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California State University, Chico (Chico State [7]) is a public university in Chico, California. It was founded in 1887 as one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools. Some closed but most steadily expanded their role and became state ...
The city of Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell, a member of one of the first wagon trains to reach California in 1841. The city became incorporated January 8, 1872. Historian W.H. "Old Hutch" Hutchinson identified five events as the most seminal in Chico history.
The University of California, Merced (UC Merced or colloquially, UCM) is a public land-grant research university in Merced, California, United States. It is one of the ten campuses in the University of California (UC) system. [12] Established in 2005, UC Merced is the newest campus within the UC system.
*California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo was founded as a vocational high school. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940. It became a vocational school in 1924, and then started awarding bachelor's degrees in 1940.
Chico's origins lie in Rancho del Arroyo Chico, a Mexican-era rancho granted by Governor Manuel Micheltorena in 1844. View of Chico in 1856 California State University, Chico was founded in 1887.
As the 100th anniversaries of both cities approach, Merced County historian Sarah Lim writes about some of the key moments of their incorporation. Atwater and Livingston at 100: What did these ...
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Chico Normal School (now California State University, Chico) is founded in Chico, the second normal school in the state. Cogswell College (or Cogswell Polytechnical College) was founded as a high school in San Francisco and is the first technical training institution in the West. It moved to Cupertino in 1985 and Sunnyvale in 1994.