On Stanislaus River 2 mi. from Stanislaus, Knights Ferry and, California. County/parish: Stanislaus.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 23, 1975. NRIS 75000490.
12 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 1 contributing structure.
Knights Ferry is an unincorporated historic community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 30 miles (48 km) east of Modesto on the Stanislaus River. The Williams Ranch near the town was one of many filming locations for the television series Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie.
Knights Ferry is home to the Knights Ferry Bridge, the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi River at 330 feet (100 m) in length. It is also home to a K-8 elementary school and a museum about the history of the town and also about local wildlife. The town's ruins include a mill and a jail.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/123862160