Alpine County is named for its massive peaks, thrust up from molten earth and scoured by glaciers, reminding European settlers of their own Alps.
At first, few settlers ventured here, but a silver strike led hopeful residents to carve out a county, making Silver Mountain, then a town of 3,500, their seat of governmen.
The Washoe Indians enjoyed this precipitous Eden with over 60 Alpine lakes long before famous trailblazer Jedediah Smith, his pack animals dying, made it through these mountains.
Alpine County is named for its massive peaks, thrust up from molten earth and scoured by glaciers, reminding European settlers of their own Alps