Topic starter
13/08/2013 2:46 pm
There are some questions on the circumstances of the loss of the "Plumas".
By 1858 she was the oldest and smallest ship of one of the 3 shipping companies running riverboats out of Sacramento. Her regular route was to Marysville and had not been on the upper Sacramento for many years. Then in what must have been high water, as the boat is not in the deep channe, she was snagged on her return trip from Tehama. Also she was piloted by the shipping company's best pilot. What was so important to get to the Northern Mines in 1858 to knowing risk a ship?
Today the "Plumas" rest just north of the bridge at Woodson Bridge near Corning / Vina Ca.
Dave Freeman