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The Cosumnes River Preserve is a nature preserve of over 51,000 acres (210 km 2) located 20 miles (30 km) south of Sacramento, in the US state of California.The preserve protects a Central Valley remnant that once contained one of the largest expanses of oak tree savanna, riparian oak forest and wetland habitat in North America. [1]
The rancheria (or reservation) consists of 38.5 acres (156,000 m 2) of land [4] located in the Sacramento Valley, near the city of Elk Grove in the community of Wilton. It was put in trust for the tribe by the Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, as at the time the tribe was landless.
Originally was known as the Sheldon Grant, the rancho was divided into Sheldon's Ranch, and Daylor's Ranch. In 1846 Sheldon’s flour mill (gristmill) on the Cosumnes was in operation. In 1847, Sheldon married Catherine Rhoads (1832–1905) and Daylor married her sister, Sarah Rhoads (1830–1898).
The United States Congress enacted the Rancheria Termination Act in 1953, which terminated federal trust responsibilities to the Auburn Band, among many other California Indian tribes. Only a 2.8-acre (11,000 m 2) parcel of land with a park and a church remained after the government sold the Auburn Rancheria land. In 1967, the United States ...
Cosumnes Oaks High School in Elk Grove, California; Rancho Cosumnes in Sacramento County, California This page was last edited on 31 July 2016, at 01:50 (UTC). ...
Students and staff at Cosumnes River College in Sacramento were told to shelter in place for more than 90 minutes on Monday due to a “threat of violence against the campus,” community college ...
The Cosumnes River is a river in northern California in the United States. It rises on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada and flows approximately 52.5 miles (84.5 km) [2] into the Central Valley, emptying into the Mokelumne River in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The Cosumnes is one of very few rivers in the western Sierra without major ...
MONROE — Less than three weeks into 2023, Pastor Heather Boone of Oaks of Righteousness Christian Ministries made the announcement Oaks Homeless Shelter, 1018 E. Second St. in Monroe, would ...