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South Yuba River State Park Is As California State Parks Supports Equal Access Our Mission The mission of California State Parks is teep, rugged canyons South to provide for the health, inspiration and S education of the people of California by helping hide a richness of Yuba River to preserve the state’s extraordinary biological diversity, protecting its most valued natural and historic sites and State Park cultural resources, and creating opportunities for high-quality outdoor recreation. a turquoise green river that knows few bounds— South Yuba River State Park is as California State Parks supports equal access. Prior to arrival, visitors with disabilities who exciting as the gold that need assistance should contact the park at (530) 432-2546. If you need this publication in an still glimmers along alternate format, contact [email protected]. its riverbanks. CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS P.O. Box 942896 Sacramento, CA 94296-0001 For information call: (800) 777-0369 (916) 653-6995, outside the U.S. 711, TTY relay service www.parks.ca.gov South Yuba River State Park 17660 Pleasant Valley Road Penn Valley, CA 95946 (530) 432-2546 © 2009 California State Parks (Rev. 2018) I n the depths of the South Yuba River and cut down many trees, including the oaks they collected tolls for use of the Canyon, visitors to South Yuba River State that provided food and shelter materials for covered bridge. Park will find a wealth of wonder and the Maidu. Today, Nisenan descendants work Andrew and Victoria’s son Alfred and discovery. This long, narrow patchwork with other Maidu groups to obtain federal his wife Lucy took over the ranch and of lands is a treasure trove of history that tribal status, to increase youth educational made many changes at Bridgeport. By includes classic bridges, toll crossings, and opportunities, and to develop forest 1926 Alfred and Lucy had developed trails leading to historic gold rush mine sites. management programs to reestablish the the extremely popular Bridgeport Swim Add to that the canyon’s stunning scenery, forest’s natural diversity. Resort —several cottages and a dance the clear, cold river tumbling between Gold along the South Fork pavilion —about ¼-mile upriver from the massive granite ledges, and many inviting covered bridge near the swimming hole. In June 1848 gold was discovered near places to play, and you have something to At about the same time they built a small Rose’s Bar, just downstream from Bridgeport. please just about everyone. grocery store and a gas station. Merchant John Rose, the first European settler The climate varies depending on elevation, During the Great Depression of the to build a permanent structure in Nevada but is generally mild, with hot, dry summers. 1930s, the Kneebone family shared their County, sold placer mining supplies; by 1850 October to May can be cold and rainy. good fortune. The large numbers of Rose’s Bar swarmed with more than 2,000 people who had begun to arrive in the miners. Two or three miles from Rose’s Bar, PARK HISTORY area hoping to make a living panning for Parks’ Bar —by far the richest of all the Yuba Native People gold needed shelter, so Alfred and Lucy River gravel bars —was named for David Parks, The Northern Maidu people—also known rented out the resort’s vacation cottages. who brought his family to the gold fields. as Nisenan—may have migrated to the However, when hydraulic placer mining northern Sierra about 2,500 years ago. As The Kneebone Family was resumed upriver at about the same with other hunter-gatherer groups, the Hard work, generosity, and enterprise brought time, fouling the river with debris, the Nisenan people’s lives revolved around the prominence to the pioneer Kneebone family. Kneebone resort went out of business. changing seasons. Their lands provided Andrew Reed Kneebone came to the U.S. Victoria Kneebone died in 1930, and them with free-running water, plentiful game in 1871 from Cornwall, Andrew died in and plant foods, and the basic materials England. On his family’s 1934. They and other needed to create homes, tools, and finely 400-acre farm in the relatives are interred crafted baskets. Spenceville area, Andrew in the Kneebone European contact brought a halt to the learned to handle large Family Cemetery, well-established Maidu way of life. With the teams of horses and which is cared for by discovery of gold in 1848 came devastating mules. Andrew’s future their descendants. diseases and loss of the people’s traditional wife, Victoria Marie Cole, The River Crossings resources. Settlers seeking land for grazing grew up on a farm near With activity on both and lumber for construction simply took Bridgeport. The Cole sides of the river, over the available resources. In the process family occupied a large safe crossings were they polluted the river with mining debris farmhouse, where Andrew Kneebone and family, ca. 1903 vital. Ferries came first, made by either overturning wagons a store at French Corral. Six years later, he and connecting them to form barges, or and some associates formed the Virginia by refitting wagons to travel across water. Turnpike Company to facilitate travel and The Point Defiance Ferry was located near commerce between Marysville and Virginia today’s Bridgeport, the Jones Bar Ferry City, Nevada, and to collect tolls for use of the was near today’s Highway 49 Bridge, and roads. Flooding during the winter of 1861-62 the ferry at Edwards Crossing was near had destroyed five bridges across the river. Illinois Bar. In 1862 Wood oversaw the construction of Early bridge crossings include the 1895 the Bridgeport Covered Bridge, built with Purdon Crossing Bridge and the 1905 Douglas-fir trusses and wrought-iron rods and Edwards Crossing Bridge, both in use covered in sugar pine shakes. Originally 251 today, and the 1921 Highway 49 Bridge, a feet long, the bridge became 229 feet long Buttermilk Bend wildflower trail graceful concrete arch that is perfect for after removal of the weather wings at each watching the river. end. Marking the route favored by gold miners RECREATION At Jones Bar, four bridges have spanned crossing the river, today the graceful curve Please visit www.parks.ca.gov or call the the location, though none have survived the of its wooden arch is visible from both the park at (530) 432-2546 for updates on park ravages of time and the river. interior and exterior, making it a highly favored events or conditions. Bridgeport Covered Bridge subject for photographers. This beautiful Wildflowers— On Saturdays and Sundays bridge is the longest single-span wooden By far the best-known bridge in the area from early March through mid-May, free covered bridge in existence. is the Bridgeport Covered Bridge. In 1850 guided walks through magnificent displays of wildflowers begin at 11 a.m. Bring drinking Virginian David I. Wood settled his family NATURAL RESOURCES water. Pets are not permitted on the walks. near the South Fork of the Yuba River, The deep, rugged canyons of South Yuba establishing a sawmill at Forest City and Swimming— Swimming is best from River State Park host a rich variety of wildlife. midsummer through fall, when the sun Black bears seek plant foods, insects, and warms the river and its flows are at lower, even carrion; coyotes and mountain lions safer levels. Swimming is not recommended hunt deer and small game. The park is a bird­ in cold, fast-moving water. No lifeguards are watcher’s paradise, with raptors, waterfowl, on duty, so swim at your own risk and use and songbirds among the winged residents. flotation devices. The most impressive season at the park is Bird Watching— Bring binoculars and spring, when snowmelt roars over massive comfortable walking shoes for year- granite boulders and spectacular displays of round guided bird walks. Canyon wrens, wildflowers grace the riverbanks and secluded spotted towhees, American dippers, acorn waterfalls. The canyon sides are covered in woodpeckers, black phoebes, and ruby- black oaks, gray pine, and Douglas-fir. crowned sparrows may be seen here. Bridgeport Covered Bridge Hiking— More than a dozen trails vary Hoyt Crossing (ca. 1850)— This from “very easy” through “easy” (Virginia historic fording spot is near the Turnpike Loop, Old Flume). The 2.8-mile Hoyt Crossing Trail at Highway Point Defiance Loop at Bridgeport Crossing 49 Crossing. is “moderate,” and Missouri Bar is rated Virginia Turnpike (1853-1901) — “strenuous.” The easy one-mile, one-way Some features of this 14-mile toll Buttermilk Bend Trail offers spectacular road can be seen today, including spring wildflower walks. portions of two stone walls that Gold Panning — Modern-day gold seekers may have been built to discourage can play out the story of the gold rush using drivers from avoiding payment only bare hands and shallow gold pans. of tolls. Visitors may keep any gold they find. Illinois Crossing (1854)— A ferry Fishing— Fishing is safer after the spring operated here before the Edwards runoff has subsided and the river level Crossing Bridge was built. Highway 49 Bridge drops. Anglers age 16 or over must carry a Bridgeport Covered Bridge valid California fishing license. For fishing (1862)— River access is easy near here. Highway 49 Bridge (1921)— This “rainbow­ regulations, visit www.wildlife.ca.gov. Purdon Crossing Bridge (1895)— In this arch” cement bridge offers a grand River Watching — Watch the river’s power unique half-through truss support system, viewpoint and easy access to the water. or its calm serenity from the bank or the the bridge’s deck lies roughly halfway Highway 49 Bridge and the Purdon and between the top and bottom chords DITCHES AND FLUMES Edwards Crossing bridges.
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