Grand Central Hotel
GRAND CENTRAL HOTEL
1871 - 1895
CALLED THE FINEST ESTABLISHMENT BE-
TWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND VIRGINIA CITY,
THIS ELEGANT THREE AND A HALF STORY
RESORT SIGNIFIED THE START OF NORTH
TAHOE'S TOURIST INDUSTRY. TERMINAL FOR
THE TAHOE-TRUCKEE FLYER STAGE LINE, AND
HOST TO THE LAKE'S STEAMSHIP PASSEN-
GERS. BOASTED GUESTS SUCH AS GENERALS
ULYSSES S. GRANT AND PHILLIP H. SHERIDAN,
AT 20 COLLARS PER WEEK, INCLUDING MEALS.
DESTROYED BY FIRE IN THE FALL OF 1895.
DEDICATED AUGUST 14, 1971
BY
CHIEF TRUCKEE CHAPTER E. CLAMPUS VITUS