Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park was a historic building with surrounding land in Chico, California, United States.It is listed as a California Historical Landmark #329 under the name "Rancho Chico And Bidwell Adobe" in 1939; [2] and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Bidwell Mansion" on March 24, 1972. [3]
Rancho del Arroyo Chico was a 22,214-acre (89.90 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Butte County, California, which ultimately laid the foundation for the city of Chico. The name Arroyo Chico means 'little stream' and refers to Big Chico Creek .
These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to free leases.
In the early 1860s, deposits of silver were discovered in the Humboldt Range of Nevada and in southwest Idaho. The transit of workers and supplies between these mining districts and California was difficult, due to isolation and the lack of wagon roads and railroads: To reach California, freight either had to be hauled over the dangerous and often snowed-in passes of the high Sierra Nevada, or ...
John Bidwell (August 5, 1819 – April 4, 1900), known in Spanish as Don Juan Bidwell, [1] was an American pioneer, politician, and soldier. Bidwell is known as the founder of the city of Chico, California.
United States Indian Agent O. M. Wozencraft represented the U.S. government at Bidwell's Ranch. The city of Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell. That year, Bidwell requested the county send a surveyor to lay out the city street grid. Chico was the starting point of the Koncow Trail of Tears also called the Nome Cult Trail.
Butte County (/ ˈ b j uː t / ⓘ) is a county located in the northern central part of the U.S. state of California.In the 2020 census, its population was 211,632. [6] [8] The county seat is Oroville.
Rancho Potrero Chico 1843 Antonio Valenzuela Mexico Ramon Valenzuela, et al. 83.46 acres (33.78 ha) April 4, 1923: 444 Spanish; el potrero is a paddock, or pasturage for horses; chico as an adjective means little: Rancho Potrero de la Misíon Vieja de San Gabriel Los Angeles Rancho Potrero de Felipe Lugo: 1845 Teodoro Romero, Jorge Morillo Mexico