Sierra Buttes
Eureka Peak

Fri, Mar 12, 2004 		Etymology
Sierra Buttes
Eureka Peak
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Sierra Buttes (8,591 ft.)

"The Spanish word for 'saw blade', or by extension for 'mountain range', was frequently used in Spanish times: any two or more peaks in a row might be called a sierra. The word appears also in the chief or secondary names of six land grants.

Sierra City, County, Valley, and Buttes and Sierraville were named directly or indirectly for their location in the northern part of the Sierra Nevada. The county, formed from a portion of Yuba Co., was established and named on Apr. 16, 1852. Sierraville post office is listed in 1867."
- Erwin Gudde, California Place Names

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