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The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The reservoir was created by damming the Feather River

The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt. 162 across Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt....

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge is built a mile and a half upstream from the original lower, shorter bridge's location. At the time, the new bridge was one of the highest sus... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

A sizable barn near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

A sizable barn near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in But...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

A vintage truck, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehicles and mining equipment near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

A vintage truck, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehic...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The old, stone tollhouse at the original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The old, stone tollhouse at the original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

This temple, in the Butte County seat of Oroville, was built in 1863 to serve the largest community of Chinese north of Sacramento, California

This temple, in the Butte County seat of Oroville, was built in 1863 t...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historical building, landmark architecture, world heritage, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

An attractive barn on Simmons Road, near the Lake Oroville Reservoir in Butte County, California

An attractive barn on Simmons Road, near the Lake Oroville Reservoir i...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

An extensive barn in Butte County, California, east of Oroville

An extensive barn in Butte County, California, east of Oroville

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The reservoir was created by damming the Feather River

The yacht basin on Lake Oroville, above the city of the same name. The...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A rural scene in Buttle County, east of Oroville

A rural scene in Buttle County, east of Oroville

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehicles and mining gear near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-t...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt. 162 across Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River

The "new" (1967) Bidwell Bar bridge carrying traffic on California Rt....

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The bridge is built a mile and a half upstream from the original lower, shorter bridge's location. At the time, the new bridge was one of the highest sus... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehicles and mining gear near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-t...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

View of Lake Oroville, a reservoir above the city of Oroville created by the damming of the Feather River

View of Lake Oroville, a reservoir above the city of Oroville created ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Michelle and Bill Gentry (and their four-legged friend) cross the original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

Michelle and Bill Gentry (and their four-legged friend) cross the orig...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

A hillside near Lake Oroville, high above the city of the same name in Butte County, California

A hillside near Lake Oroville, high above the city of the same name in...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The Lake Oroville yacht basin at dusk

The Lake Oroville yacht basin at dusk

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

A rural scene in Buttle County, east of Oroville, California

A rural scene in Buttle County, east of Oroville, California

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, farmhouse, pasture, farm field, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

A vintage truck, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehicles and mining equipment near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

A vintage truck, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehic...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoir created by the damming of the Feather River above Oroville, California

The original Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville, a manmade reservoi...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. This bridge was the first steel suspension bridge in California. Completed in December 1855, from materials transported from Troy, New York via Cape Horn.... More

The "Mother Orange Tree," which as of early 2013 was the oldest-known living orange tree in Northern California

The "Mother Orange Tree," which as of early 2013 was the oldest-known ...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Originally planted in 1856 at Bidwell's Bar, a rough mining town nearby, the tree is a Mediterranean sweet orange . The citrus rootstock was brought from ... More

A sizable barn near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

A sizable barn near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in But...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, Power House, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan Count...

Survey number: HAER WA-6-A Building/structure dates: 1920 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1958

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (moved from fork of Feather River), Oroville, Butte County, CA

Bidwell Bar Suspension Bridge & Stone Toll House, Near Lake Oroville (...

Significance: This structure is the only surviving suspension bridge in the American West dating to the mid 19th century. When reconstructed over Lake Oroville, it was "strengthened" with pile supports under t... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-time vehicles and mining gear near the settlement of Bangor, south of Oroville in Butte County, California

Vintage mining equipment, part of a local landowner's display of old-t...

Public domain photograph - historical image of California, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Enloe Dam, On Similkameen River, Oroville, Okanogan County, WA

Significance: Enloe Dam represents an early hydroelectric power generation facility in the Okanogan and Similkameen valleys. Mining and irrigated agriculture, both integral to the local economy, were the chief... More