A history of Olivehurst,
then and now
Postcards, papers and photographs of Olivehurst from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Olivehurst was first largely settled by people from the Midwest during the Great Depression who were looking for fertile land, availability of jobs and a better future. People from the town have been known to refer to this group of people as "Okies", a term originally for those from Oklahoma who were escaping the "dust bowl" Oklahoma had become during the Great Depression. This is why some of the streets are named after cities in Oklahoma. These "Okies" were following migrant workers such as those of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Mexican and Native American background.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Olivehurst’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewOlivehurst, 2 miles south of Mary…, 1940: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Olivehurst
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Olivehurst, decade by decade
CommonsOlivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, Calif…1940
CommonsOlivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, Calif…1940
CommonsD Street, Marysville, Yuba County, California. Old-style Ca…1940
CommonsOlivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, Calif…1940
CommonsOlivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, Calif…1940
CommonsOlivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, Calif…19401990s
Nothing in Olivehurst is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Olivehurst has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bok Kai Temple in Marysville, 4.2 miles away.
Olivehurst and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Olivehurst, 2 miles south of Marysville, Yuba County, California. Air view of the city of Marysville (1940) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.