| Jean Dixon, professional photographer, and Katie Palani, professional student, undertook this project to show how the landscapes and urbanscapes of the Tahoe Basin have changed over the years. Many thanks to the UNR Special Collections department for furnishing all of the historic photos, and to Peter Goin for letting us use his Tahoe images shot in the early 1990s. Enjoy! |
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| Squaw Valley |
39° 11' 752" N, 120° 14' 200" W
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Field Notes
| Jean stood near the back steps of the Olympic House and was happy to find the little pond and the flag poles unchaged. The Squaw Valley Lodge is a new addition since Peter's photo from the early 1990s. |
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History
| Site of the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley holds a special place in Tahoe's history. Alexander Cushing owned the resort at the time, and after winning the bid for the Olympics began a serious campiagn to design and develop the village that now exists as well as the different types of terrain needed for the games. Squaw Valley persists as an exclusive resort in the Tahoe basin, known for the runs Granite Chief, KT22 and Siberia, as well as the High Camp Olympic Ice Pavillion, which used to be in the parking lot. Now, a high-end collection of time-shares, The Village at Squaw Valley, attracts high-end skiers and those wishing to get away to paradise. Squaw Valley has been in redevelopment mode since 1990, and is working on the Resort at Squaw Creek. |
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