Edward Park Duplex was elected mayor of Wheatland on April 11, , the first African-American man to be elected mayor of a western United States city. Ralph Haines Durst was a hop farmer in Wheatland and the largest employer of migrant farm workers in California.
The Wheatland Hop Riot took place on his ranch in Almeda E. McDevitt was a very successful turkey farmer in the s, about eight miles northeast of Wheatland. City Data: Wheatland, California. Contributed by. We are a c 3 non-profit organization.
Except where otherwise noted, this content is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License. Here immigrants rested and obtained supplies, and it was even the base for survivors of the infamous Donner Party after they were rescued in During the gold rush of , placer gold was recovered from creeks and streams near Wheatland. The gold rush helped to quickly populate the region with prospectors, entrepreneurs, and others seeking easy fortunes.
Most Chinese came to work on the railroad and service industries laundries, restaurants, etc. The center of the Chinese burial rite was a ceremonial pyre near the Wheatland Cemetery where final meals were cooked for the deceased. The Chinese were buried nearby until they could be shipped back to China for final internment. Duplex in His barbershop still stands today on Main Street in downtown. Durst planted the first hops in the Wheatland area in The Durst hop ranch was also the scene of one of the first labor disturbances in California history.
In , violence erupted at a meeting organized by the Industrial Workers of the World IWW to protest low pay and intolerable living conditions of the hops pickers. Wheatland is also the gateway city to Camp Far West, a recreation area of regional significance. Wheatland is still valued by its residents for its small town atmosphere and rural setting.
The survivors of the ill-fated Donner party were brought to the Johnson Ranch which was the first settlement reached in California by wagon trains using the Donner trail. A section of the ranch was set aside as government reserve. Camp Far West in and the town of Wheatland was laid out of a portion of the grant in Duplex Mayor of Wheatland.
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User-submitted facts and corrections: Justin Evans is from wheatland. Average household size: This city: 2. Percentage of family households: This city: Percentage of households with unmarried partners: This city: 6.
Education Gini index Inequality in education Here: Number of grocery stores : 13 Yuba County : 1. State : 2. Number of supercenters and club stores : 1 Yuba County : 0. State : 0. Number of convenience stores no gas : 6 Yuba County : 0. California : 0. Number of convenience stores with gas : 15 Yuba County : 2. State : 1.
Number of full-service restaurants : 29 Yuba County : 4. California : 7. Adult diabetes rate : Here : 7.
Adult obesity rate : This county : Low-income preschool obesity rate : Yuba County : Healthy diet rate : This city: Average overall health of teeth and gums : Wheatland: Average BMI : Wheatland: People feeling badly about themselves : This city: People not drinking alcohol at all : Here: Average hours sleeping at night : This city: 6. Overweight people : Wheatland: General health condition : This city: Average condition of hearing : Wheatland:
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