CISCO GROVE GOULD PARK
15-ACRE PUBLIC PARK
ALONG THE SOUTH FORK YUBA RIVER
Working in conjunction with Placer Legacy and the Emigrant Trails Greenway Trust and the Gould family, PLT protected 15.7 acres of open space and riparian land along the South Fork Yuba River in Cisco Grove. The property was acquired in December 2004 and transferred to Placer County.
The property lies along both sides of the South Fork Yuba River at the Cisco Grove exit of Interstate 80. The property will be permanently protected as a nature preserve, and the County will create a one-acre "Cisco Grove Gould Park" on the site to provide tourists with a pleasant spot to enjoy the beautiful Sierra scenery.
The property consists of montane riparian habitat along the South Fork Yuba River, within a coniferous forest of yellow pines, ponderosa pines, cottonwoods. There is a small area of freshwater emergent wetlands near the river.
The park is named after the Gould family, which owned the property for several generations. In the 1860s, the property was purchased by pioneer James Gould from the "Big Four" of Old California: Leland Stanford, Charles Crocker, Mark Hopkins and Collis Huntington.
James Gould named the settlement of Cisco Grove after a large grove of
cottonwood trees on the Gould property. In the 1930's, Auburn builder Les
Hammond was commissioned to build several structures on the site for the
Goulds. Two stone cabins are all that remain, and these cabins will also
be protected as part of the Cisco Grove Gould Park.
Funding for the acquisition came from Placer County, the Emigrant Trails Greenway Trust, and the State of California Resources Agency. The State has also pledged grant funding to assist in the creation of the park facilities. Construction for the one-acre park began in the summer of 2005.
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