(PLEASE NOTE: This list includes books, maps, newspapers, and other resources that may be helpful in researching Yolo County. The list is not listed by author. It is arranged by title and sometimes by subject, for example: Maps relating to Yolo County are listed under the heading of "Yolo County Maps.” Many of the entries below are taken from the California Digital Library in the Melvyl section.)

1000 California Place Names, by Erwin G. Gudde, U. C. Press, 1965.

1851 Death Records of Marin County, Monterey County, Napa Valley, Solano County, Sonoma County, and Yolo County, California, by Sherman Lee Pompey, Historical and Genealogical Pub. Co., Independence, California, 1966. (Citation from California State Library search.)

Aerial views of Yolo County, California (1957) (Maps), United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Sacramento, CA: Cartwright & Company, 1957. (Includes 7 index sheets.) (Available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library, Map Collection: Aerial Photo. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Aerial photos of Yolo County, California (1964) (Maps), U. S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service; flown by Cartwright Aerial Surveys, Inc., United States. Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service, Salt Lake City, UT: The Service, 1964. (Available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Aerial photographs of Yolo County, California (1889) (Maps), Pacific Aerial Surveys, Oakland, CA : Pacific Aerial Surveys, (1989). ("34407, Winters -- 34424, Woodland -- 34478, Woodland -- 34741, Merritt/Davis --34742, Davis -- 34743, West Sacramento -- 34744, West Sacramento.") (Available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library, Map Collection: Aerial Photo. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Aerial photographs of Yolo County, California (1998) (Maps), Eugene, OR: WAC Corp., c1998. ("21 remote-sensing images") (Available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library, Map Collection: Aerial Photo. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Aerial photographs of Yolo County, California (1999) (Maps), Eugene, OR: WAC Corporation, 1999, 425 remote-sensing images. (Available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library, Map Collection: Aerial Photo. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

After The Gold Rush: Tarnished Dreams in the Sacramento Valley," by David Vaught, John Hopkins University Press, January 30, 2007, 328 pp. (The following is an excerpt from the book description: “Most (gold miners) failed to hit pay dirt in gold. Thereafter, one illustrative group of them struggled to make a living in wheat, livestock, and fruit along Putah Creek in the lower Sacramento Valley. Like (Stephen J.) Field, they never forgot that first ‘glorious’ moment in California when anything seemed possible.”)

Agriculture, Horticulture and Viticulture, Democrat Press, Woodland Chamber of Commerce, Woodland, California, 1910 (?), 52 pp. (Citation from California State Library search.)

Annual Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Hesperian College, For the Academic Year (1868-9 ?), Hesperian College, Woodland, California. (Citation from California State Library search.)

Bag of Bones: Legends of the Wintu Indians of Northern California, by Marcelle Masson, Naturegraph, 130 pp. (These stories come from the Wintu Indians of the northern Sacramento Valley, where they dwelled for thousands of years.)

Bancroft’s Works, Vol. I, History of California 1542-1800, published by Wallace Hebberd, 1963. (“Classic” first published 1886.)

Bancroft’s Works -Vols. 1 through 39: The Index and images of Hubert Howe Bancrofts’ Works are available online now on the 1st Hand History.org web site.

Birds of Yolo County: (Available from the University of California - Davis. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Birds of Yolo County; an Annotated List (1972), by David Gaines, 1972, 1 v. (unpaged).

The Birds of Yolo (ca 1974), by David Gaines, c1974 (Oakland, Calif. : California Syllabus), iv, 55 pp.

Checklist of the Birds of Yolo County (1987) (Revised), by David Gaines and Ted Beedy; designed and produced by John Harris. Davis, CA: Davis Audubon Society, 1987, 23 pp. (Available from the University of California - Davis. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Brown, William W. – W.W. Brown et al., plaintiffs and appellants, vs. C.E. Greene et al., defendants and respondents transcript on appeal, San Francisco? : S.W. Raveley, (1884?), 276 pp. (Other names listed include: Charles E. Greene, William Wolfskill, (1798-1866), Juan Manuel Vaca, and Juan Felipe Peña.) (“Notes:… Includes index. Microfilm. [Berkeley, Calif.], Library Photographic Service, UC Berkeley, [2001]. 1 microfilm ; 35 mm.”) (Available at the University of California - Davis, Microcopy. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Cache Creek, A Fish and Wildlife Showcase, U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management, 1991 (?), 1 sheet. (Citation from California State Library search.)

Cache Creek (Lake County and Yolo County, Calif.) - Photographs, from U.S.G.S. photographs 340 to 648, by Joseph Barlow Lippincott (1864-1942), published 1895-1910. ("Mounted on 36 x 24 cm. paper and bound into album (37 cm.); most with holograph captions. Finding aid available in library." (Available at the Water Resources Center Archives, at the University of California - Berkeley. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

California, by John Walton Caughey, New York: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1940.

California 1850 – A Snapshot in Time, by Janice Marschner, Sacramento, California: Coleman Ranch Press, February 2000. (The book is organized chronologically, by county, with a chapter for each of the 27 counties existing in 1850. Each chapter discusses the areas within the present-day county, sites and landmarks to visit, such as the old adobe homes, ranches, missions, a list of the ranchos (owners/grantees, current sites), and the other present-day counties that fall in to the original 1850 county.)

California Agriculture Photograph Collection – Photographs of California Agriculture, by Frank Adams (1875-), 193-?. ("ca. 600 items: b&w; various sizes." "Notes:… Collection contains lantern slides, negatives, and photographic prints. Collected or photographed by Frank Adams.Restrictions: unarranged collection. Unavailable for use: Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Head of Public Services, The Bancroft Library.Collection includes a number of unidentified views of agricultural land and dairy production. Some identified as Yolo County, others identified as San Diego County, Calif.") (Available at the University of California - Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

California: An Interpretive History, New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1968, 576 pp.

California Farm Observer (newspaper), F. Hal Higgins, Woodland, California. (Weekly; successor to The Observer, The World of Yolo County, The Yolo County Record, and The Woodland Record.) (Citation from California State Library search.)

California Heritage, by John and Laree Caughey, Los Angeles: The Ward Ritchie Press, 1962.

California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names, by Erwin G. Gudde, 4th edition revised and enlarged by William Bright, Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press, 1949, 1960, 1969, and 1998, th ed. 467 pp.

California Pioneers: James Washington Brown and Families of Yolo County, California, by A. Viola Smith, 1962, 1 vol. ("Notes: James Washington Brown was a farmer, arriving in California in 1852, settling in Cacheville, Yolo County; he married Emily Anderson, Sarah Harshman and Anna McPherson. Manuscript album of material collected by author regarding James Washington Brown, his three wives and their descendants. Scrapbook contains typewritten pages detailing Brown's genealogy, funeral notices, original photographs, newspaper clippings, wills, correspondence, etc.") (Available at the California State Library, Rare Books. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

California Quicksilver Mining Co. – Company store day book, August 1, 1874-May 25, 1875. Yolo Co., Calif. 648 p. (Available at the California State Library.)

California State Militia: Index to the Muster Rolls of 1851 to 1866, microform published by the Root Cellar, Sacramento Genealogical Society, 1999. (“Unit summary, Alameda County through Yolo County”) (Citation from California State Library search.)

California Telephone Books – 2643 microfilm reels; 35 mm. "Collection is arranged alphabetically by county, by city and by city region (in the case of large cities like Los Angeles). Earliest date in the collection is 1898 and the latest is 1996. However, dates covered varies widely from area to area." (Citation from California Digital Library; microfilm reels available from the California State Library.)

California 's Architectural Frontier: Style and Tradition in the Nineteenth Century, by Harold Kirker, New York: Russell & Russell, 1970. (Available at the Woodland Library, Woodland, California.)

"Capay Man" Archaeology Site in Western Yolo County – Papers on California Archaeology: 21-26, Salinas, CA: Coyote Press ; Berkeley, CA : California Indian Library Collections Project (distributor), (198-), 38 p., (7) p. of plates: ill., map. ("Contents: 21. Sites attributed to early man in California / [Robert F. Herizer] -- 22. On division of the last 20,000 years / by Ernst Antevs -- 23. The postpluvial or neothermal / by Ernst Antevs -- 24. "Capay Man," an ancient central California Indian burial / by Robert F. Heizer and S.F. Cook -- 25. Report on pedologic observations made at the "Capay Man" site in western Yolo County / by Frank Harradine -- 26. Additional data on the Farmington complex, a stone implement assemblage of probable early postglacial date from central California / by A.E. Treganza and R.F. Heizer." "Notes: Reprint. Originally published in: Reports of the University of California Archaeological Survey ; no. 22 (Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Archaeological Survey, Dept. of Anthropology, University of California, 1953).Title from cover.Includes bibliographical references." (Available at the California State Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Capay Valley News  (July 1895-Aug. 1895) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Capay Valley: The Land, The People (1846-1900), by Ada Merhoff, Woodland, California: printed by Roger C. Franke.

Capay Valley, Yolo County, California: A Descriptive Account of the Earliest Fruit Lands in the State, The, by Rounsevelle Wildman (1864-1901), San Francisco: Commercial Pub. Co., 1895, 15 pp. ("Notes:… '"Reprinted from Overland monthly of August, 1895.'")

Census of Non-Reservation California Indians, 1905-1906, by C. E. Kelsey, Archaeological Research Facility, Department of Anthropology, Berkeley, CA, 1971.

The Chinese Laundry on Second Street: papers on archeology at the Woodland Opera House site, Cultural Resource Management Unit, Resource Protection Division, Sacramento: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, 1984, 192 pp.

The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child, by Francisco Jimenez, University of New Mexico Press, September, 1997, 134 pp., ISBN: 0826317979.

Clarksburg Delta Community, by Shipley Walters, Woodland, CA: Yolo County Historical Society, 1988, 84 pp.

The Climate of Yolo County, prepared by United States Weather Bureau, C. Robert Elford, Max R. McDonough. Woodland, Calif.: University of California, Agricultural Extension Service, 1964. iv, 54 p.

Cooperating Farmers: A 75-Year History of the Yolo County Farm Bureau, by Joann Leach Larkey, Woodland, Calif.: The Bureau, c1989, 78 pp. ("Includes bibliographical references (pp. 75-76) and index." Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Crafting a Valley Jewel: Architects and Builders of Woodland, by David L. Wilkinson, Yolo County Historical Society, 2003.

Creation of a California Tribe: Grandfather's Maidu Indian Tales, by Lee Ann Smith-Trafzer and Clifford E. Trafzer, Sacramento, CA: Sierra Oaks Publishing Company; 1988, 45 pp.

Cyclists' Route Atlas: A Guide To Yolo, Solano, Napa and Lake Counties, by Randall Gray Braun, Heyday Books, 1986. The author Braun, is a graduate of U.C. Davis, and is the past president of the Davis Bicycle Club and route director for the Davis Double Century Tour. There are twenty-seven chapters that include "well-designed routes will lead you through Yolo County's farmland, Napa's famous vineyards and back roads, the large lakes and rugged mountains of Lake County, and the islands and marshes of the Sacramento River Delta.")

The Daily Democrat (newspaper), Woodland, California, publisher, E. E. Leake Pub. Co. (circa 1964). (Citation from California State Library search.)

Daniel Archer of Yolo County, California, and His Descendants, by Stephen Archer, Orpington, Kent, England: S. Archer, 1986, 29 pp. (Available at the California State Library.)

Davis Enterprise  (1906-1965) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Davis California 1910s-1940s, Images of America Series, by John Lofland, Arcadia Publishing, 2000, 125 pp.

Davis City Council Elections, 1917-2000, by John Lofland, Yolo County Historical Society, 2001 (Booklet).

Davis Heritage Buildings. How Many to Start with, How Many Left?, by John Lofland, 2000, Yolo County Historical Society (Booklet).

Davis: Radical Changes, Deep Constants, CA, by John Lofland, August 2004, Making of America series, Arcadia Publishing, pp. 160, ISBN 0738524646.

Davisville '68: The History and Heritage of The City of Davis, Yolo County, California, compiled by Joann Leach Larket, Davis, California: The Davis Historical and Landmarks Commission, 1969, 240 pp.

Davisville Advertiser  (Dec. 1869-May 1870) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Decker-Jewett Bank Collection, 1850-1890 (This collection includes Yolo County deeds and land title documents. "Business papers, certificates, correspondence, deeds, mining papers, sales of public land materials, tax receipts.In 1858, Peter Decker and John H. Jewett took over the business of Marysville, California's first bank from Mark Brumagin & Co. and formed the partnership of Decker and Jewett.CSL Manuscript Summary Sheets." 6 manuscript boxes. Available at the California State Library; citation from the California Digital Library.)

Demolishing a Historic Hotel: A Sociology of Preservation Failures in Davis, California, by John Lofland, Davis, CA: Davis Research, 2003, 380 pp. (This book is available at the Hattie Weber Museum and from the Avid Reader, 617 Second Street, Davis, Ca, phone number is (530) 758-4040. (This book is about the controversial demolition of the Terminal Hotel building in 2000 in Davis. The author, John Lofland, is a U.C. Davis professor emeritus of sociology and president of the Davis Historical Society. )

Designs on the Land: Disenos of California Ranchos and Their Makers, by Robert H. Becker, San Francisco: The Book Club of California, 1969.

Directory of Yolo County's Historical Community, Tom Anderson (editor), Davis, CA: Yolo County Historical Advisory Committee, 1994, 11 pp. (This book is available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Discovering Yolo County Wildlife: with a map showing places to go, by John Kemper, Davis, CA, Yolo Audubon Society, 1996, 140 pp.

The Domestic Farm Laborer, A Study of Yolo County Tomato Pickers, by James W. Becket, Dept. of Agricultural Education, University of California, Davis, 1966. (Available at U. C. Davis - Shields Library.)

The East Yolo Record (weekly newspaper), Douglas Tibbitts, West Sacramento, “Vol. 8, No. 30 (October 15, 1959) Ceased in Dec. 1980, Continues: East Yolo Record and The Independent”) (Citation from California State Library search.)

Durham's Place Names of California's South Sacramento Valley: Includes Colusa, Sacramento, Sutter, Yuba & Yolo Counties, Word Dancer Press, November 2000, 2001, 94 pp.

East Yolo Record  (1971-1980) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

East Yolo Record and The Independent (weekly newspaper), Douglas Tibbitts, Woodland, California, “Vol. 1, no. 20 (Aug. 14, 1952) - v 8, no. 29 (Oct. 8, 1959)...”Publication moved to West Sacramento, Calif. Aug. 21, 1952” “Other Edition: Record of Yolo County (Woodland, Calif. 1949), Continues: Record of Yolo County and The Independent, Continued by: East Yolo Record”) (Citation from California State Library search.)

Eastern Yolo History: Broderick, W. Sac'to, Bryte, West Sacramento: West Sacramento Weekly Reader, Julius Feher, editor, 1941, 23 numb. 1., 2 1. illus. (Available at the California State Library, California Room, In pamphlet binder.)

Elkhorn: Island in An Inland Sea: A History of the Elkhorn District of Yolo County, by Shipley Walters, published by West Sacramento, California, Elkhorn History Project, 1997, 157 pp.

Economic Survey: Yolo County, California, by the California State Chamber of Commerce. Economic Development and Research Department, Woodland, Calif., Yolo County Chamber of Commerce (196-), 17 pp. (Available at the California State Library.)

Ely's Station, Yolo County, California.; Madison, Yolo County, California, California Warehouse Book, San Pablo, CA: Vlad Shkurkin, 1983. p. 39, Dakin Publishing Co. Aug. 1885, updated to 1897? (3 maps on 1 sheet : hand col.; 53 x 32 cm. Microfilm of ed. publ.: (San Francisco: Dakin Publishing Co., 1897?) (Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Finding Aid for Cemetery Records in Yolo County, July 1997. (Available at the Yolo County Archives.)

Finding Guide to the California Indian Library Collections: Yolo County, edited by Jeannine Davis-Kimball. Berkeley, CA: California Indian Library Collections, Phoebe Apperson Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California; Sacramento, CA: California State Library Foundation [distributor], 1993. v, 409 p (Available at the California State Library.) (NOTE: A part of the collection was moved to the Esparto Library.)

Focus on the Sacramento Metropolitan Area: An Economic Study of Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties, Bank of America National Trust Savings Association, 1965, 22 pp. (Citation from California State Library search.)

Geologic Map of California: Sacramento sheet/folio. (Sacramento? : s.n.), California. Division of Mines and Geology, 1966, Scale 1:250,000. 5 pp.: ill., maps. (Includes maps of Yolo County; available at the California State Library.)

Geology of the Capay Quadrangle, California, by Harold Alfred Boyd, Jr. 1956. (Available at the NLRF, Northern Regional Library Facility, Richmond Field Station, Richmond, CA; (510) 642-6233. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Geology of the Area Surrounding the Reed Mine, Yolo County, California, by Durmus Kuru, 1962, 63 leaves, Thesis (M.S. in Geology), University of California, Berkeley, June 1962. Bibliography: leaves 56-57. (Available from the Northern Regional Library Facility. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

The German Prinstoner's of War: Farm Labor Branch Camps in Yolo County, by Douglas Brown, Woodland, CA: Yolo County Historical Society, 2004. (Booklet No. 10)

Glimpses of California and The Missions, by Helen Hunt Jackson, Little, Brown, 1902, 1999, 292 pp. (Classic work on early California mission settlements, and their impact on Native Americans.)

Great Register of Voters (California) - Yolo County

California Great Register of Voters - Yolo County, California (1900-1944), Custom Microfilm System Inc., 1986. (1900 missing) (Citation from California State Library search.)

Great Register of Yolo County (1890) Yolo County Index for the 1890, Great Register Project, compiled by J.E. Hale, Kentfield, (Calif.): J.E. Hale, 1992, 82 pp. ("Includes: Name index and a sort by town/occupation/birth." "The 1890 Great Register Project is designed to recreate a census of sorts to replace the U.S. Census of 1890 that was lost in a fire... The 1890 Great Register Project is being carried out under the sponsorship of the California Alliance, a statewide genealogical society." Available from the California State Library - Sutro (S.F.). Citation from the California Digital Library.)

California Great Register of Voters - Yolo County, California (1867-1900). (Citation from California State Library search.)

A Guide to The Delta, Farm, and Wine Country: Yolo, Solano, Napa, and Lake Counties - Cyclists' Route Atlas, by Randall Gray Braun, Berkeley, Heyday Books, 1986, ISBN 0-930588-24-x.

Handbook of the Indians of California, by A. L. Krober, Berkeley, California Book Company, Ltd., 1935.

Haytime, by by Herman Clover, Hesperia Press, Burlingame California, 1974, 86 pp. (This book is a collection of personal memories and stories of growing up in Northern California, particularly in Zamora, Yolo, and Woodland, California.)

Hesperian College 1861-1898, by Haworth A. Clover, Pioneer Sacramento Valley Collegiate Institution, 1974, 136 pp. (Antecedent to Chapman College, Yolo County, California.)

Historical Homes, Woodland, California, 1971, Yolo County Historical Society (Booklet).

Historic Spots in California, by Mildred Brooke Hoover, Hero Eugene Rensch, and Ethel Grace Rensch, Revised by William N. Abeloe, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 1966, 3rd ed. 642 pp.; 4th ed. 617 pp. ("Historic Spots in California was originally published in three volumes: The Southern Counties (1932), by H. E. and E. G. Rensch; Valley and Sierra Counties (1933), by H. E. and E. G. Rensch and Mildred Brooke Hoover; and Counties of the Coast Range (1937), by Mildred Brooke Hoover. A revised edition, in one volume, was published in 1948. A third edition (with new maps and photographs, and with a text extensively) revised and expanded by William N. Abeloe, was published in 1968. The present edition (4th ed.) has been extensively revised and updated by Douglas E. Kyle and was first published in 1990.)

Historical Ground Water Levels in Yolo County, Sacramento, CA (P.O. Box 942836, Sacramento 94236-0001) : Dept. of Water Resources, Central District, 1992, 529 pp., one folded map in pocket. (Citation from the California Digital Library.)

History of California, Vol. 4, edited by Zoeth S. Eldredge, New York: The Century History Company, 1915.

History of Northern California, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, 1891.

History of the Methodist Church, Second and North Streets, Woodland, California: Centennial of Methodism in Yolo County...,” by W. Harold Peck, published by the author c 1952. (Citation from California State Library search.)

A History of the Orleans Hill Vineyard and Winery of Arpad Haraszthy & Co., by Ernest P.Peninou, Winters, CA: The Winters Express, c1983, 33 pp. (Available at these locations: (1) University of California - Berkeley, Bancroft Library; (2) University of California - Davis, Shields Library; and (3) the University of California - Santa Cruz, McHenry Library, Special Collections. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

History of the Sacramento Valley, California, by Jesse Walton Wooldridge, Chicago: The Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1931. (The index is available on Steve Williams' California Pioneer Project web site)

History of The State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties: Historical Record o f the State's Marvelous Growth from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, by Prof. J.M. Gunn, Chapman Publishing Co., 1904, 1997, 1418 pp.

History of the State of California & Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley: An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlements to the present time: also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present California, by J. M. Guin, Chapman Publishing Company, 1906. (The index is available on Steve Williams' California Pioneer Project web site.)

History of Yolo County – Its Resources and Its People, William O. Russell, editor, Woodland, California, 1940. (The index is available on Steve Williams' California Pioneer Project web site.)

History of Yolo County, Yolo County Board of Education, Woodland, California, 1964. (Available at the Woodland Public Library, Woodland, California.)

History of Yolo County, (a teacher's guide), publisher Woodland, California (Office of), Superintendent of Schools, Yolo County, 1964, 77 pp. (Citation from the Woodland Public Library Online Catalog: "Based on A historical account of people, resources and points of interest in early Yolo County, for teacher use in enriching social studies, Vanna Mae Amos (thesis (M.A.), Sacramento State College.")

History of Yolo County, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth and Development From the Early Days to the Present, by Tom Gregory and other well known writers, Los Angeles, California: Historic Record Company, 1913, 889 pp. (The index is available on Steve Williams' California Pioneer Project web site.)

The Home Alliance (weekly newspaper) Yolo County, Woodland, California. (“...Began in 1890? v. 38, no. 24 (Jan. 10, 1929, Continued By: Yolo County Record.) (Citation from California State Library search.)

Illustrated Atlas & History of Yolo County, California, Containing A History of California from 1513 to 1850, by Frank T. Gilbert, San Francisco, California: Dupue & Company, 1879. (The index is available on Steve Williams' California Pioneer Project web site. This book is available on microfilm from the California State Library in Sacramento and the Sutro branch. See Steve William's web site for the microfilm call numbers.)

In Memoriam, Charles Henry Garroute, 1911, 9 leaves. ("In memoriam. To the grand President, Officers and Members of the Grand Parlor of the Native Sons of the Golden West: We, your committee appointed to draft resolutions of respect to the memory of Past Grand President, Charles Henry Garoutte,..." (leaf 2. In case.) Born in Yolo County in 1854, died in Berkeley in 1910. Practiced law in Yolo County, serving as District Attorney and Judge of Superior Court of Yolo County. In 1890, became Associate Justice of Supreme Court of state of California." Available at the California State Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

The Independent (weekly notes) Ray A. Williams, Broderick, California. “Description based on: Vol. 3, no. 47 (May 16, 1946)” (Citation from California State Library search.)

Independent-Leader, (weekly newspaper) P. A. Fitzgerald, Sacramento, California. [“...Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 3, 1922)-v. 11, no. 16 (May 13, 1932).] (Citation from California State Library search.)

Independent-Leader, (weekly newspaper) P. A. Fitzgerald, Sacramento, California. [“...Vol. 1, no. 1 (Feb. 3, 1922)-v. 11, no. 16 (May 13, 1932).] (Citation from California State Library search.)

Joe Taylor, Barnstormer: His Travels, Troubles and Triumphs During Fifty Years in Footlight Flashes, by J. H. Taylor, illustrated by Ripley, New York, William R. Jenkins Co., 1913, 248 pp. (This book presents the memories of a traveling banjo player/manager in vaudeville times who performed extensively throughout Yolo County, California and lived in Woodland, California. It does not have anything to do with aviation.)

Knight, William – James G. Morehead, administrator of the estate of Wm. Knight, deceased, vs. The United States: (testimony and argument for claimant), United States. District Court (California: Northern District), San Francisco, Calif.?: s.n., 1859?, 58 pp. ("Note:… This is the case of the claim to Carmel Rancho, in Yolo County." (Available at the University of California - Irvine, Main Library Special Collections. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Knight’s Landing News (weekly newspaper), S. W. Raveley [Vol. 1, no. 1 (Nov. 5, 1859)-v. 10, no. 7 ( June 11, 1864 ), Continued by: Woodland News”] (Citation from California State Library search.)

Knights Landing News  (1859-1864) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Knights Landing: The River, The Land and The People, by Shipley Walters, with Tom Anderson, Woodland, CA: Yolo County Historical Society, 1992, 69 pp.

Krellenberg, P. – P. Krellenberg & Son. Account ledgers, Aug. 4, 1879-June 21, 1910. 4 v. ("Contents: Account ledger, Aug. 4, 1879-April 20, 1881. Account ledger, Aug. 21, 1882 (1 sheet in 1889 ledger). Account ledger, July 16, 1883-Aug. 27, 1884. Account ledger, Jan. 1, 1889-July 26, 1890. Register of funerals, Dec. 12, 1903-June 21, 1910." "Peter Krellenberg, cabinet maker, emigrated to United States, arriving in California in 1863; settled in Woodland in 1869, establishing furniture and cabinet shop, eventually adding funeral parlor. Son, Emil, entered business in 1874, becomes full partner in 188. Manuscript ledgers consist of accounting ledgers recording names of customers, money paid, items bought; and one register of funerals listing names, ages, dates of death and burial and various details of funerals.") (Available at the California State Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Longenour, John D. – John D. Longenour Biographical Sketch: ms., 1889, by John D. Longenour, 16 leaves. ("Recorded for H.H. Bancroft. Subject: Describes his early life and journey to California in 1850; gold mining and operating a trading post for miners; ranching in Yolo County from 1853; land investments, etc. Forms part of the Hubert Howe Bancroft Collection.") (Available at the University of California - Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Mail of Woodland  (1890-1933, 1940-1957) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Malone, F. S. – Collection of legal briefs relating to legal action of F.S. Malone, plaintiff-appellant, vs. James M. Ryan, defendant-respondent (1876), by F. S. Malone, 1876. "Land case. Jo Hamilton and J.C. Ball, attorneys for appellant; McKune & Welty, attorneys for respondent. In the Supreme Court of the State of California." (Available at the University of California - Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Map of Washington, Yolo County, California (1878?) (“Map of Washington Township, Yolo County showing streets and lots, levees, bridges and route of California Pacific Railroad to Vallejo and S. F...”) (Citation from California State Library search.)

Marquam, Philip Augustus (1823-1912) – Philip Augustus Marquam dictations: and biographical materials, (ca. 1889). ("Notes:…Prepared for Chronicles of the Builders. Includes three dictations, printer's copy of the biographical sketch and proof sheets. Recollections of overland journey to California, 1849; Indian-fighting in California; his election as judge of Yolo County, 1850; trip to Oregon and settlement in Portland, 1850; law practice and real estate business; and political career." (Available at the University of California - Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Maxwell’s Directory of Sacramento (1880-1881), Containing a Complete Directory of Residents, Including Washington, Yolo County, A business directory, state, county and city governments, a map of Sacramento City, etc., compiled and published by Maxwell Bros., Sacramento, 1880, 351 pp. (Citation from California State Library search.)

McKenney’s District Directory for 1878-9 of Yolo, Solano, Napa, Lake, Marin and Sonoma Counties including all residents, with sketch of cities and towns....” L. M. McKenney, San Francisco, c 1878, 390 pp. (Each resident landowner is listed with the number of acres and post office address. ) (Citation from California State Library search.)

McKenney’s District Directory for 1879-80, of Sacramento, City and County, Amador, El Dorado, Placer and Yolo Counties, including all residents, with sketch of cities and towns, L. M. McKenney, Sacramento, 1879, 604 pp. (Citation from California State Library search.)

A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California: Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific Coast from the earliest period of its occupancy... and biographical mention of many of its most eminent pioneers and also of prominent citizens of today, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1891, 834 pp. (This work includes Klamath County - dissolved 1874. The index is available on Steve Williams' California Pioneer Project web site.)

A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern, California: Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period... and biographical mention of many of its pioneers, and also of prominent citizens of to-day, Chicago: Lewis Publishing Co., 1891/1892, 637 pp. (The index is available on Steve Williams' California Pioneer Project web site.)

Men and Women of the Yolanda, The, by interviews conducted by Shipley Walters ; with an introduction by Eyvind M. Faye, Davis: Shields Library, University of California, Oral History Center, c1980, 128 leaves. (Two names mentioned in the description are George Henry Hecke and Leila Hecke Hardy.) (Available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Mines and Mineral Resources of Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo, California, State Mining Bureau, 1915, 208 pp. (Chapters of State Mineralogist's report biennial period 1913-14. Available at the California State Library.)

Missourians in the 1850 Census of Yolo County, California, by Sherman Lee Pompey, Bakersfield, Calif., Historical and Genealogical Pub. Co. (197-). (Available at the California State Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Narcissa Pena: Her Life and Her Community, by S.J. Truitt, 1992, Yolo County Historical Society (Booklet).

Native Americans of California and Nevada, by Jack D. Forbes, Happy Camp: Naturegraph, 240 pp. ("A ethnographic study of Indian cultures from the prehistoric to present day times, covering an area that today is known as the states of California and Nevada.")

News Ledger (West Sacramento) (1964-1994, 1971-1996) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Northern California Counties - Yolo County. Series of articles on the northern counties of California, published from time to time in the "This world" section of the San Francisco Sunday Chronicle, March 18, 1951-Oct. 4, 1953, 45 v. in 1: ill., maps. (Available at the University of California, Bancroft Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Northern Maidu, The, by Marie Potts (Maidu), Happy Camp, CA: Naturegraph; 1977, 46 pp. (The book explores the history and traditional culture of the Northern Maidu.)

The Observer (weekly newspaper), F. Hal Higgins, Woodland, California (“Description based on: Vol. 30, no. 48 (May 22, 1968”) (Citation from California State Library search.)

Old North Davis: Guide To Walking A Traditional Neighborhood, by John Lofland, Woodland: Yolo County Historical Society, 1999, 192 pp., ISBN 1-892626-05-5. [Also, Picture Map Supplement to the Book of Old North Davis, Guide to walking a traditional neighborhood, by John Lofland, 2003, Yolo County Historical Society (Booklet).]

Ooti: A Maidu Legacy, by Richard Simpson, Millbrae, CA: Celestial Arts; 1977, 119 pp. (Lizzie Enos, a Maidu Indian who lived in northern California until her death in 1968, tells the story of the importance of the acorn in Maidu life.)

Our Mite For the Kitchen, prepared by the ladies of the Episcopal Mite Society, Woodland, California, Yolo County Museum Association, Woodland, California, 1983, 85 pp. (Citation from California State Library search.)

Overland Stage To California: Personal Reminiscences and Authentic History of the Great Overland Stage Line and Pony Express from the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean, by Frank A. Root and William E. Connelley, 1901, 1992, 631 pp.

Pacific Coast Comm. Record  (Feb. 1889) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Pacific Rural Press  (1913-1914) (Issues of this newspaper are in the Yolo County Archive collection.)

Paper on Davis History Series, presented on the Davis Historical Society web site. (All of the three papers listed below are available for reading and downloading free of charge at the Davis Historical Society web site.)

“A 1920-50s Student District in Davis California." (“...describes the rise, decline, and disappearance of the fraternity, boarding, and rooming house district on Second Street between A and B streets.”)

"Davis Politics 1971-72 (An account of the so-called ‘Revolution of ’72’ change in Davis politics.”)

"The Henry Stelling Family of Davisville: A Dresbach-Hunt-Boyer Mansion Family.” (Documents the three family names now associated with the historic mansion at Second and E streets in Davis.)

Papers on California Archaeology (“‘Capay Man’ site in western Yolo County,’ by Frank Harradine.), Coyote Press, Salinas, CA “Berkeley, CA: California Indian Library Collections Project (distributor), (198-),” 38 pp. (Citation from California State Library search.)

Plant, Forrest A., (1889-1933) - Forrest A. Plant Collection ("Justice Court documents, decrees, complaints, and judgments relating to the legal practice in Putah Township. First City Clerk and City Attorney (1917-1932) for the city of Davis; Yolo County Superior Court Judge (1932-1933).Finding aid in the Special Collections Department.") (Available at the University of California - Davis, Shields Library, Special Collections. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Pomo Indians of California and Their Neighbors, by Vinson Brown, Happy Camp: Naturegraph, 64 pp.

Pond, Samuel F. (1818- ) – Samuel F. Pond Diaries, 1850-1854, 5 v. (various sizes) in box. ("Notes: Record of voyage, 1850, from New York to San Francisco, via Isthmus of Panama; life in the mines (mainly in El Dorado Co.); ranching in Yolo Co. v.1, Apr. 11, 1850 - Mar. 22, 1851; v.2, Mar. 23, 1851 - Jan. 17, 1852; v.3, Jan. 18 - Apr. 19, 1852; v.4, Apr. 20 - Sept. 2, 1852; v.5, Oct. 2, 1852 - Oct. 13, 1854.") (Available at the University of California - Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)

Portuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Area, Portuguese Historical and Cultural Society, 1990.

Pre-emption Notice for Land Claimed in Yolo County (1859): DS, 1859 Oct. 4, John Wiley, 1 leaf, & Oct. 5, 1 leaf. ("Notes: Part of a collection of deeds, agreements, leases, pre-emption notices, powers of attorney, and occasional correspondence, relating to land tenure, sale and transfer of houses and property, disputed land, etc. Forms part of the Thomas W. Norris Collection.") (Available at the University of California - Berkeley, Bancroft Library. Citation from the California Digital Library.)