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Brief
History:
The Maidu were the people
living in the area of Sutter County when
European settlers arrived.
Sutter County was one of the original
counties of California, created in 1850 at
the time of statehood. Parts of the county
were given to Placer County in 1852.
Sutter County is named after John
Augustus Sutter, a German native born to
Swiss parents. He was one of the first
Europeans
to recognize the Sacramento Valley for
its potential in agriculture. His Hock Farm,
established in 1841 on the Feather River
just south of present-day Yuba City,
was the site of the first major farm in the
Central Valley, and used extensive slave
labor
from Natives in order to function.
Sutter obtained the Rancho New
Helvetia Mexican land grant, and called his
first settlement New Helvetia (which
included
the present day city of Sacramento).
In 1850, Sutter retired to Hock Farm when
the gold rush led to him losing his holdings
in Sacramento.
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2014)
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