Knights Ferry | |
 California's oldest operating general store is located in Knights Ferry. | |
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| Nearest city | Oakdale, California |
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| Coordinates | 37°49′11″N 120°39′52″W / 37.81972°N 120.66444°W |
| Area | 107 acres (43 ha) |
| Built | 1849 |
| Architectural style | Mid 19th Century Revival, Gothic Revival, Classical Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 75000490[1] |
| CHISL No. | 347[2] |
| Added to NRHP | April 23, 1975 |
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.[3]
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.[4] 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.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "Knights Ferry". Office of Historic Preservation, California State Parks. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ "Bonanza: Scenery of the Ponderosa - Williams Ranch"
- ^ "Padding and Poking around gold rush Knights Ferry". Sunset. May 1, 1987. Retrieved January 17, 2008.