American River-10' (Sacramento West)   
(38.5974048, -121.5080111-Mouth)

Description:
South Fork of the American has worn a very deep canyon through this cap down into the granite below. The road winds around the side of this canyon, and here we had the most picturesque scenery of the route. Below us, a thousand feet, dashed the river over granite rocks, the cliffs worn into very fantastic shapes—old castles, towers, pillars, pinnacles—all were there; while above, rugged rocky peaks, volcanic, of fantastic shapes, rose a thousand feet more, fearfully steep, the snow lying in patches here and there. From Up and Down California by William Brewer, Book 4  Chapter 5

From GNIS: Other names:

• American Fork:
• Rio de la Americanos:
• Rio Ojotska:
• Wild River: 

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