1917 Map of Jacinto

About this map

Sacramento River hydrology and early irrigation systems define this landscape along the border of Glenn and Butte Counties. Surveyed in 1904, the topography reveals a transition from the complex river bends and sloughs in the east to an increasingly engineered agricultural plain in the west. The prominent Central Irrigation Canal cuts across the land, indicating the shift toward managed water resources that fueled the region's development. Large historic land divisions are clearly marked, most notably the expansive Larkins Children's Rancho south of the village of Jacinto. This area reflects the era of significant Mexican land grants being integrated into the American township-and-range surveying system. Riverside settlements like Glenn and the river-crossing at Sidds Landing provide specific points of interest for genealogists tracing early families and river-based commerce prior to the modernization of the valley.