The money needed for the erection of the schoolhouse and for the teacher s salary came from donations made by the townsfolk. If additional monies were needed for books or furnishings, a fund raiser would be held, generally raising the amount needed. With a good number of kids in town, it s no wonder there were also a bunch of dogs. All dogs within the limits of Goodyears Bar will please take notice, that by the laws of said town, you are required to call immediately to the marshall s office and obtain a tag. On and after four days all dogs found within said limits without a tag will be impounded at their own expense, and after imprisonment for three days will be shot until they are dead.
Records fail to show if the dogs heeded the notice.
Nothing much from the mining days remains in Goodyears Bar, but the beautiful setting of this historic gold camp more than makes up for any lack of Gold Rush remains. Situated at an elevation of 2,700 feet, the town rests on a small flat on the south side of the Yuba River, almost upon the abandoned diggings themselves. Towering mountains surround the old river camp Saddle Back, Monte Cristo, Fur Cap, Grizzly Peak, and others cloaked with a thick green mantle of pines, oaks, maple and dogwood, except for spots where the granite rock of the Sierra remains uncovered.