Yuba Feather Hills

by Rosemarie Mossinger, Yuba Feather Museum

Overview

The Yuba and Feather Rivers flank a rugged portion of the Sierra Nevada as they rush south. Gold in creeks and streams here attracted thousands of treasure hunters who panned, dug, or scoured the hills with hydraulic jets of water. At the height of the rush, mule teams loaded with supplies and stagecoaches filled with miners passed through every few minutes, heading from Marysville or Oroville to the high Sierra camps. Thriving towns sprang up along the way, one boasting five hotels and seven saloons. Later others came to log the massive pine and fir or make their home in a land they valued for its beauty. Ten towns survive today: Brownsville, Challenge, Clipper Mills, Dobbins, Forbestown, La Porte, Oregon House, Rackerby, Strawberry Valley, and Woodleaf. Although siblings at birth, over the last 150 years, each has developed a unique character and charm.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780738531021
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	05/24/2006
Series:	Images of America Series
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.31(d)

About the Author

Historian and publications editor Rosemarie Mossinger, author of several other books including Woodleaf Legacy: The Story of a California Gold Rush Town, is the director of the Yuba Feather Museum in Forbestown. Drawing from public and private collections, as well as the museum's extensive archives, she carefully selects and annotates the photographic treasures that document this scenic and historic region.