The San Francisco call., 1897-10-24

In lS49 the spot now known as Marys-
vile contained the only settlement in
that fourishIng and fertile tract of
country EN- braced between the Yuba and
Feather rivers, commencing at their juno
tion and extending, widespread, to the
rivers sources.
1t was designated as "Nye's ranch, :"
and was the only EN- barcadero or landing
place for goods brought from below. 1t
com prised upward OF 45 900 acres, ana was
known as the COrdua Grant being named
after the gentleman who first settled upon
1t in 184l. under a lease from the veteran
pioneer, Captain John A. Sutter.
In the spring of 1849 Cordua disposed of
his interest in III is grant to Messrs. Nye
Foster and COvilland hence its desig-
nation as "Nye's ranch." At that time
but three buildings, adobe built, graced
the northern bank of the Yuba, and they
were occupied by the gentlemen above
mentioned. Tney were situated nearly at
the spot which is now the foot of D street.
II was in 1852 that Theodore Cord ua
named this first settlement New Meek
lenburg." in honor of his old home in
Germany. 1t was eight years later that
Marysville received the name which it
1AO" OCoAo- IL NaS at a Vi lHo
rough settlers that the place was chris
tened in honor OF Mrs. Mary j. CovilIand
the first white woman to locate here
Sons, daughters and grandchildren of this
noble pioneer woman are still residents of
this city.
In those days Marysvlle was the depot
and starting point for all mining centers,
this peculiar vantage accruing through the
fact that it was, as it still remaius, the
lead of navigation in the eastern Sacra-
mento Valley. Population was OF a very
fuctuating character then. Restless men,
in those hurrying days, thronged the
streets of the new camp, eager TO lay in
their supplies and rush on 10 the fields of
gold. That was, in fact, a fictitious popu-
latioE, here to-day and gone to- IN orrow
Some authorities say that as many as
$1,000 people found their abode here
through the flfties.
How different in these days. Now we
find the quieter progress of a prosperous
solidly built town, with steady inflow
and outflow of trade. Over the plains. as
far as the eye can reach. are rich orchards
and fields of waving grain. The peach,
the pear, the fig, the prune, the apricot,
the grape, the olive, the ounce, the
pomegranate grow IN abundance.
Marysville of 1897 is the home OF over
5000 people. With trans portatlon facilities
il is well supplied, both by water and
railroad lines. Two lines of railway have
been bull. through its corporate limits,
and are being successfully and profitably
operated. On the east side is the Califor-
MIA and Oregon line and on the west the
San Fran cisco and Oroville, both branches
ofthe Southern Pacific system.
Marysville is a terminal point and the
only city north of Sacramento so favored.
It NAV be dubbed 1.-THE hub of the Sacra-
mento Valley" 1t is lab miles nerth OF
San Francisco and fifty-three miles north
OF Sacramento.
The growth of the city has beer steady
and permanent, based upon actual de-
mands. and what is found here can be ae-
counted for upon the basis of existing to
supply present instead OF prospective
demand. As a trading point Marysville
has ever ranked with the ordinary town
of Is. 600 inhabitants, this being accounted
Tor by the nature and extent OF its tribu-
tary country.
The city has a fine system of water
works and first-class electric light plant.
No interior town is better lighted Than
Marysville. Then there are excellent
public schools, substantial brick court.