Road closure peeves prospectors
The recent blockage of the old Eagle Creek Road that once served hundreds of placer miners during the Eagle City Gold Rush has at least one group of prospectors a little upset. Forest Service Road 152, as it is called now, has been the subject of controversy several times since it was built in 1884 to access gold in Eagle Creek. The Forest Service finally closed the road to motorized traffic in 1996 following an extensive flood that washed out portions of the road running alongside the east fork of Eagle Creek./Jeff Selle, CDA Press. More here.
