Jack Slough is a stream in the eastern Sacramento Valley, near Yuba City in Yuba County, California.
It is a tributary of the Sacramento River.
History edit
The stream was formerly called Nigger Jack Slough.[1] The slough was likely named for a black miner in the California Gold Rush.[2][3]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jack Slough
- ^ Gudde, Erwin Gustav (1960). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 219. GGKEY:403N5Z6QERG.
- ^ Lapp, Rudolph M. (1977). Blacks in Gold Rush California. Yale University Press. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-300-06545-9.
39°09′31″N 121°36′34″W / 39.15850°N 121.60941°W
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