Information about California State Historic Landmarks in
Yuba County, California.
HISTORIC SITE: Wheatland Hop Rio of 1913
CALIFORNIA LANDMARK: #1003
LOCATION: South "A" Street and 6th Street in Wheatland
DESCRIPTION:
The Wheatland Hop Riot was one of the most important and well-known
events in California labor history. A bloody clash occurred at the
Durst Ranch on August 3, 1913, climaxing growing tensions brought
about by the difficult conditions farm laborers at the ranch endured.
The riot resulted in four deaths and many injuries.
It focused public opinion for the first time on the plight of
California's agricultural laborers, and resulted in new state
legislation to regulate labor camp conditions. A new State
Commission on Immigration and Housing was created to help
improve working conditions. Beyond that, the Wheatland
Hop Riot was the first major farm labor confrontation in
California and the harbinger of decades of attempts to
organize or control agricultural labor.
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Wikipedia "Wheatland Hop Riot" Article
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Picture of the Durst Hop Ranch and Riot Marker
HISTORIC SITE: Timbuctoo Historic Site
CALIFORNIA LANDMARK: #320
PLAQUE LOCATION: State Hwy 20, Timbuctoo Rd, 1 mile W of Smartville
DESCRIPTION:
In 1855, Timbuctoo was the largest town in eastern Yuba County.
At the height of its prosperity it contained a church, theater,
stores, hotels, and saloons, a Wells Fargo office, and the
Stewart Bros. store which was restored in 1928 and dedicated
to the town's pioneer men and women.
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Wikipedia "Timbuctoo California" Article
HISTORIC SITE: Smartsville Historic Site
CALIFORNIA LANDMARK: #321
LOCATION: On State Hwy 20 in Smartville
DESCRIPTION:
The first building at Smartsville (the post office is called Smartville)
was built in the spring of 1856 by a Mr. Smart.
The Church of the Immaculate Conception (organized in 1852 in Rose's Bar)
was built in 1861, and in 1863 the Union Church was erected.
One of the prominent features of the landscape of the town
today is its churches.
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Wikipedia "Smartsville California" Article
HISTORIC SITE: Johnson's Ranch
CALIFORNIA LANDMARK: #493
LOCATION: Tomita Park, Front Street, BT 4th and Main St, Wheatland
DESCRIPTION:
First settlement reached in California by emigrant trains using the
Emigrant Trail (aka the Donner Trail). This was an original part of the
1844 Don Pablo Gutierrez Land Grant. It was sold at auction to
William Johnson in 1845, and in 1849 part of the ranch was set
aside as a government reserve-Camp Far West. In 1866, the
town of Wheatland was laid out on a portion of the grant.
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Picture of the Johnson's Ranch Plaque
HISTORIC SITE: Overland Emigrant Trail
CALIFORNIA LANDMARK: #799-2
MARKER LOCATION: Big Bend Ranger Station, 2008 Hampshire Rocks Rd, W of Soda Springs)
DESCRIPTION:
Over a hundred years ago, this trail resounded to creaking wheels of
pioneer wagons and the cries of hardy travelers on their way to the
gold fields. It is estimated that over thirty thousand people used
this trail in 1849. Rocks near this site still bear the marks of
wagon wheels. For those early travelers, the next ordeal was a
tortuous descent into Bear Valley.
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Picture of the Johnson's Crossing Trail Terminus Marker
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Wikipedia "California Trail" Article
HISTORIC SITE: Bok Kai Temple
CALIFORNIA LANDMARK: #889
LOCATION: SW Corner of First Street and "D" Street, Marysville
DESCRIPTION:
Dedicated March 21, 1880, this building replaced the first
temple built nearby in the early 1850s. It has been a
Chinese community project since 1866, serving as a meeting
hall, court, school, and place of worship. In this
'Palace of Many Saints,' Bok Eye, the water god, is the
central deity and has been celebrated in Marysville on
Bomb Day since Chinese settled here.
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Wikipedia "Bok Kai Temple" Article
(also designated national historic place #75000498)
HISTORIC SITE: Marysville Japanese-American Assembly Center
CALIFORNIA LANDMARK: #934
LOCATION: Yuba County Fairgrounds, Marysville
DESCRIPTION:
The temporary detention camps (also known as 'assembly centers')
represent the first phase of the mass incarceration of 97,785
Californians of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Pursuant
to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D.
Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, thirteen makeshift
detention facilities were constructed at various California
racetracks, fairgrounds, and labor camps. These facilities
were intended to confine Japanese Americans until more
permanent concentration camps, such as those at Manzanar
and Tule Lake in California, could be built in isolated
areas of the country. Beginning on March 30, 1942, all
native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of
Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to
surrender themselves for
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Arboca Japanese Relocation Center Sign
Resources
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State of California: State Historic Landmarks in Yuba County
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Wikipedia: California Historical Landmarks in Yuba County
Visitor Attractions in Yuba County
Yuba County Travel Guide
Sacramento Valley of California
Gold Country Region of California
