Cordua Bar, California

Cordua Bar (also, Cordua's Bar and Speck's Bar) is a former mining town of the California Gold Rush, located in Yuba County, California.

It was located on the north bank of the Yuba River in the Sierra Nevada, northwest of Timbuctoo.^[1]

History

The place was named after Theodore Cordua, local Gold Rush merchant.^[1] Speck's Bar was a corruption of the name of Jonas Spect, discoverer of gold on the Yuba River.^[1]

See also

• Yuba River topics
• Mining communities of the California Gold Rush

References

Municipalities and communities of Yuba County, California, United States
County seat: Marysville
Cities	Marysville Wheatland
CDPs	Beale AFB Camptonville Challenge-Brownsville Dobbins Linda Loma Rica Olivehurst Plumas Lake Rackerby‡ Smartsville
Unincorporated communities	Alicia Arboga Binney Junction Browns Valley Brownsville Challenge Dantoni Eagleville East Arboga Frenchtown Greenville Hammonton Horstville Iowa City Mello North Star Oak Valley Olive Hill Oregon House Ostrom Pearson Ramirez Rancho Loma Rica Sharon Valley Sicard Flat South Yuba Stanfield Hill Strawberry Valley Sucker Flat Tambo Timbuctoo Waldo Junction Weeds Point West Linda Woodleaf
Ghost towns	Abbott House Algodon Bartons House Bliss Bullards Bar California House Camp Pendola Cape Horn Bar Condemned Bar Coombs Cordua Bar Depot Hill Egan Empire House English Bar Erle Foster Bar Frenches Ravine Galena Hill Galena House Garden Valley Golden Ball Honkut Huntington Hutchins Kentucky Ranch Landers Bar Lasslys Lewis Malay Camp Marigold Martins House Mission Mount Hope House New York Flat New York House New York House Flat New York Ranch Newbert Oak Grove Oakland Oliver Oso Plumas Plumas Landing Prairie Diggings Prairie House Prairie House Rail Road Hill Reed Junction Round Tent Seneca House Sweet Vengeance Taisida Youngs Hill Yuba Yuba County House
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties