Yuba River
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The Yuba River is a tributary of the Feather River in the Sierra Nevada and eastern Sacramento Valley, in the U.S. state of California. The main stem of the river is about 40 miles long, and its headw
At South Yuba River State Park
Large gold nugget from the Yuba River placers, weight 182 g.
Yuba River at Parks Bar, 1991
Josefa Segovia
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Josefa Segovia, also known as Juanita or Josefa Loaiza, was a Californio woman who was lynched by hanging in Downieville, California, United States, on July 5, 1851. She is known as the first recorded
Yuba River
…Californios had no immunity. Within a few years, these diseases wiped out most of the native population. The Yuba river is also the site of the lynching of Josefa Segovia. In 1851 she was hung on the Jersey bridge on Yuba River for self defense against an Anglo-American man. The Yuba River and its forks were one of the…
Artist's impression of Segovia's hanging, from William Downie's Hunting for Gold, published 1893