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New Year’s Eve 1852: Dance/No Dance?
Published on: December 31, 2013
© Craig MacDonald
Marysville, CA–This is a tribute to the creative men and women of Marysville during the very wet Holiday Season of 1852. These hardy pioneers didn’t let anything get in their way. The last week in December was a complete washout–rain continued day and night, causing the Yuba and Feather Rivers to overflow, flooding much of the area.
Everyone had been so looking forward to the big New Year’s Eve bash at Merchant’s Hotel, but it and many other downtown buildings and surrounding streets were literally flooded. (Find out if the dance would go on as planned!)
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