The History of the City of Marysville, California 1852-1859

Author Name

M. Belinda Desmond, Dominican College of San Rafael

Graduation Date

Summer 1962

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Document Form

Print

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Degree Granting Institution

Catholic University of America

Program Name

Humanities

Abstract

The economic growth of Marysville from 1851 to 1859 forms an interesting chapter in the development of California. The dis­covery of gold along the Yuba and Feather rivers brought an influx Of miners into the Northern Sierra Nevada and their need for supplies gave rise to a trading settlement at the spot where the Yuba joins the Feather. The development of Marysville as a mining base town and then as an agricultural center provides an interesting study of the mining frontier in California.