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Nevada County Live -
Cedar Ridge, California
Earliest accounts of Cedar Ridge area, in the 1870's have George Kress owning 200 acres. First known as Kress Ridge, an important stop for Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad and post office, located somewhere close to what in now the intersection of Hwy # 174 and Brunswick. It shows up in history later as Cress Ridge, Cedar Cress, and today it is known as Cedar Ridge.
Picture: The Nevada County Narrow Gauge Railroad earned the nickname of the "Never Come Never Go". It was late this day in 1893 when the Renfrow Circus came to Grass Valley. The train left for Colfax filled with the circus animals and people. The picture tells the rest of the story.
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