Knights Ferry

Picturesque mining center and trading post, 1849, once called Dentville. Early ferry to the southern mines; county seat 1862-72; rare wooden covered bridge reputedly designed by U. S. Grant, brother-in-law of the Dent brothers, 1854; old flour mill, 1854.

Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 108/120 at milepost 16.4 and Kennedy Road, on the left when traveling west on State Highway 108/120.

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