Sites, California

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History

Carl E. Grunsky named the area for John H. Sites, a landholder, in 1887.[2] The same year, a Post Office was established. It was discontinued in 1968.[3]

Sites was the western terminus of the narrow-gauge Colusa and Lake Railroad, completed in 1886 between Sites and the county seat of Colusa.[4] A large sandstone quarry operated near Sites in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, generating much traffic for the railroad; sandstone from the Sites Quarry was used in notable buildings including San Francisco's Ferry Building and Spreckels Building.Template:Sfn

Sites and the valley surrounding it have been considered a prime candidate for the location of the Sites Reservoir that would store water for the state system.[5]

Politics

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