Yuba River – Commonplaces

YUBA – On the Derivation and Definition of the Names …

November 19, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, Volume 1, Number 104, 30 April 1850 REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE On the Derivation and Definition of the Names of the several Counties of the State of California, &c. Yuba. — A corruption of the word “uba,” which, when pronounced in English, produces the sound Yuba. This pronunciation has been latterly … [Read more…]

Another Duel

June 24, 2016 by sergneri Leave a Comment

Daily Alta California, 4 November 1851 Another Duel— Man Killed. — We extract the following account of a duel, on the Yuba river, from the Ne- vada Journal extra, issued on Saturday evening : A duel took place on the Yuba, about eighteen miles from here, on the spot of the disputed Chinese claims, of … [Read more…]