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Rancho del Arroyo Chico was a 22,214-acre (89.90 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Butte County, California, which ultimately laid the foundation for the city of Chico. The name Arroyo Chico means 'little stream' and refers to Big Chico Creek .
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]
The tribe was formerly centered in a village located about 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (5.6 km) south of contemporary Chico, California. [3] The Tribe was terminated in 1967, losing its 26-acre Chico Rancheria. Today, approximately one-half of the old Chico Rancheria is now owned by California State University, Chico (CSUC). The 11-acre university-owned ...
Chico has had a prescribed burn program for over a decade, and completes roughly two to three prescribed burns a year. The city often burns a western swath of the park as a protective buffer for ...
United States Indian Agent O. M. Wozencraft represented the U.S. government at Bidwell's Ranch. The city of Chico was founded in 1860 by General John Bidwell. That year, Bidwell requested the county send a surveyor to lay out the city street grid. Chico was the starting point of the Koncow Trail of Tears also called the Nome Cult Trail.
The festival honors the city’s cultural heritage as one of the mainstays of the Texas ranching industry and will feature food, live music and more.
Drawing of John Parrott's ranch, Rancho Llano Seco. Rancho Llano Seco was a 17,767-acre (71.90 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Butte County, California, given in 1845 by Mexican Governor Pio Pico to Sebastian Keyser (Kayser). [1] Llano seco means 'dry plains' in Spanish.
Only a few historic structures and an 8,000 square feet (740 m 2) ranch house, built in the 1970s, occupy the 13,300 acres (5,400 ha). Benjamin Coates purchased the land in the 1970s after Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a purchase that would have made Guejito a state park. Coates purchased an additional 8,700 acres (3,500 ha) of surrounding land ...