Robbers' Roost Turnout Traditional Cache
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Robbers' Roost turnout or overlook offers views of Lake Clementine and Robbers' Roost. Story is below.
Large paved turnout best approached from the down hill direction. Cache is a large pill bottle won in the raffle at the Yuba City Meet and Greet. No need to leave level ground.
The following is an excerpt from local historian Gerri Grant:
“Robbers' Roost is a turnout on the left-hand side of the road with a view overlooking the North Fork. The Roost is the huge rock cliff that stands alone about 10:00 when standing at the viewpoint. The Rock is so named because it was used as a lookout by stage robber accomplices during the gold rush days. A lookout would be stationed at the Rock, ready to signal the horseback bandits coming up the Divide to meet the stagecoach. From this vantage point, the lookout would be able to determine if the stagecoach was accompanied by armed guards or a posse. The lookout would signal his/her bandits by mirror reflections from the sun whether or not to pursue the hoist. One version of this tale is that the holdup group was led by Black Bart and the signal person was his girlfriend. Supposedly Black Bart retired as a gentleman, paid off by Wells Fargo to never rob again since they had been foiled for years in trying to apprehend him in an act of robbery.” Congratulations to Peeka Boo for the FTF.
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