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 Brief History:

 The Maidu were the people living in the area of Sutter County when European settlers arrived.

 Sutter County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county
 were given to Placer County in 1852.

 Sutter County is named after John Augustus Sutter, a German native born to Swiss parents. He was one of the first Europeans
 to recognize the Sacramento Valley for its potential in agriculture. His Hock Farm, established in 1841 on the Feather River
 just south of present-day Yuba City, was the site of the first major farm in the Central Valley, and used extensive slave labor
 from Natives in order to function.

 Sutter obtained the Rancho New Helvetia Mexican land grant, and called his first settlement New Helvetia (which included
 the present day city of Sacramento). In 1850, Sutter retired to Hock Farm when the gold rush led to him losing his holdings
 in Sacramento.

 




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Yuba
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                    State Coordinator:  Bob Jenkins
     Assistant State Coordinator:
 Karen De Groote



 The CAGenWeb Project sincerely thanks the dedicated volunteers who devoted time and effort toward
 making  this site a  successful one:

 
Carole Rohrings (1996 - 1999)
 Jay Bond (1999 - 2004)
 Linda Simpson (2004 - 2009, 2012 - 2014)
 Steve Shepard (2009 - 2022)







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