure Trail, a Sierra Nevada Geotourism Historic Place. | sierranevadageotourism.org
