Colusa County Bibliography

Though quite an undertaking, the previous County Coordinators and various volunteers have compiled a list of 'written' material referencing Colusa County. Though not complete, this list is a great resource for the researching looking for written material about Colusa County as well as its inhabitants. A great big thank you to all who contributed! And if YOU have an item you would like to share, please contact the webmaster who will add your book, pamphlet, newspaper or such to this list!

  • 1870 Federal Census, Spring Valley Township, Colusa County, California, by Joyce E Dawley, The Society, 1991.
  • An Otterson Family Saga, George W. Otterson, editor, Colusa, Calif.: L.A. Otterson, c1996, 758 pp. (Colusa County biography)
  • Arbuckle and College City, by Helen D. Young, Pioneer Publishing Co., 1978, 182 pp., ISBN-10:0914330136, ISBN-13:978-0914330134.
  • Archeological Observations of A Wintun Indian Site Near Colusa, by John S. Clemmer, a CCFA report for Humble Oil and Refining Company, Sacramento, Central California Archeological Foundation, 1962?, 9 pp.
  • Back in Time: Stonyford Community History, compiled and written by Joyce Bond, Beulah Vanlandingham, and Sharky Moore, Stonyford, California, 1993. 407 pp. (Colusa County history)
  • Battling the River: A History of Reclamation District 108, by George Basye, 126 pp. (Colusa County history)
  • CA-MG Carbonate Deposits, Warnick Canyon, Colusa County, California (SuDoc I 19.76:92-707), by Robert L. Oscarson, U.S. Dept. of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey Books and Open-File Reports Section, distributor, 1993.
  • California Cattleman, J. Edgar Dick, editor, Wenatchee, WA:, 1919-, Pub Date Vol. 49, No. 3, March, 1966. (Colusa County cattle/history)
  • California Heartland: A Pictorial History and Tour Guide of Eight Northern California Counties: Yuba, Sutter, Colusa, Glenn, Butte, Nevada, Sierra, Plumas, by Sandra Brubaker Shephard, Scottwall Associates; November 1993, 208 pp., ISBN-10:0942087070, ISBN-13:978-0942087079.
  • California's Inland Empire: The Sacramento Valley, by Will S. Green of Colusa, President of the Sacramento Valley Development Association, in Sunset Magazine, Vol. VIII, No. 6, April 1902, Southern Pacific Company, 1901, pp. 231-250. (Digitized Verson)
  • Cemetery Inscriptions of Colusa County, California, compiled and published by the Colusa Genealogical Society, Colusa, California 1990.
  • Colusa, published by Colusa High School, the Yearbook Staff, and the Associated Students, Colusa, CA: Colusa High School, cc1911- (annual high school yearbooks)
  • Colusa County, by the Colusa Board of Trade, Colusa Sun, 12 pp.
  • Colusa County, by W. L. Watts, in Report of the State Mineralogist, Issue 11, California State Mining Bureau, State Office, 1893, pp. 179-188. (Digitized Version)
  • Colusa County, in A View of California as It Is: Containing reliable information on the natural resources of the state; its agricultural, mining, and manufacturing industries; its commerce, climate, history, population, etc. etc. With a description of each county of California, and of the Pacific states and..., by Joseph Weed, Bynon Wright, 1874, pp. 66-67. (Digitized Version)
  • Colusa County, in Guide to the County Archives of California, Vol. 2, by California Historical Survey Commission, California State Printing Office, 1919, pp. 130-141. (Digitized Version)
  • Colusa County, in The State Register and Year Book of Facts, Henry G. Langley and Samuel A. Mathews, 1859, pp. 320-322. (Digitized Version)
  • Colusa County Annual: Being A Holiday Supplement to the Weekly Colusa Sun, January 1, 1881, by Colusa County Genealogical Society, Williams, Calif.: Colusa County Genealogical Society, [1985?] (1881 Colusa County directory, Colusa County Holiday Supplement to the Weekly Colusa Sun, January 1, 1881, Weekly Colusa Sun.)
  • Colusa County, California, by Colusa County Chamber of Commerce, 16 pp.
  • Colusa County, California, by Ellis T Crane; De Jarnatt & Crane., Publisher: Colusa, Calif., Dejarnatt & Crane, 1887, 104 pp. (Available in the University of California Libraries)
  • Colusa County, California: Illustrations descriptive of its scenery, fine residences, public buildings, manufactories, hotels, farm scenes...with historical sketch of the county, Elliott & Moore, 1880, 196 pp.
  • Colusa County During the Civil War, by Randall J Brown, Arbuckle, Calif., published by the author, 1973.
  • Colusa County: Its history traced from a state of nature through the early period of settlement and development to the present day with a description of its resources, statistical tables, etc.: also biographical sketches of pioneers and prominent residents, by Justus H. Rogers, 1891, 473 pp. (Digitized Version)
  • Colusa County -Lawful Fences in Business Law for Business Men; a reference book showing the laws of California for daily use in business affairs, by Anthony Jennings Bledsoe, A.J. Bledsoe, 1903. (Digitized Version)
  • Colusa County Maps (or maps that include Colusa County, many of which are located in University of California Libraries or listed on WorldCat)
    • Arbuckle, Colusa County, California, 1894 (Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., 1978. (Available at the University of California Libraries.)
    • Arbuckle, Colusa County, California, 1889 (Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., L.C. Photocopy Service, 1978. (Available at University of California Libraries)
    • Colusa, Colusa County, California, 1889 (Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., New York: The Company, 1889. (Available at the University of California Libraries.)
    • Colusa, Colusa County, California, 1897 ( Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., New York: The Company, 1897. (Available at the University of California Libraries.)
    • Arbuckle, Colusa County, California, 1903 (Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., L.C. Photocopy Service, 1978. (Available at University of California Libraries)
    • Colusa County, California - Colusa Quadrangle (Map), by Edward Morehouse Douglas; C. H. Birdseye; United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.: 1907. (Available at WorldCat Libraries)
    • Colusa County, California - Arbuckle Quadrangle (Map), by Edward Morehouse Douglas; W. N Vance; H. R. Ferris; United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.: United States, Dept. of the Interior, 1918. (Available at WorldCat Libraries)
    • Colusa County, California - Delevan Quadrangle (Map), by Edward Morehouse Douglas; George R Davis; United States Geological Survey, United States, Dept. of the Interior, 1917. (Available at WorldCat Libraries)
    • Colusa County, California - Williams Quadrangle (Map), by Edward Morehouse Douglas; C. L. Nelson; E. R. Bartlett; United States Geological Survey, Washington, D.C.: Dept. of the Interior, 1918. (Available at WorldCat Libraries)
    • Colusa County Property Ownership Maps, Plat Book & Guide, Echoe-Map Publishing Co., San Mateo, California, 2007. (Map listed in MELVYL search available at the U.S. Davis Library, Davis, California.)
    • Colusa County Map, California (Map), by Harry Freese; Thomas Bros. Maps, Oakland, Calif.: Thomas Bros. Maps, 1946?. (Available at University of California Libraries)
    • Colusa County Map, California (Map), by Harry Freese, Oakland, Calif., 1955. (Available at University of California Libraries)
    • Colusa County Map, California (Map), by Harry Freese, Oakland, Calif.: H. Freese, 1963? (Available at University of California Libraries)
    • Colusa County Map, California (Map), by Harmon Hann; Colusa County Chamber of Commerce, Colusa, Calif., 1965.
    • Denny's Pocket Map of Colusa County, California (Map), by Edward Denny & Co., San Francisco: The Company, ©1913. (Available at University of California Libraries)
    • Germantown, Colusa County, California, 1889 (Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co.: New York: The Co., 1889.
    • Princeton, Colusa County, California, 1912 (Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., New York: The Company, 1912. (Available at University of California Libraries)
    • Williams, Colusa County, California, 1889 (Map), by Sanborn Map & Publishing Co., New York: The Company, 1889. (Available at University of California Libraries)
  • Colusa County Sandstone Builds Some of The World's Most Famous Buildings, by John L. Morton, Colusa County historian.
  • Colusa County v. Glenn County, in The Pacific Reporter, (Sacramento 240) Supreme Court of California, July 1, 1897, pp. 457-460. (Digitized Version)
  • Colusa County v. Glenn County in The Southeastern Reporter, Vol. 91, National Reporter System: State series, West Publishing Company, 1917, pp. 824. (Digitized Version)
  • Durham's Place Names of California's South Sacramento Valley: Includes Colusa, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba and Yolo Counties, by David L. Durham, Durham's Place-Names of California Series, Word Dancer Press, Jan. 2001, 94 pp., ISBN-10:1884995365, ISBN-13:978-1884995361.
  • The Economic Resources of the City of Colusa, California, Colusa Citizens Economic Resource Study Committee, 1962, 85 pp.
  • Family Operated Farms in Colusa County, California: A Preliminary Research Report (*WRDC discussion paper) by Jerry A Moles, Western Rural Development Center, 1975, 21 pp.
  • Family Footprints Vol. 1, The Ancestry of Charles L. Sutliff with Descendants of George Warren Sutliff, His Grandfather, compiled and published by Evelyn L. Ballew and Ida W. Frank.
  • Farming in West Central Colusa County, including rice growing, drainage problems, and hunting clubs, 1915-1970 (Association for Northern California Records... program. Northeastern California project), by Charles Dennis.
  • Finding Guide to the California Indian Library Collections: Colusa County, edited by Jeannine Davis-Kimball, California Indian Library Collections, Berkeley, Calif.: Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Distributed by California State Library Foundation c 1993, 338 pp.
  • The Fruchtenicht / Rechter Family of Grand Island, Colusa County, California, by Mary Catherine Gillaspy McMurtry, published by the author, 1997, 220 pp.
  • The Great Boggs Ranch of Colusa County, California, by C.M. Wooster Company, San Francisco, Calif., C.M. Wooster Co., 1911.
  • Hillinger's California: Stories From All 58 Counties, by Charles Hillinger; with a foreword by Bob Hope. Publisher Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, c1997. 284 pp. (Includes Chapter six: Colusa County: The Southern Connection.)
  • Historic Legends of Colusa County (Bi-centennial series), by Fred S Cook, California Traveler, Inc., 1976, 32 pp.
  • Historical Property Survey Report for the Proposed Replacement of the Sacramento River Bridge at Colusa in Colusa County, California, by Robert Gerry, published by CH2M Hill, 1978, 1 vol.
  • History of Colusa and Glenn Counties California, with Biographical Sketches of The Leading Men and Women of the Counties who have been Identified with their Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present, by Charles Davis McComish and Mrs. Rebecca T. Lambert, Los Angeles, California: Historic Record Company, 1918. (Online Versions)
  • History of Monroeville Cemetery 1851-1910, by Charles K. Price, published by the Colusa County Historical Society, c1980.
  • History of Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Colusa, California, by Rosemary Beebe, Colusa, California, Beebe, c1984. 102 pp.
  • History of the John Pope Bainbridge Family in California, with genealogical and historical data on the beginnings of the family in America in the latter part of the 17th century, by Paul Edward Gallagher, Sacramento, 1965, 195 pp.
  • If the Walls Could Talk: Colusa's Architectural Heritage, by Jane Foster Carter; introduction by W. H. Hutchinson, Heritage Preservation Committee, 1988. 305 pp. (Colusa County architecture/historical buildings)
  • Index to Wills and Probate Records of Colusa County, California, 1850-1944, by Colusa County Genealogical Society, 1989, 21 pp.
  • The Patton Family: Limited to the Ancestors and Descendants of Samuel Kelsey Nelson Patton (1816-1886), published by Richard E. Patton, 2006. 113 pp. (Colusa County family)
  • Population Schedules (Census) of United States - Colusa County - Images available on the Internet Archive in pdf:
    • Population Schedules of the Seventh Census, 1850, California [microform], United States National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration - includes ColusaCounty. (PDF Version)
    • Population Schedules of the Eighth Census of the United States, 1860, California [microform] United States National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration - includes Colusa County. (PDF Version)
    • Population Schedules of the Ninth Census of the United States, 1870, California [microform], United States National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Vol.: Reel 0071 - 1870 California Federal Population Census Schedules - includes Colusa County. (PDF Version)
    • Population Schedules of the Tenth Census, 1880, California [microform], National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Volume: Reel 0064 - 1880 California Federal Population Census Schedules - includes Colusa County. (PDF Version)
    • Population Schedules of the Twelfth Census of Population, 1900 [microform], California, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, includes Colusa County. (PDF Version)
    • Population Schedules of the Thirteenth Census, 1910 [microform] California, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration - includes Colusa County. (PDF Version)
    • Population Schedules of the Fourteenth Census of Population, 1920 [microform], California, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, California Federal Population Census Schedules - includes Colusa County. (PDF Version)
    • Population Schedules of the Fifteenth Census, Population, 1930 [microform], California, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, California Federal Population Census Schedules - includes Colusa County. (PDF Version)
  • The Road Not Forgotten: The Journey of Japanese Descendents in Butte, Colusa, Sutter and Yuba Counties (1889-1995), The Marysville chapter Japanese American Citizens League Historical Book Committee, Marysville, Calif., Marysville Chapter Japanese American Citizens League, c1995. 139 pp.
  • Sheep in Old Colusa County and Glenn County, by Anna Belle C Sexton, 1975, 20 pp.
  • Schohr & Browning Histories: Annals of Our Forebears to 1997, researched, compiled, and written by Barbara Stohlman, Nancy Vogel, Sandra Waller, Sacramento, Calif., Nancy Vogel, c1997. 546 pp. (Colusa County biography)
  • Stonyford Pedigree, by Ida W. Frank and Carlton M. Smith, 1988, 767 pp. A compilation of genealogies of early settlers living in the Stonyford area prior to 1900 and their descendants wherever they may be found today.
  • The Struckmeyer Family, by Richard E. Patton, Colusa, California, 2005, 90 pp. (Colusa County genealogy)
  • The Town of Maxwell: From the Beginning, 1878 to the Present, by Wilmeth M. Johnson and the Maxwell Centennial Committee, Willows, Calif.: DeGaa Press, c1981, 207 pp. (Colusa County history)
  • Waste Family History, by Corby Waste, published by the author, 2008. (eBook - Available at WorldCat Libraries)
  • The Williams Pioneer Review, Williams, CA: Andrea Moore, 2008- , Bi-weekly Publication, Vol. 1, No. 1, Feb. 22, 2008.
  • Willows (Images of America Series), by J. Wright and E. Whisman, Museum Society of Willows, Arcadia Publishing, 2010, 128 pp., ISBN-10:0738580600, ISBN-13:978-0738580609.
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