Feather River, California, a feeder of the Sacramento, rises in two forks in the Sierra Nevada, and has a southerly course of about 250 miles. It is navigable for steamboats to Marysville, and large quantities of gold have been found on its banks.
Feather River
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 569
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