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Bidwell Park is a municipal park located in Chico, California. The park was established July 10, 1905, through the donation by Annie Bidwell, widow of Chico's founder, John Bidwell, of approximately 2,500 acres (1,000 hectares) of land to the City of Chico. Since that time, the city has purchased additional land, such as Cedar Grove in 1922 ...
The park is located on the border of Butte County and Glenn County. Common activities include fishing for salmon, steelhead and shad; and floating the river on inner tubes, canoes or kayaks. The 349-acre (141 ha) property was established as a state park in 1979. [1] The park's riparian habitat is an example of a disappearing natural resource.
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]
Bidwell Park is within Chico’s city boundaries but the fire is threatening Cal Fire’s jurisdiction as well. The fire broke out around 2:45 p.m. and quickly grew from 40 acres to 500 acres ...
Rancho Chico and Bidwell Adobe Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park , 525 The Esplanade 39°43′56″N 121°50′37″W / 39.732353°N 121.843481°W / 39.732353; -121.843481 ( Rancho Chico and Bidwell
The first report of the Park Fire came at 2:44 p.m., when at least two people made calls to 911 reporting that a car was ablaze and that it had just set the grass around it on fire. The location given by the callers was Alligator Hole in the upper portion of Bidwell Park, [17] near Upper Park Road. [18]
Bidwell Park, municipal park in Chico, California; Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park, Butte County, California; Bidwell's Bar, California, gold-mining camp;
On July 10, 1905, Annie Bidwell signed a grant deed donating 1,902.88 acres (7.7007 km 2) to the people of Chico for a public park. These initial acres were expanded upon several times over the years, resulting in the creation of Bidwell Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the nation.