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Cherokee is an unincorporated community and census-designated place [4] in Butte County, California. It is an area inhabited by Maidu Indians prior to the gold rush, but that takes its name from a band of Cherokee prospectors who perfected a mining claim on the site.
In 1922, there was a fire in the area and 47 men were trapped in the mine and died. This mine was shut down due to World War II. [3] Butte County – Cherokee was hydraulic-mined from 1860 to 1870. Cherokee was the first place to find diamonds in the United States in 1864. In Oroville a Chinese temple was established in 1863. The Chinese worked ...
Location of Butte County in California. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Butte County, California. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Butte County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Oregon City, formerly Bloomingdale and Hengy, [3] is a ghost town located between Oroville and Cherokee in Butte County, California.One of the first mining camps in the county, it was established in the autumn of 1848 by a party of Oregonians, [4] who came to California over the Applegate and Lassen trails.
Abandoned mine shaft at Phantom Falls. There is a silicon mine at the bottom of North Table Mountain. There are also several old irrigation mines at the north end of North Table Mountain. There is also an old mine shaft at Phantom Falls, which was used during the Gold Rush. Research sometimes takes place at the mine, although it can be difficult.
Bidwell's Bar (also known as Bidwell Bar, and Bidwells Bar) was a gold mining camp in Butte County, California, United States, which lay at the end of the California Trail. It was located 6.5 miles (10.5 km) east-northeast of Oroville, [3] at an elevation of 902 feet (275 m).
At 12:50 p.m., the Sheriff’s Office announced mandatory evacuation orders were issued for zones 534, 535, 953 and 954 in Butte County. A temporary evacuation shelter has been opened at the ...
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. [9] Butte County comprises the Chico, California, metropolitan statistical area. It is in the California Central Valley, north of the state ...