In 1859 Tacitus Ryland Arbuckle located a homestead in the Sacramento Valley, and in 1875 had the land plotted for a town site. The legendary Arbuckle founded the town, deeded the lots, furnished the nails, and helped build the first houses in what . . . — — Map (db m54548) HM
College City is the site of the Pierce Christian College established in 1874 through the generosity of Andrew Pierce, founder of both the town and the college. The college provided Christian education for the young people of the area until the . . . — — Map (db m41810) HM
This house, also called the Tin House because of its pressed metal siding has a symmetrical façade that is suggestive of a Colonial Revival influence. In the 1890’s a flour mill was located on this site but eventually closed because of continued . . . — — Map (db m72987) HM
Center section of the former Colusa Bridge across the Sacramento River at the end of Bridge Street. Constructed 1899-1901 and replaced 1979-80. Nominated for inclusion on Federal Register 1978. — — Map (db m63416) HM
Erected in 1861, this Federal/Classic Revival style building is the oldest remaining courthouse in the Sacramento Valley. The “Southern” style reflects the county’s heritage from the Ante-Bellum South and states-rights sympathies during . . . — — Map (db m57626) HM
Lower Marker
Colusa Union High School
Has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
By the United States
Department of the Interior
Built 1926
Upper Marker:
Colusa
Union High School . . . — — Map (db m18139) HM
In the 1850s, Chinese came to California, a land they called Gum Shan, meaning Mountain of Gold, for the same reason as other nationalities: to seek their fortune. As the placer gold played out, Chinese took jobs building railroads, dams, levees, . . . — — Map (db m54986) HM
The property upon which this house sits has been owned by several notable California pioneers including John Bidwell and Charles D. Semple. It is unknown who built this house and exactly when. It is known however that the first resident of the house . . . — — Map (db m118596) HM
Site of the first Catholic mass to be said in Colusa County, May 1856. In 1864, a Catholic mission was conducted and a large wooden cross erected to commemorate the occasion. Masses, pilgrimages and visits were made here continuously thereafter. In . . . — — Map (db m6144) HM
This valley was settled in 1855 by Jack and David
Lett. The present lake spillway is the site of a
tunnel built by them to facilitate drainage. Both
brothers were killed in 1877, at the site of the
present camp grounds, in an attempt to . . . — — Map (db m241713) HM
President First Constitutional
Convention September 4, 1849.
A member of the Bear Flag Party
June, 1846. One of the founders
of Colusa 1850. Died Oct. 1854. — — Map (db m18130) HM
