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Glenbrook Nevada

Glenbrook Nevada Overview

Glenbrook was home to the Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company, the largest Comstock wood, and lumber combine.

Consolidation of V-flume systems in and near Clear Creek Canyon by 1872 made it possible to float lumber and other material from Spooner’s Summit to Carson City, eliminating the need for wagon hauling over Lake Bigler Toll Road (King’s Canyon Road).

Also known as Darmaladuphw O’tha and Glen Brook.

This “ghost town” is now a resort and residential community.

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Year Established/Founded

1860

Timeline

  • 1861 – Lumbering operations in the Glenbrook area of Lake Tahoe began when a sawmill was built by Captain Augustine Washington Pray
  • Mid 1870s – Glenbrook turned out approximately 25 million feet of sawed lumber annually
  • August 1871 – Glenbrook post office opened
  • 1872 – Consolidation of V-flume systems in and near Clear Creek Canyon made it possible to float lumber, cordwood, and sawed material from Spooner’s Summit to Carson City and to eliminate wagon hauling over the 9-year-old Lake Bigler Toll Road (King’s Canyon Road).
  • 1873 – The new Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company, under Duane Bliss, assumed all operations, becoming the largest Comstock wood and lumber combine.  It controlled over 50,000 acres of timberland, operating 2 to 4 sawmills, 2 Tahoe Lake steam tugs to tow logs, 2 logging railroads, the logging camps employing 500 men, and a planing mill and box factory in Carson City.
  • 1875 – Glenbrook was home to two hotels, four sawmills, a store, a billiard hall, and a bowling alley
  • 1880 – Logging activity had slumped to less than 50% of the high recorded 
  • 1898 – Timber depletion and reduced Comstock mining closed the company 

Post Office

August 1871 – Current

Augustine Washington Pray was one of the postmasters.

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The Population of Glenbrook Nevada

Summer of 1875 the population was approximately 400 residents.

In 2020 there were 315 residents.

Nevada Historical Marker Category

  • Lumber
  • Mining

Nevada Historical Marker Marker Type

Blue marker

Nevada Historical Marker Number

Glenbrook Nevada is Nevada Historical Marker #219.

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County

Douglas County, Nevada

GPS Coordinates

39.081489, -119.942589

Nevada Historical Marker Transcription

Lumbering operations in the Glenbrook area of Lake Tahoe began in 1861.  Consolidation of V-flume systems in and near Clear Creek Canyon by 1872 made it possible to float lumber, cordwood, and sawed material from Spooner’s Summit to Carson City and to eliminate wagon hauling over the 9-year-old Lake Bigler Toll Road (King’s Canyon Road).

In 1873, the new Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming Company, under Duane Bliss, assumed all operations, becoming the largest Comstock wood and lumber combine.  It controlled over 50,000 acres of timberland, operating 2 to 4 sawmills, 2 Tahoe Lake steam tugs to tow logs, 2 logging railroads, the logging camps employing 500 men and a planing mill and box factory in Carson City.

Timber depletion and reduced Comstock mining closed the company in 1898; it had taken 750,000,000 board feet of lumber and 500,000 cords of wood from Tahoe basin forests during its lifetime.

STATE HISTORIC MARKER No. 219

DIVISION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND ARCHAEOLOGY

VICTOR O. GOODWIN

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