History of Marysville:
Theodore Cordua leased land from John A Sutter in the
fall of 1842. Cordua later named the land the City of
Marysville. Cordua raised livestock on the land and
in 1843 built a home and trading post at which is now
known as the southern end of "D" Street.
Cordua obtained an additional seven leagues of land
in 1844, adjacent to that leased from Sutter, from the
Mexican government.A former employee of Cordua known
as Charles Covillaud, 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 C. 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. In October of the same
year, Covillaud sold three-fourths of the ranch to Jose
Ramirez, John Sampson, and Theodore Sicard.
During the Gold Rush, the ranch became a point of debarkation
for riverboats from San Francisco and Sacramento filled
with miners on their way to the 'diggins'. In 1850.
The four partners hired a French surveyor named Augustus
Le Plongeon to create a master plan for a town.
Newly arrived Attorney Stephen Fields purchased 65 lots
and drew up a proper deed for the land being sold. Along
with land development came government and the name "Marysville",
named for Covillaud's new wife, Mary Murphy. Mary was
a survivor of the ill-fated Donner Party.
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