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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
282 . HISTORY OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
it will probably improve. It will gain much
by the reclamation of the overflowed lands near
by, now progressing. It hasa fine fruit country
about it.
Yolo, the old Cacheville, once the county
seat, is a depot on the Northern, a few miles
north of Woodland. The large Yolo Flouring
Mills of S. U. Wering, are situated here, and a
great deal of grain, etc., is shipped. Blacks and
Dunnigan are stations on the railroad, with
large warehouses, attesting importance as shipping points.
Madison lies at the entrance to Capay Valley and is a place of rising importance, possessing an ice factory, a large pork-packiny establishment, and is altogether a thriving and progressive place, with large wheat and truit shipments. In the Capay Valley are several towns
which will soon be important, from the large
development in the way of fruit-growing about
Near Madison is the great Orleans winery and
vineyards, the property of the Haraszthys of
San Francisco.
Yolo County is well represented in the field
of newspaper enterprise. In Woodland are the
Democrat and Mail, both alert and active purveyors of news and effective aids to the dissemination of reliable information about the great
county of Yolo. The Democrat is the oldest
paper of the county, its predecessor being
etablished as long ago as 1857, at Cacheville,
when county-seat. Dying two years later, it
was revived in 1861 at Knight's Landing, as the
News. In 1864 the News was removed to
Woodland, succumbing again in 1867, but seeing an almost immediate resurrection as the
Yolo Democrat, at which it stands firm. The
Yolo Mail was established in 1868, and has
known constant prosperity, being an ably
nandled sheet. At Winters is the Hizpresa, a
lively weekly, and at Davisville is the Signal,
which worthily represents its town, founded in
1884 and 1887 respectively.
The Assemblymen from Yolo County have
been: L. B. Adams, 1887; F. E. Baker, 1881;
Edward Bynum, 1856; A. B. Caldwell, 1853;
George W. Crane, 1851; C. B. Culver, 1885;
J.S. Curtis, 1857; W. M. DeWitt, 1877-78;
F. S. Freeman, 1871-’74; Humphrey Griffith,
1854; Harrison Gwinn, 1859-’60; J. B, Hartsough, 1863-64; David N. Hershey, 1880-’83;
I. N. Hoag, 1862; John M. Kelly, 1867-70;
William Minis, 1858; H. P. Osgood, 1851;
John G. Parrish, 1852; Edmund Patten, 1863;
Charles F. Reed, 1865-66; J. H. Updegraff,
1855; Jason Watkins, 1875-’76; W. C. Wood,
1861.
YUBA COUNTY.
Yuba (Spanish) is a corruption of the Spanish
word “tuva,’? meaning grapes. The river was
so named by an exploring party in 1824, because of the immense quantities of wild grapevines which grew on the banks. The county is
bounded on the northwest by Butte, on the east
by Sierra, on the southeast by Nevada, on the
south by Placer and Sutter, and on the west by
Sutter County.
Yuba is one of the few historic counties of
the State. During the exciting times of the
mining fever, the reputation of its wonderful
riches and resources spread far and wide, and it
received its share of the immense immigration
which poured in during that era. Its metropolis, Marysville, occupied a prominent position
among the cities of the coast, both in population
and extent of mercantile interests.. Immediately preceding the discovery of gold on the
Yuba River, the site of that city was owned and
occupied by one man, with his employés and
tenants; but as the news of the finding of new
gold fields spread settlers flocked in, stores and
hotels were established, and the once quiet
rancho sprang into a bustling and busy city.
The change was almost instantaneous. After
the first leap, however, the progress was slower
but not less marked.
The early settlements of Yuba and Sutter
counties were parts of a series extending through
nearly the whole Sacramento Valley. Sutter’s
map included a much larger aroa than the
Mexican laws would allow; and in order to hold
the land he placed tenants on various portiong