Leahn Halprin took these images with a 16 mm color film camera in the days after the levee on his farm collapsed, allowing the Feather River to flood Yuba City and southern Sutter County. Submitted by Chuck Smith, Sutter County PIO
Newsreel of Christmas event organizaed by Yuba City Lions after the 1955 flood chased children from their homes on Christmas Eve. Submitted by Chuck Smith, Sutter County PIO
In an interview with KUBA's Dutch Klemp, Marcella Slocum recounts how her family survived in trees and on rooftops after refusing to believe it could flood in Yuba City in 1955. Submitted by Chuck Smith, Sutter County PIO
On Christmas Eve 1955, floodwaters killed 40 people in Yuba City. Thousands were evacuated. On Feb. 25, 1956, Walt Disney's Mouseketeersput on a Christmas party at Yuba City High School. Submitted by Chuck Smith PIO, Sutter County
