The Nevada Lodge

In  answer to some questions, this is the Lodge as I remember it. Where the people are there at ground level was the main casino. They did have tables upstairs, but only opened them on certain occasions. Now, that was in '58, the Olympics were not for a few years, and I am sure by that time all floors were open and running. Fitz had not had it too long when I arrived from Ohio and went to work up there.

The North side of the lake, especially, was rather pristine and lovely. It basically had been a "Summer only" location until the onslaught of the Olympics loomed on the horizon. In '58, we pretty much had the North side all to ourselves. Not many customers yet. There were only a few clubs open, a drug store and that was about it. Many of the dealers lived down the hill in Tahoe City, I think it was, in California. There was not too much yet on the North side.