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The Department is in the process of constructing an historical photographic essay to be incorporated in this section of the website. Please check back as we progress with this project. If you have photos pertaining to the Department's path through history, please contact Retired Chief Doscher.
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John Sutter Received a land grant from the Mexican Government of 50,000 acres in 1841. This was later to become what is now Sutter County, and its County Seat - Yuba City.
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Bridge and Second Street prior to the incorporation of Yuba City - circa 1890 - Photo Courtesy of the Sutter County Memorial Museum
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Top- Sutter County Courthouse - 1899.
Marshal Chism had his office in this Courthouse prior to and just after, City incorporation. Bottom - The building was destroyed by fire in 1899, but rebuilt.
Photo Credit: Sutter County local history photograph collection. Sutter County Library, Yuba City, California.
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Sutter County Courthouse (View from the South) circa 1924.
Photo Credit-Charles I. Davis
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Left - Yuba City's 1st Mayor: J.W. Ashley 1908 - Right - Yuba City's 1st Town Marshal: William Chism 1908
Photo Credit - Mayor Ashley - Sutter County local history photograph collection. Sutter County Library, Yuba City, California.
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The Yuba City Town Council, shortly after incorporation, rented office space for Marshal Chism in the above building. The structure still stands at the corner of Bridge and Yolo Streets in the City.
Photo Credit: Sutter County local history photograph collection. Sutter County Library, Yuba City, California.
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