You are here:
Home / Archives for Bridgeport
Posted by jeffpelline on September 3, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Nevada County Fair Held under the shade of tall pine trees in Grass Valley, the Nevada County Fair is August 9-13. Lakes, rivers, oceans and beaches are being featured, a fitting theme thanks to a wet winter that has revived our area’s drought-ravaged lakes. The fair is the perfect opportunity to listen to musical entertainment, […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Branches and Blessings, Bridgeport, Concerts at Commons Beach, Draft Horse Classic, Eggplant Festival, Fourth of July parade, gold panning, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Events, heritage trail, Lake Tahoe events, Lincoln potters, Loomis Eggplant Festival, Loomis event, Merrill Award, movies under the pines, Nevada City, Nevada City Events, nevada city makers faire, Nevada County Fair, Nevada County summer events, placer county summer events, Summer Nights, Ta-Hoe Nalu SUP, Treat Street, Truckee, truckee air show, Truckee Events, ukulele festival, wanderlust yoga and music festival
Posted by jeffpelline on April 30, 2016 · Leave a Comment
The South Yuba River Citizens League (SYRCL) delivered its 3rd annual State of the Yuba address in April to celebrate Earth Day and the Yuba River. Hear from SYRCL’s team about our current projects, challenges, recent successes and opportunities to get involved. Our magazine featured the Yuba River in our fall 2015 issue in a special […]
Filed under FWA blog · Tagged with Bridgeport, Donner Pass, Englebright Reservoir, Nevada City, recreation in Nevada County, recreation in Placer County, Soda Springs, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, visit Nevada County, visit Placer County, wild and scenic rivers, Yuba River
Posted by jeffpelline on January 12, 2016 · Leave a Comment
“Rivers run through our history and folklore, and link us a people.” – Charles Kuralt from “On The Road” OUR REGION IS LINKED BY MAGNIFICENT RIVERS such as the American, Truckee and South Yuba. Each has its own identity and history. The South Yuba is inextricably linked to Nevada County, just as Lake Tahoe is […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Big Bend on Old Hwy. 40, Bridgeport, Charles Kuralt, Engelbright Dam, Gold Rush, Independence Trail, Jedediah Smith, John Anthony, John Olmsted, Little Town of Washington, Maidu, Middle Fork Yuba River, Nevada City, Nevada County, North Fork Yuba River, salmon, salmon habitat, Sierra Fund, Sierra Watch, South Fork Yuba River, South Yuba River, South Yuba River Citizens League, South Yuba River State Park, SYRCL, visit Nevada City, Yuba Blue, Yuba watershed
Posted by jeffpelline on October 28, 2015 · Leave a Comment
“I am foremost a person of the Yuba River Country in the Sierra Nevada.” —Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Gary Snyder Our region is known worldwide as home to Lake Tahoe, “the fairest picture the whole earth affords,” as Mark Twain wrote in Roughing It. Tahoe is one of the oldest, deepest and purist lakes in the […]
Filed under Art · Tagged with Alasdair Fraser, Bridgeport, Donner Pass, Englebright Reservoir, fishing, Gary Snyder, hiking, John Olmsted, john pugh, Lake Spaulding, Little Town of Washington, Michael Funk, Nevada City, Soda Springs, South Yuba River, South Yuba River Citizens League, SYRCL, Three Forks Bakery & Brewing Co., United Natural Foods, Whitewater, Wild & Scenic Film Festival, Yuba River
Posted by jeffpelline on March 5, 2014 · Leave a Comment
This week, a community committee called “Save Our Bridge” is launching a letter writing and phone call campaign to State Legislators in an effort to save the iconic Bridgeport wooden covered bridge. State Parks closed the bridge in 2011 after engineers found severe and unsafe structural problems. Engineers estimate it will cost over $1 million […]
Posted by jeffpelline on July 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
GRASS VALLEY OFFERS A TOWN and country experience wrapped in one travel adventure. Spring is the season for wildflower walks, hiking and bicycling in the countryside. The Sierra Vintners’ Wine Trail is June 2-3. The picturesque Bridgeport covered bridge and barn at South Yuba River State Park celebrate their 150th birthday this spring. On May […]
Filed under Food · Tagged with Barnyard Safari, Bridgeport, Claudine Chalmers, Empire Mine State Historic Park, explore, gold, Gold Miners Inn, gold mining, GoNevadaCounty.com, Grass Valley, Grass Valley Courtyard Suites, Grass Valley Group, HistoricGrassValley.com, Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Lola Montez, Nevada County Fair, Northstar Mine Powerhouse, Pelton Wheel Museum, Second Saturday Art & Wine Walk, Sierra Festival of the Arts, Sierra Vintners, stay
Follow us on Pinterest