#0281 O'Byrne Ferry
Title
#0281 O'Byrne Ferry
Site information:
Hwy 48 (P.M. 0.3), O'Byrne Ferry RdNothing remains of this site, as far as I know.
37.89928,-120.571282
Plaque information:
Private plaquePlaque text:
O'Byrne FerryIn 1852 a chain cable bridge replaced the ferries that once crossed here and was supplanted in turn by a covered truss structure in 1862. Some writers claimed that this was the location of Bret Harte's Poker Flat. In late "49" there was a large camp here, with miners washing gold out on both banks of the Stanislaus River.
Replaced by Calaveras County Historical Society 1993.
Registered 1/8/1938