Yuba County, California History Transcribed by Kathy Sedler This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives http://calarchives4u.com/ These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter. All persons donating to this site retain the rights to their own work. These are the TABLES, the end of chapter 50. Governors of the Colony, Territory and State of California:  From the Year 1767 To 1878 SPANISH GOVERNORS YEARS: FROM TO Gaspar de Portala 1767 1771 Felipe Barri 1771 1774 Felipe de Neve 1774 1782 Pedro Fages 1782 1790 Jose Antonio Romen 1790 1792 Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga 1792 1794 Diego de Borica 1794 1800 Jose Joaquin de Arrillaga 1800 1814 Jose Arguello 1814 1815 Pablo Vincente de Sola 1815 1822 MEXICAN GOVERNORS YEARS: FROM TO Pablo Vincente de Sola 1822 1823 Luis Arguello 1823 1825 Jose Maria Echeandia 1825 1831 Manuel Victoria 1831 1832 Pio Pico 1832 1833 Jose Figueroa 1833 1835 Jose Castro 1835 1836 Nicholas Guiterrez 1836 .... Mariano Chico 1836 .... Nicholas Guiterrez 1836 .... Juan B. Alvarado 1836 1842 Manuel Micheltorena 1842 1845 Pio Pico 1845 1846 AMERICAN MILITARY GOVERNOR YEAR Commodore John D. Sloat 1846 Commodore Robert F. Stockt 1846 Colonel John C. Fremont 1847 General Stephen W. Kearney 1847 Colonel Richard B. Mason 1847 General Bennett Riley 1849 STATE GOVERNORS YEAR *Peter H. Burnett 1849 John McDougall 1851 John Bigler 1852 J. Neeley Johnson 1856 John B. Weller 1858 *Milton S. Latham 1860 John G. Downey 1860 Leland Stanford 1862 +Frederick F. Low 1863 Henry H. Haight 1867 *Newton Booth 1871 Romauldo Pacheco 1875 William Irwin 1875 * = Resigned, + = Term of office increased from two to four years Altitude and Distance of Prominent Points Visible Ffom Summit of Mt. Diablo, Given by Prof. Davidson of U.S. Coast Survey. NAME OF PLACE ALTITUDE DISTANCE Sea Horizon .... 83 Clay Street Hill 387 32 South Farralone Island 200 66 Mount St. Helena 4,343 68 Mount Tamalpias 2,604 39 Snow Mount 7,000 114 Mount Monticello 3,030 57 Mount Vaia 2,340 35 State Capital .... 53 Marysville Buttes 2,030 92 Lassen's Peak 10,650 183 Downieville Buttes 8,720 157 Tola Mountains 9,280 138 Pine Hill, Folsom 2,150 77 Pyramid Mountain 10,290 114 Round Top 10,650 120 Stanislaus Peak 11,500 125 Mount Lyell 10,000 144 Mount Hamilton 4,300 52 Mount Bache 3,790 54 Mount Diablo 3,856 .... Santa Luna Range 6,200 132 Altitude of Mountains and Waterfalls of Yosemite: Mountains Name Indian Name Altitude El Capitan Tu-tock-a-mul-la 3,300 Cathedral Rocks Poo-see-na chuck- 2,660 Cathedral Spires ...... 1,800 Three Brothers Pom-pom-pa-sus 3,830 Union Rocks Hep-se-tuck-a-nah 3,500 Sentinel Rock Loya 3,043 Sentinel Dome ..... 4,500 Glacier Rock Pa-til-i-mah 3,200 Royal Arches To-coy-ae 1,600 Washington Column Hun-to 1,875 North Dome ..... 3,568 South Dome Tis-sa-ack 4,737 Mount Watkins Way-an 2,900 Cloud's Rest ..... 6,034 Cap of Liberty ..... 4,000 Mount Starr King ..... 5,600 Waterfalls Cataract ..... 900 Bridal Veil Po-ho-no 630 Yosemite Yosemite 2,634 First Fall ..... 1,600 Second Fall ..... 600 Third Fall 434 Vernal Py-wy-ack 350 Nevada Yo-wy-ye 700 South Fork Il-lil-ouette 600 Royal Arch Falls Yo-coy-ae 1,000 Sentinel Falls Loya 3,000 OFFICIAL VOTE OF THE STATE OF CAL. 1876 First District:  San Francisco County:  President, Hayes, 21,165; Tilden, 20,395; Congress, Davis, 22,134; Piper, 19,363. Second District: COUNTIES Hayes Tilden Page Carpenter Alameda 4938 3348 5005 3258 Alpine 110 65 110 65 Amador 1172 1315 1191 1292 Calaveras 885 936 916 903 Contra Costa 1184 837 1188 834 El Dorado 1331 1441 1357 1362 Nevada 2300 1905 2318 1886 Placer 1610 1278 1668 1220 Sacramento 3837 2484 3873 2449 San Joaquin 2272 1850 2310 1806 Tuolumne 808 917 879 841 Totals .... .... 20,815 15,916 Third District: COUNTIES Hayes Tilden McKenna Luttrell Butte 1665 1635 1641 1658 Colusa 766 1468 764 1469 Del Norte 186 229 185 229 Humboldt 1637 1127 1614 1141 Lake 379 703 374 707 Lassen 256 227 255 229 Marin 651 619 650 611 Mendocino 929 1282 919 1279 Modoc 208 322 215 311 Napa 1153 963 1149 962 Plumas 583 501 580 507 Shasta 625 641 624 635 Sierra 917 509 888 536 Siskiyou 718 861 719 845 Solano 1952 1752 1972 1708 Sonoma 2432 2907 2420 2913 Sutter 550 553 543 563 Tehama 646 675 626 694 Trinity 388 408 391 400 Yolo 1233 1360 1239 1349 Yuba 1250 1077 1222 1100 Totals .... .... 19,010 19,846 Fourth District: COUNTIES Hayes Tilden Pacheco Wigginton Fresno 338 968 349 937 Inyo 343 375 340 373 Kern 556 844 555 831 Los Angeles 3040 3614 3187 3453 Mariposa 365 554 410 490 Merced 558 804 572 776 Mono 153 125 151 126 Monterey 1183 1011 1208 986 San Benito 485 663 424 668 San Bernadino 673 607 720 557 San Diego 794 668 815 623 San Luis Obispo 771 944 879 834 San Mateo 871 696 885 679 Santa Barbara 1174 743 1263 650 Santa Clara 3336 3065 3332 3059 Santa Cruz 1537 1132 1531 1125 Stanislaus 801 1097 805 1085 Tulare 986 1370 1014 1319 Ventura 608 591 664 532 Totals .... .... 19,104 19,103