NoeHill Travels in California
Butte County Points of Interest
)
Bidwell Bar Bridge
)
Bidwell Bar Tollhouse
)
24 April 2013
(Click Photos to Zoom)
Bidwell Bar Bridge and Tollhouse
Bidwell Canyon Road
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Bidwell Canyon Road
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
A marker mounted on the toll house reads:
1956 marks 1st centennial of Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge and planting of Mother Orange Tree of California
Dedicated by Argonaut Parlor No. 8 N. S. G. W. & Gold of Ophir Parlor No. 190, N. D. G. W.
May 19, 1956
A second marker reads in part:
Originally constructed on a site one and a half miles northeast of this location in 1856.
Rededicated on July 30, 1977 on this Kelly Ridge site to avoid inundation by the waters of Oroville Reservoir.