Napa ~ Plumas County California Newspapers, 1894

Napa County

Population, 16,411; wines and agriculture. There is no kind of fruit that will not do well in Napa count}', and her wines hold an unchallenged position, her success resting upon the production of light table wines, red and white. There are 140 wine-cellars, large and small, most of which afford a market for other grape-growers. Dairying is one of the important industries, and one that is constantly on the increase. Quicksilver mines have been successfully worked, requiring the employment of many men. Assessed valuation, $14,730,168.

Calistoga, Population 925

Napa, Population 4,500

St. Helena, Population 1,950

Nevada County

Population, 17,369; mining and fruit-growing. Nevada City and Grass Valley are the center of a region whose richness as a gold-producing district is equaled by its horticultural and agricultural productiveness. Oranges are freely grown in Nevada county; the production of pears and apples is immense, and all small fruits and berries thrive well. Hay is one of the staple productions. The lumbering interests of the county are very great, and thrive with unwonted vigor. On the Truckee river alone the year's cut aggregates 32,000,000 feet, while the sales were 3,000,000 feet in excess of the cut. v Assessed valuation of property in the county, $5,933,882. Grass Valley, pop. 6,798

Grass Valley, Population 6,798

Nevada City, Population 4,013

Truckee, Population 1,500

Orange County

Population, 13,589; fruit and agriculture. The history of this county began only in 1889, hence there are no means of instituting any comparisons as to the growth of former years. The principal city is Santa Ana. Assessed valuation of the county in 1890, $10,452,296.

Anaheim, Population 2,500

Fullerton, Population 400

Orange, Population 2,271

Santa Ana, Population 4,220

Placer County

Population, 15,101; agriculture, fruit-raising and mining. One of the chief resources of this county is the lumber industry. Mills are numerous, and the output of lumber is estimated at from 10,000,000 to 12,000,000 feet. Assessed valuation, $9,922,585.

Applegate, Population 100

Auburn, Population 1,595

Colfax, Population 650

Lincoln, Population 900

Newcastle, Population 300

Plumas County

Population, 4,933; mining and lumbering. Grain and vegetables are grown quite extensively in some sections, and this is an important fruit county, orchards many miles in extent making of the foothills a continuous belt of fruit-bearing trees. Although there are districts where logging is carried on, the timber transported by means of flumes and the sawmills furnishing several millions of feet of lumber every year, there are extensive sections where the trees are not yet perceptibly thinned, and it is evident that Plumas for many years will possess a valuable lumber interest. Assessed valuation, $2,322,090.

Quincy, Population 560

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Source: Pacific States Newspaper Directory, Sixth Edition, Palmer & Rey Type Foundry, San Francisco, 1894

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