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8 miles (13 km) south of Colusa on CA-45 39°06′56″N 121°56′15″W / 39.115551°N 121.937517°W / 39.115551; -121.937517 ( Grand Island Colusa
A reclamation district represents former wetlands that were drained for agriculture. The reclamation districts were created by acts of State Legislature, mostly in the early 1900s in order to allow land to be used for agriculture. For example, Reclamation District No. 1000 was created on April 8, 1911. [4]
Many American reclamation districts were established prior to 1900 when local land owners first started working to put new land into agricultural production. Much of the lands "reclaimed" by 19th century reclamation districts were natural wetlands. Since wetlands are subject to flooding, these lands often were adjacent to sources of water ...
Colusa is a city and county seat of Colusa County, California, located in the Sacramento Valley region of the Central Valley. The population was 5,971 at the 2010 census, up from 5,402 at the 2000 census. Colusi originates from the local Coru Native American tribe, who in the 1840s lived on the opposite side of the Sacramento River.
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Sites is an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California, United States. [1] It lies at an elevation of 299 feet (91 m ). Its ZIP code is 95979 and its area code is 530 .
Present-day Colusa County was included as part of three Mexican land grants: John Bidwell's smaller 1845 Rancho Colus grant, which included the modern city of Colusa; [16] the larger 1844 Rancho Jimeno grant, which surrounded the Colus grant; [17] [16] and the 1844 Larkin's Children grant, located upriver from Colusa near the present town of ...