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U.S. Route 50 Alternate (US 50 Alt.) was an alternate route of US 50 in the U.S. state of California. The route was used as a detour around flooding in the American River canyon, which the main route of US 50 uses to scale the Sierra Nevada. It has been activated and deactivated on multiple occasions and concealed signs have been permanently ...
The California Gold Rush of 1849 led to an influx of miners and ranchers who settled in the Sierra Nevada and Northern California goldfield regions. The mining of gold disrupted indigenous California communities through the degradation of the environment on which they depended, violent attacks on Native California villages by white settlers, and the implementation of a state-sanctioned system ...
The Alfred E. Warren House, [1] also known as President's Mansion, [2] is the official residence of the President of California State University, Chico, located in Chico, California. Designed in 1922 by famed Californian architect Julia Morgan as a private residence, it has served as the university's presidential residence since 1945.
U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a transcontinental United States Numbered Highway, stretching from West Sacramento, California, in the west to Ocean City, Maryland, in the east. The California portion of US 50 runs east from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento to the Nevada state line in South Lake Tahoe .
The pre-1955 routing of the Humboldt Road remains a public road in the Chico area, and the route over the summit near Jonesville is a forest route that is open in summer and autumn months. [36] Stone retaining walls dating to the 1800s and even wagon wheel ruts can still be found in the hills east of Chico, [ 37 ] [ 38 ] but are threatened by ...
California State University, Chico (Chico State [7]) is a public university in Chico, California. It was founded in 1887 as one of about 180 "normal schools" founded by state governments in the 19th century to train teachers for the rapidly growing public common schools. Some closed but most steadily expanded their role and became state ...
Chico is a gold level bicycle-friendly community as designated by the League of American Bicyclists. [50] Chico was also named "America's Best Bike Town" by Bicycle magazine in 1997. Pedicabs are commonly available downtown during the evenings. California State Route 99 and California State Route 32 intersect in Chico.
Big Chico Creek is a creek in northeastern California that originates near Colby Mountain in Lassen National Park. It flows 46 miles (74 km) [2] to its confluence with the Sacramento River in Butte County. The creek's elevation declines from 5,000 feet (1,500 m) above sea level at its head to 120 feet (37 m) where it joins the Sacramento River ...