The Cremer Hotel was completed in 1876 to house, feed & entertain the laborers who massed to the San Lorenzo Valley when Redwood logging began in the late 19th century. Gambling, loose women and liquor flowed freely within its redwood-framed walls, . . . — — Map (db m100903) HM
Built in 1892-93 and believed to be the tallest covered bridge in the country, it stood as the only entry to Felton for 45 years. In 1937 it was retired from active service to become a pedestrian bridge and figured prominently in many films of that . . . — — Map (db m2348) HM
This redwood tree was planted in the early ninties by one of Felton’s early setters, George Featherstone, a man who knew the wonder and beauty of these trees. Born in Ottawa Canada in 1872, he came to the San Lorenzo Valley on March 17, 1888. He . . . — — Map (db m297099) HM
Heisler Locomotive, built by Stearns Manufacturing Company, 1899.
Shay Locomotive, built by Lima Locomotive Works, 1912.
Climax Locomotive, built by Climax Manufacturing Company, 1928.
The Shay locomotive, patented in 1881, and its two . . . — — Map (db m190694) HM
A hundred years ago, the intense heat from the kiln fires would have kept you at a distance. Shouts and curses in Portuguese and Italian would fill the air as men labored to quarry stone, work the kilns, and haul in hundreds of loads of firewood. . . . — — Map (db m58968) HM
Dedicated to the pioneer spirit of America
which bridges past, present and future
Designed in 1844 by Thomas Willis Pratt
Constructed 1969 by Roaring Camp & Big Trees
Narrow Guage RR. First Pratt-Truss covered bridge
built in . . . — — Map (db m190688) HM
Common type steam boiler used in
1880's. Gets it's name from it's
flat-bottomed barrel, which was
originally mounted on a wagon.
A high dome, mounted over the rectangular firebox,
provides the "driest” steam possible which decreases
the . . . — — Map (db m190691) HM
