Glenbrook, Nevada
Glenbrook, Nevada ( click at the end of the post to see larger pictures - takes around 5 to 20 seconds to load everything ) The community is named after the Glenbrook House hotel and is at an elevation of 6,250 feet . Glenbrook is included in the Gardnerville Ranchos micropolitan statistical area . As the oldest settlement on Lake Tahoe, it played a significant part of Nevada's statehood as the main supplier of timber to the Comstock Lode and Virginia City . The first settlers of the valley, which included Captain Augustus W. Pray, arrived in 1860. It was named for its two primary geographic features — Glen, a secluded valley, and Brook, a small stream.