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A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California (1891) (713 pages)
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Page: of 713
284 HISTORY OF NORTHERN OALIFORNIA.
territory now included in Sierra and Nevada
counties, but the increase of population at the
remote parts of the county necessitated subdivisions.
April 25, 1851, the County of Nevada was
set off, and April 16, 1852, Sierra County.
The first officers of Yuba County were, Henry
P. Haun, Judge; Samnel B. Mulford, Attorney;
Edward B. Wheeler, Clerk; Robert B. Buchanan,
Sheriff; Alfred Lawton, Recorder; J. B. Cushing, Surveyor; L. W. Taylor, Treasurer; 8S. C.
Tompkins, Assessor; S. T. Brewster, Coroner.
1t ie said that about 800 votes were cast at this
election, seventeen being in Marysville.
The first term of the District Court for Yuba
County was held June 3, 1850, with William
R. Turner as Judge. He was succeeded in 1851
by the appointment of Corydon N. Mott.
Before the close of 1850 the people of Marysville moved to have their place incorporated, in
which effort they were successful February 5,
1851, Mr. Field representing them in the Legislature. The city was divided into four wards,
and S. M. Miles was the first mayor. April 10,
1852, the charter was repealed, in spite of much
opposition.
In 1851 Ramirez settled the Quintay ranch
just east of Marysville, and a man named Quintay was stationed there to take care of it.
The salt food to which the early immigrants
had been so closely confined produced a scorbutic condition and a great appetite for fresh
vegetables and acid fruits. This appetite became so intense that extreme acids were desired,
and accordingly lime juice by the barrel was
imported and sold in great abundance at the
saloons.
Sunday afternoon, March 21, 1852, Eliza Sutter, the daughter of the celebrated captain, was
married to George Engler, of Marysville, the
ceremony taking place at Hock farm and performed by Judge Cushing, of Marysville. Visitors were present from nearly all parts of the
State.
The directory for 1853 shows that there were
six auction and commission merchants at Marysville; sixteen lawyers, five bankers, eighteen
hotels, two steam saw-mills, etc.
Five months after Marysville was laid out, in
1849, Colonel R. H. Taylor, a San Francisco
merchant, came here and issued the first number of the Marysville Herald, August 6, 1850,
and continued to publish it semi-weekly; in October it was made a tri-weekly. January 28
following (1851) Stephen C. Massett, a talented
young man from Sacramento, became interested
with Colonel Taylor, and the paper was edited
and published by Taylor and Massett, July 15,
1851; L. W. Ramson purchased a third interest. At first the paper was independent, and
then Whig. A column of news was printed in
the French language. In 1852 a weekly edition
was commenced and in 1853 a daily.
The firet number of the California Express
appeared at Marysville, November 8, 1851, published by George Giles & Co. and edited by
Colonel Richard Rust. July 26, 1852, J. McElroy and Andrew Brady purchased the paper;
July 22, 1854, Luther Laird, George W. Bloor
and M. D. Carr became the proprietors. Laird
died in 1856 and Lloyd Magruder became one
of the proprietors. Colonel Rust continued as
editor until July 26, 1857, when he resigned
the place to John R. Ridge. This paper was
both weekly and daily; was Democratic from
the first, and during the war advocated States’
rights and then secession. It thereafter declined until 1866, when it breathed its last,
after a very lingering illness.
George C. Gorham was a resident of Marysville in 1849-’60; was admitted here as an attorney at law, but never practiced; was editor
of the Marysville Daly Inquirer in 1855-56,
and the Marysville Vational Democrat in 1859,
and afterward was engaged on the San Francisco Nation, in 1860; on the Sacramento
Union in 1861; was clerk in the United States
District Court in 1865-67; candidate for Governor in 1867; Secretary of United States Senate in 1868-79; Secretary of the National
Republican Executive Committee in 1876.
Among the noted professional teachers, who