Colusa’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 3 old photos of Colusa. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In 1850, Charles D. Semple purchased the Rancho Colus Mexican land grant on which Colusa was founded and called the place Salmon Bend. The town was founded, under the name Colusi, by Semple in 1850. The first post office was established the following year, 1851. The California legislature changed the town's (and the county's) name to Colusa in 1854. The town flourished due to its location on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Several travelers rest stops were established at various road distances from Colusa, including Five Mile House, Seven Mile House, Nine Mile House, Ten Mile House, Eleven Mile House, Fourteen Mile House (also called Sterling Ranch), Sixteen Mile House (at the current location of Princeton), and Seventeen Mile House. The original settlement of what became Colusa was originally placed at the site of Seven Mile House but subsequently removed to its current site in 1850.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Colusa’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Colusa’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewColusa Cty Courthouse 1908, 1908: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Colusa, decade by decade
1990s
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Colusa Cty Courthouse 1908 (1908) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Historic places
National Register · via Wikidata
From Wikimedia Commons (4), the Library of Congress (1) and the National Register (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.