February 23, 2024
FACTS REGARDING THE ABOVE PHOTO
View from Cave Rock
A natural fixture to Lake Tahoe for thousands of years, Cave Rock and the surrounding areas are sacred to the Washoe Tribe. Once the California gold fields and Comstock Lode called thousands of people west, the area surrounding Cave Rock became a lakeshore transportation obstacle. As a result, several routes were carved over, around and through this sacred formation, without the consultation of tribal members. By 1931 and then again in 1957, tunnels were constructed boring through Cave Rock itself, re-connecting the Lincoln Highway, or Loneliest Road in America to South Lake Tahoe. Interestingly enough, the same tunnels you find at Zion National Park were also created by the workers who built the tunnels you see today at Cave Rock.
Photo credit: Susie Wanden, February 2014
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