Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Unitrans
BUS
( 530-752-2877;
http://unitrans.ucdavis.edu
; one-way $1)
If you're not biking, this student-run outfit shuttles people around town and campus in red
double-deckers.
Oroville
North of Sacramento's bustle, the quiet town of Oroville has seen quite a reversal. Then:
the lust for gold brought a crush of white settlers, who drove out the native tribes. Now:
crowds flock to the thriving tribal casinos, on the outskirts of town, seeking riches. Aside
from the slots, the economy leans on the local hospital, the tourists who mill though the
throng of antique stores around Montgomery St, and an annual
festival
to celebrate the
salmon run in September.
Oroville's most enduring attraction, aside from the nearby lake, is an excellent museum
established by the descendants of a long-dispersed Chinese community. Its other preserved
legacies relate to the pioneers who arrived after gold was discovered near here in 1848 by
John Bidwell, and to a mysterious man who stumbled into town in 1911, and came to be
known as the 'last wild Indian (
Click here
)
.' Oroville is also a gateway to the rugged north-
ern reaches of the Sierra Nevada.
Hwys 162 and 70 head northeast from Oroville into the mountains and on to Quincy.
Hwy 70 snakes along the magnificent
Feather River Canyon
, an especially captivating
drive in fall.
