Yuba County California
Yuba County. Organized in 1850. Bounded north
by Butte, east by Sierra and Nevada, south by Placer and Sutter,
and west by Sutter and Butte. Area, 600 square miles. Assessed
valuation of property for 1874, $5,335,180. County seat,
Marysville (incorporated city). Principal towns: Browns Valley,
Camptonville, Smartsville, Timbuctoo, and Wheatland. Yuba, with
its principal city, (Marysville) at the continence of the Yuba
and Feather rivers, and with the different lines of railroad
entering it, possesses important commercial resources. The
county comprises both mountain and valley land, the former
productive in gold and abounding in forests of pine, and the
latter producing grains, fruits, and all classes of vegetation
in great perfection. The placer mines at Sucker Flat,
Smartsville, and Timbuctoo, are the most productive of their
class in the State, and quartz mines have been successfully
worked at various places. The fruit orchards of Yuba have
attained a wide celebrity, and have been very remunerative to
their owners. Peaches, oranges, grapes, and other delicate
varieties, are largely produced. The castor-bean, from which the
oil of that name is made, is grown extensively and with great
profit, as well as hops, linseed, and other farm products not
usually cultivated elsewhere. The navigable waters of Feather
River, and the several railroads, afford cheap means of
transportation. The California and Oregon Railroad passes
through the county, connecting with the Central Pacific at
Sacramento; the California Pacific, temporarily interrupted,
connecting direct with San Francisco, has its terminus at
Marysville; and the Northern California runs from Marysville to
Oroville.
Officers: S. M. Bliss, County Judge; Emerson E. Meek, Clerk; E.
A. Davis, District Attorney; Abner W. Torry, Sheriff; John H.
Krause, Recorder and Auditor; C. A. Stratton, Treasurer; J. Fred
Eastman. Tax Collector; Henry C. Newberry, Assessor; H. H.
Sanford, Surveyor; A. P. Barnes, Coroner; T. C. Martin, Public
Administrator; Thomas H. Steel, Superintendent Public Schools.
California Gazetteer |
AHGP California
Source: Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1876-78, Compiled
by Henry G. Langley, San Francisco, 1875
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