Toll Bridge over Big River, c. 1881
Toll Bridge over Big River, c. 1881. (Gift of Margaret Kelley Campbell) An elevated view of the first bridge over Big River taken by Ira C. Perry, who worked in Mendocino from about 1880 to 1895. The bridge was built by the Big River Bridge Company, composed of Spencer W. Hill, a Mendocino rancher; Isaac P. Smith, a trader living in Little Lake Township; [...]