By Mary Turner and Sydney Turner
With not much happening locally, we thought we’d share a quick historical tidbit instead from the Knights Ferry Museum’s website:
“Knights Ferry, during its height, was an interesting and lively place. About 15,000 people based their operations in the town. There were large well-stocked stores: a newspaper, The Knights Ferry Bee, an enterprising weekly, or 20 pages, published by W.J. Collier: Hotels, liquor houses, livery stables, Protestant and Catholic churches and schools. The fraternities were represented by the Masons, Odd Fellows, and the Temperance Order. To this western outpost, in the middle “50’s” [1850’s] came a young lieutenant, of the United States Army, who would become both a General in the Union Army during the Civil War, and eventually President of the United States, Ulysses S Grant. He was there to visit his brother-in-law, Fred Dent. Dent operated a store and ferry. When word came of a “big strike” in the mountains close by, it was the Knights Ferry bank of Palmer & Co. which floated the bonds to build the Sonora-Bodie road, now called Sonora Pass.”
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Ongoing Events:
Odd Fellows Breakfast - 1st Sunday of the month @ The Odd Fellows Lodge
Free Market - 2nd Tuesday 3:30pm @ The Odd Fellows Lodge
Taco Tuesday - 5pm-8pm @ Rick’s Saloon
Thankful Thursdays - Free meal with drink purchase 5pm-8pm @ Rick’s Saloon
Community Trash Pickup - Last Sunday of the month - 10am @ Knights Ferry Art Studio
Upcoming events:
Community Club Meeting - October 2, 6:30pm @ The Community Club
Odd Fellows Community Breakfast - October 5, 7am @ The Odd Fellows Lodge
School Board Meeting - October 9, 5:30pm @ Knights Ferry School
Millers Hall Meeting - October 14, 9am @ The Millers Hall
Water Board Meeting - October 16, 7pm @ The Millers Hall
Odd Fellows Potluck Social - October 22, 6pm @ The Odd Fellows Lodge
MAC Committee Meeting - October 23, 7pm @ The Community Club
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Do you have any exciting Knights Ferry local news, upcoming events, historical facts about the area, jokes or recipes to share? Contact Mary & Sydney Turner at knightsferrynews@gmail.com
