lakes fortunately are on a level, but the streams for the most part are 

 in hurried search of such restfulness. 



Truckee is on the tumbling, foaming, musical river from which it takes 

 its name, and is an important railway station of the Southern Pacific Com- 

 pany, 209 miles east of San Francisco, and 14 miles from the summit of 

 the Sierra Nevada on the eastward slope. It is a central point for fine 

 hunting and fishing resorts and may wisely be made headquarters when 

 one desires to take them all in. Excellent trout fishing can be had 



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in suitable pools of the river that borders the town, and at nearby Conner 

 Lake choice angling is enjoyed, usually with agreeable company of the 

 same craft. Eastern Brook trout having been planted in the lake, have 

 found a congenial home and developed a gamy vigor that taxes the 

 expert angler's best skill. Rainbow and the famous Cut-throat trout 

 are also freely taken. 



Independence Lake is a body of beautiful mountain water closely 



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