{"id":46370,"count":1,"description":"Knights Ferry is a town in Stanislaus County, California, United States. Nestled in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, it is about 40 miles (64\u00a0km) east of Modesto on the Stanislaus River. The Willms Ranch, a California Landmark near the town, was one of many filming locations for the television series Bonanza and Little House on the Prairie. It is home to the Knights Ferry Bridge, the longest covered bridge west of the Mississippi at 330 feet (100\u00a0m) in length. Today, it is home to a museum about the history of the town and also about local wildlife. The town's ruins include a mill and a prison.\nWhen gold was discovered in California in 1849, Dr. William Knight rediscovered a pass he had crossed with John C. Fremont, and established a ferry boat there. Soon, the ferry boat prospered and Knight and Captain Vantine built a hotel and trading post near the crossing. The settlement's name On November 9, 1849; Knight was killed by a gunfight on the town's main street, he was buried in an...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/knights-ferry\/","name":"Knights Ferry","slug":"knights-ferry","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/46370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=46370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}