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Re: Yuba Gap
Author: Californian
Date: 05-09-2021 - 11:03

Geography Wrote:
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> Who was Yuba and why was the gap/pass/notch named
> after him?
>

The name Yuba does not honor a person.

The Yuba River was named Yubu by John Sutter (builder of Sutter's Fort), after the Maidu village at the confluence of the Feather and Yuba Rivers (early spellings: Yubu, Yupu, and Jubu).

reference: Gudde, Erwin. 1969. California Place Names. University of California Press.

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