The Native American Washoe tribe inhabited the Tahoe region as far back as 10000 years ago. The Washoe called the area "Da ow a ga", translated to "edge of the lake." The first white visitors to the area mispronounced this name, and called it "Tahoe." The name remained in this Anglicized form. Prior to contact with Europeans, The Washo would generally spend the summer in the Sierra Nevada, the fall in the ranges to the east, and the winter and spring in the valleys between them. Pinyon pine nuts gathered in the fall provided much of the food eaten in the winter. Roots, seeds, berries and game provided much of the food eaten in the rest of the year.[1] The Washo people and the neighboring Northern Paiute people were culturally and linguistically very different, and they were often at war. the Paiute obtained and learned to ride horses, which allowed them to decisively defeat the Washo. At the time the Washo were essentially satellites of the Paiute, and they were not allowed to own or ride horses. The Washo lands were the first in the western Great Basin to be extensively settled by Euro-Americans. Loss of the valley hunting grounds to farms and the Pinyon pine groves to feed Virginia City's demand for lumber and charcoal drove most Washo to dependency on jobs in white ranches, farms and cities. In 1844, pioneers began to settle throughout Tahoe Basin and establish claims on the land. In 1849, during the California Gold Rush, more settlers came along, opened roadhouses ...
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