History of Butte County, California
Author : George C. Mansfield
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Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Butte County (Calif.)
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Author : George C. Mansfield
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Page : 1408 pages
File Size : 27,2 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Butte County (Calif.)
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Author : Harry Laurenz Wells
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Butte County (Calif.)
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Author : Harry Laurenz Wells
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Page : 430 pages
File Size : 25,61 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Butte County (Calif.)
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Author : George C. Mansfield
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 26,51 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Butte County (Calif.)
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Author : James Miller Guinn
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Page : 1834 pages
File Size : 31,92 MB
Release : 1906
Category : California
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Author : Charles Davis McComish
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Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 20,66 MB
Release : 1918
Category : Colusa County (Calif.)
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Author : Robert Colby
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 44,14 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9780738530185
The West Branch of the Feather River in northern Butte County was once a rich mining region. In 1859, an incredible 54-pound gold nugget washed from the flanks of Sawmill Peak, named for the ridge's other main industry, logging. An intricate web of stage roads, and later railroads, linked the little mining and lumber towns that dotted these peaks covered in giant white and ponderosa pine. Steam engines hauled huge logs to mills like the Diamond Match Company, crossing steep canyons on wooden trestles stretched to heart-stopping heights. Some early mining towns like Magalia (once known as Dogtown--site of the gargantuan nugget) and Stirling City, are still there. Others like Nimshew, Lovelock, Toadtown, Powellton, Chaparral, Coutelenc, and Inskip, are ghost towns, inhabiting only the photographs that memorialize their short heyday.
Author : George C. Mansfield
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 44,98 MB
Release : 1919
Category : Butte County (Calif.)
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Author : Edward Booth
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 16,12 MB
Release : 2005-11-09
Category : Photography
ISBN : 1439614466
Over time, the land of the Mechoopda Indians, where elk herds grazed on blue-stemmed grass, became Rancho Arroyo Chico, the land chosen by California pioneer John Bidwell for his stately creekside mansion. Bidwell later founded the town of Chico with its wooden plank sidewalks and iron-front and brick commercial buildings. Today Chico is a dynamic modern city with its own California State University, a wide, tree-lined Esplanade, andthanks to the legacy of Annie Bidwellthe eighth-largest municipal park in the nation.
Author : Charmion Adams
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Page : 247 pages
File Size : 16,32 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Butte County (Calif.)
ISBN : 9780965916820