Married a lady named Elizabeth who had children.
The couple had a son named Hobart who in turn Summer home in 1933 on Lake Martlette at a location called Rocky Point. Walters exwife or a relative however the couple would end up building their Mather Leonard would acquire the water company. Later on a Jessie Hobart Leonard and a James Hobarts water as well as timber this entire region became invaluable to Sawmills, massive quartz mill and many ranches. The water company had pipes that ran from Marlette Lake and also the Hobart ResevoirĪlong Franktown Creek. Hobart and Marlette were investors in the Water Company and in many of Use of a 12" wrought iron pipe down 1720' and back up again in an inversted From the top of Washoe Valley the water would then travel 7 mile with Took water above Incline Village and Marlette Lake through the Carson Range via Tahoe was also used to build the Virginia & Gold Hill Water Company which The metal plating reduced wear on the flume boards as the lumber wasĭropped using a gravity flume down the eastern side of the mountains where itĬould be used in the Comstock Lode of Virginia Wooden V Flume for a trip up to Lake View using the Virginia & Truckee After it was brought up to Incline the sawmill it was dumped onto a Placed on an incline railway where it was up to 1,400' where a 4000' RailroadĪwaited. The timber surrounding Lake Tahoe including the Flume trail was General Seneca "Sam" Martlette operated a small sawmill now today known as In 1873 the NV State Controller Hobart and former NV/CA Surveyor Was the man responsible for finding the lumber company which outlasted mining in Hobart was a miner who saw a connection between lumbering and silver mining. Into the history of the trail I can tell you a bit more about the area. Same path where a wooden square box of flumes once delivered water to VirginiaĬity back in the later 1800's. Into the side of a steep granite spire that overlooks LakeĬlimbing 1,100' where it tops off at Marlette Lake at over 8000' following the Historic Marlette Flume Trail and the Tahoe Rim Trail. The most sought-after trails in the back country are the The most popular trails in the country are the Marlette Flume and Tahoe Rim Miles of logging roads used today by avid hikers and mountain bikers. Whitell Estate which in turn was part of the Flume Trail which contains over 20 However the area is slowly once again being consumed by nature.ġ960's the state of NV purchased over 12,000 acres of land surrounding the The ancient trees at least most are no longer found along the Flume Trail Most of the trees have grown back this past century however if you were to takeĪ stroll you would see signs that this area at one time was heavily logged. Livestock and lack of mining began the decline for the need of timber. Maintenance station and in 1910 it was rebuilt after a flood hit the areaĮventually the Comstock would decline in growth as Red House however is the last remaining flume For example the water supplied today comes from the The reservoir per day was around 10 million gallons. Turn exited into a reservoir near VirginiaĬity. Then it joined with a pipe from the Comstock which in Mining spurred the building of a box flume which would carry water from MarletteĬombined at one point then entered a 4000' tunnel which would empty on the east Same site that an intricate system of flumes and pipelines was laid out. That gold and silver mining required allot of timber and water this area was the Wood to provide lumber for the Comstock and building of local townsĮstablished just below the Flume Trail and a new era had begun. When the white settlers arrived they stripped this area of its Tribe and in the 1800's that would come to an end as the white settlers had Thus the Flume trail area is very sacred to the This tribe would make baskets and perform rituals based on their This area in the summers from the Carson Range to hunt, fish, harvest roots andīerries. The Washo Indians for thousands of years migrated to
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The Flume Trail area is full of an abundance of seasonalĬreeks, lakes, wild flowers and some of the best views of Lake
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