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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]
Chico: Destroyed by Camp Fire on November 8, 2018 10: Inskip Hotel: Inskip Hotel: May 2, 1975 : 6 miles north of Stirling on Skyway (Old Humbug Rd.) Stirling City: 11: Fong Lee Company: March 11, 1982 : 1500 Broderick St.
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. They were
[9] [10] Already wealthy from successful ventures in gold mining and logging, Bidwell aligned with other California financiers and put forth some $40,000 to construct the road, and in 1863 received a franchise to operate the highway as a toll road; the group incorporated the following year as the Chico and Humboldt Wagon Road Company.
Chico (/ ˈ tʃ iː k oʊ / CHEE-koh; Spanish for "little") [9] [10] is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States.Located in the Sacramento Valley region of Northern California, the city had a population of 101,475 in the 2020 census, an increase from 86,187 in the 2010 census.
Chico has had a prescribed burn program for over a decade, and completes roughly two to three prescribed burns a year. ... Authorities say 42-year old Ronnie Stout pushed a burning car into it ...
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Destroyed by fire in 1868 and rebuilt in 1868, it is the only remaining hotel of 5 hotels which served the Inskip mining community. A gold strike in the early 1850s brought in a population of over a thousand by 1860. Inskip was the major midway station on the old Oroville-Susanville-Honey Lake Road. A distance of about 140 rugged miles of dust ...