Verona

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Verona is an unincorporated town in Sutter County. It is located on the east bank of the Sacramento River where the Feather River flows into it, south of Nicolaus, southwest of Pleasant Grove, and west of Sankey. Its elevation is 30 feet.

Pretty much the only industry in Verona consists of Verona Village Resort and other busineses marketed expressly to the resort's customers. Because Verona Village Resort is a queer-friendly resort owned by the same person who owns Faces, Sacramento's premier gay nightclub, Verona can reasonably be considered to be a queer town.

The U.S. Postal Service lists addresses in Verona as being in Nicolaus, but on the Yuba-Sutter Wiki, we prefer listing the more specific location Verona.

History

An epidemic of smallpox, apparently intentionally introduced by the Hudson Bay Company, killed a majority huge portion of the Native American population in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys in 1833. The racist yet historically valuable History of Yuba County, California (Chapter III: Indians), by Thompson & West, 1879, described the epidemic's effects on an Indian village located in what is now Verona:

A village is mentioned in particular, located on the east bank of the Sacramento at the mouth of Feather river, and there were numerous others on the west bank of the latter along nearly its whole length, and a considerable number on the east bank. The bodies or skeletons were found on the river banks, and under bushes in the woods, as if the sufferers were endeavoring to protect themselves from the ravages of the pestilence.

Places

Places to Have Fun

• Verona Village Resort

Places to Eat or Drink

Places to Shop

Other Places

• Verona Post Office

Main Roads

• Highway 99

Links

Verona entry on Wikipedia