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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]
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.
The history of Chico, California, begins with the original inhabitants, the Mechoopda Maidu. 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.
However, Camp Bidwell was commissioned in 1863, renamed Camp Chico by the time Fort Bidwell was commissioned in 1865, and was decommissioned in 1893. [11] Observing confusion between the two, [ 6 ] Robert W. Pease explained that such a transfer of name between outposts was a common Army practice of the time.
The fire broke out around 2:45 p.m. Wednesday and was growing at a “moderate pace,” according to Cal Fire. Evacuations ordered as fire threatens structures near Chico’s Bidwell Park ...
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 ...