history of marysville Traditional Cache
retiredprof: I am 76 years old, with some health issues, and am unable to do maintenance like I used to. So, RIP little cache...
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the cache is located a short distance from the main highway that heads north thru marysville. you can park within 10 feet of the cache. [NOTE (9-20-11): due to construction fence, cache moved 30 feet SSE of original G/Z and coords updated on 10-26-11]
in 1842 john sutter leased the land--which would later become the city of marysville--to theodore cordua. cordua raised livesock on the land and in 1843 built a home and trading post at what is now the southern end of D street. in 1844 cordua obtained an additional seven leagues of land, adjacent to that leased from sutter, from the mexican government.
charles covillaud, a former employee of cordua, struck it rich in the gold fields and returned to buy one-half of the cordua ranch in 1848. the other half was purchased by michael nye and william foster in january 1849. nye and foster, brothers-in-law to covillaud's new wife mary, then sold their interest to covillaud.
during the gold rush, the ranch became a point of debarkation for river boats from san francisco and sacramento filled with miners on their way to the "diggins".
in 1850 the land was surveyed and a master plan was made for the town. along with land development came government and the name "marysville," named for couvillaud's new wife, mary murphy. mary was a survivor of the ill-fated donner party. marysville prospered during the gold rush era, becoming one of the largest cities in california. in 1857 alone, over ten million in gold was shipped from marysville's banks to the u.s. mint in san francisco.
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