There are a number of places that I have written about and then later get the opportunity to try something new. Then there are places that have specials I want to try. Rather than try to create a whole new…
Month: December 2013
American River Canyon, Part 7 – Lover’s Leap to the Summit
Because the present Highway 50 is north of the original route through Strawberry Valley, it bypasses three stations that were along the old road that passed between the two halves of Lover’s Leap: Baker’s Place, Devil’s Gap (Section House) and…
American River Canyon, Part 6 – Kyburz to Lover’s Leap
There is not much known about the next few stations along the Placerville Road east of Kyburz: (another) Riverside House, Old Mother Welty’s (Leon’s Station), Poster’s Halt and the Chamberlain House, which is later became known as Fred’s Place. True’s…
American River Canyon, Part 5 – Riverton to Kyburz
Today’s Riverton is where Highway 50 crosses the South Fork of the American River and Ice House Road goes north towards the Crystal Basin. Records as far back as 1864 indicate the existence of a respectable inn, the Riverside House…