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a land in the State. All kinds
of grain and produce are raised in abund-
ance. The vineyards are numerous, pro-

annually. Rasins are produced in large
quantities, and an immense amount of pea-
nuts are gathered for market every year.
Stock-raising is also an important feature.
| Wool is a staple export of the county.
| Schools and churches are in a flourishing
condition—a sure evidence of a people’s
prosperity. Stages leave Oroville regularly
| for La Porte, 52 miles; Susanville, 105
miles; as well as to most of the adjoining
towns.

Returning to Marysville, we will now
take a run to

Yuba Crry—situated about one mile
west of Marysville, containing a population
of about 1,000, and located on the eastern
| bank of the Feather River, just above its
| junction with the Yuba. It is the county
seat of Sutter county—first settled in 1849.
The county was named after General Sut-

BLOOMER CUT.
85 feet deep and 800 feet long. See page 191.

ducing large quantities of wine and brandy |

 

ter, the old pioneer, at whose mill race at
Coloma, El Dorado county, on the south
fork of the American River, January 19th,
1848, the first gold was discovered in Cali-
fornia. The county has a population of
about 6,000, mostly engaged in agriculture.
The soil is very fertile, and produces large
crops of wheat, oats, and barley; there are
also some very fine vineyards, producing a
superior quality of fruit, from which many
thousand gallons of wine and brandy are
made annually.

The city has one newspaper—the Sutter
Banner—and several hotels. It is at the
head of steamboat navigation, and is con-
nected with San Francisco and the world
by the road over which we came—the
Oregon division of the C. P., via. Marys-
ville, between which cities a hack runs
regularly.

Tux “ Burres ”—called the “Marysville
Buttes,’ are a noted land-mark to the
westward, about ten miles. They consist

of a series of peaks that rise from the