Attractions and Places To See around Bieber - Top 5

This faint dirt track follows near the top of the ridge to the south-east. The saddle is flat and offer good camping options in respectful distance above the reservoir.

At the place where the old map shows a hot spring, that is now either inaccessible on private land or has no hot water any more, sits an old abandoned school bus in the wild grass that could serve as the filming location for 'Into the Wild'.

Bieber was just a ford to cross the river and at that time was know as Chalk Ford. The town was founded on a homesteads consisted of 160 acres of claimed by Theodore Pleish in May 1873. Pleisch cabin on the east bank of Pit River, approximately 100 yards north of the ford, very probably was the first dwelling house on the present town site. Construction of buildings by Antone and Will Gerig the next year, gave 3 houses within the range of modern Bieber, C.A. Mayhew came in 1872, by 1875 Chester Babcock and 4 children, S.K. Packwood, Ed Harris, Ed Kennedy, James Jones, Richard Ricketts, Wm.H. Roney Charley Gerig, Antone Gerig, Peter Walsh, Charles Kenyon. Nathan Bieber appeared in Big Valley in 1877 to help manage Josephson store, then located south of Pumpkin Center. Josephson, operating for Bieber's Uncle Max Pasner, came to Big Valley 1876. All seemed satisfactory, and in 1877 Josephson and Bieber under the direction of Pasner opened the first Bieber store. At this Time, young Bieber and Josephson built the Bieber residence, it was the 1st home of sizes in the locality. With the increase of settlers and the likelihood of increased business, it was deemed practical to lay out a town. The presence of a surveyor saw that event read actuality in the year 1877. It is recorded that 4 buildings were erected in that year. For more Big Valley history https://bigvalleynews.net/Chamber/History.html

This 1931 concrete structure contained three cells and a storage room, replacing the old jail built in 1889 for $250. W.A. Zimmerman built the new structure at a cost of $1,935.50. These were exciting times for Bieber being the focal point where the Great Northern and Western Pacific Railroads were in the midst of constructing their respective extensions to connect the two railroads. Besides the new jail, construction began on a $10,000 grammar school. In addition, Pacific Gas & Electric was constructing a transmission line from Fall River Mills to Big Valley. https://tipurdy.org/biebers-new-jail/

Dirt trail spur to a small reservoir with good water to refill drinking bottles and swim. Good flat spots for camping.