2009
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
MAY
1 Gatekeeper's Museum opens for regular summer hours.
16 Tahoe City Walking Tour* at 10am (Meet at the Visitor Center)
29 Watson Cabin opens for summer.
30 Tahoe City Walking Tour* at 10am (Meet at the Chamber of
Commerce)
*In May only, our Walking Tours are for members of the NLTHS.
JUNE
18 Chamber Mixer at the Watson Cabin 5-7pm
13 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
19 Tahoe City Sip-n-Shop at the Watson Cabin
20 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
27 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
JULY
Speaker Series 10am at the Gatekeeper's Museum $4 members/$5 non-members
9 Film & Media in the Sierra Nevada/Beverly Lewis, Placer Co. Film Off.
16 History of Tahoe Winter Sports/Mark McLaughlin
23 Reno Then & Now Lecture & Book Signing/Jerry Fenwick &
Neal Cobb, authors
30 Who decides? History of regulation of the Truckee River/
Bob MacDougal, USBR
4-5 July 4th Weekend for Kids!
Bring your kids by the Watson Cabin for free face painting and pioneer-
inspired crafts. Parents must be present. $3 per child for crafts.
Noon - 4pm Saturday and Sunday
8 Toni Fauver Memorial Nature Hike
Meets at 9am at the Gatekeeper's Museum
$25 members / $30 non-members
11 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
15 Pine Needle Basket Weaving Class
At the Gatekeeper's Museum 9:30am - 2pm
$25 members / $30 non-members
19 Gathering at the Gatekeeper's Annual Dinner & Auction
4pm - 8pm in Layton Park. $50/$55
Support the Museum and enjoy jazz music, catered dinner, live and silent
auction and great lakeviews!
23 Special guest lecture Vacation Testing Ground: Early Women Tourists in
Nevada Peter Kopp, UNR
25 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
AUGUST
Speaker Series 10am at the Gatekeeper's Museum $4/$5
6 Home Tour - No lecture
13 Church & Gerdel: Sierra Snowmen/Mark McLaughlin
20 Frontier Teachers Presentation & Book Signing/Chris Enss, author
27 Building the Transcontinental RR through the Sierras/Bob Bender
6 36th Annual Home Tour and Benefit Raffle
Tour historic and lakefront homes in this popular annual event. Ticket
sales are limited and you must be a current Museum member to
purchase tickets. Contact the Gatekeeper's Museum for additional
information. Noon - 4:30pm.
8 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
8-9 Heritage Trails Free admission to 18 museums in Placer County from
10am - 4pm. Visit our Gatekeeper's Museum and Watson Cabin.
9 Old Time Tahoe Picnic
Join us for a lakeside picnic dinner in Layton Park, followed by an evening
showing of Rosemarie in the park. Advance reservations are required.
Picnic dinners are provided by Whole Foods of Reno, with a choice of
smoked salmon, chicken or pepper crusted beef, along with brie, blue cheese,
artisan-baked bread, summer garden salad, fresh fruit, sparkling water,
chocolate and utensils. Bring a bottle of wine! Dinner begins at 6:30pm, and
the movie will begin at approximately 9pm.
$35 members/$40 non members.
15 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
19 Pine Needle Basket Weaving Class
At the Gatekeeper's Museum 9:30am - 2pm
$25 members / $30 non-members
28 In the Stars...Native American Myths and Legends
Join Dr. Paul Guttman from Space Science for Schools for an evening
exploration into the stars, focusing on various Native American legends.
Maximum of 15 participants, and children 17 and under must be
accompanied by an adult. This is a free event, but donations are welcome!
29 Tahoe City Walking Tour at 10am
SEPTEMBER
11 2nd Annual Bridge Tournament and catered lunch
Enjoy a day of duplicate or social bridge, lunch and prizes in support of the
NLTHS. 11am - 3pm at the Tahoe Yacht Club. $40
19 6th Annual Native American Basketweavers' Market
This event features sales, demonstrations and exhibits of basketry by
California and Nevada weavers. The event is on the Museum grounds
admission is free. Visit the Museum for additional demonstrators. Bring
your antique/contemporary American Indian art for appraisal. $10/item.
Acorn processing and cooking demonstration @ 3pm.
* All walking tours meet at the Visitor Center in Tahoe City, located next to the
fire station.
