[1] The grant extended south from present-day Gridley along the west bank of the Feather River across from fellow German, Theodore Cordua's Rancho Honcut, and encompassed present-day Live Oak.
[2][3] Charles W. Flügge, born in Germany came to California with the Bartleson-Bidwell Party in 1841.
He became John Sutter's friend and served as his legal adviser, business manager, and representative.
[4] With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored.
[9] Rancho Boga, on the Feather River, was thought to be so rich in gold that Larkin eventually offered it on the London market for $1 million.