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	John Bidwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Bidwell (August 5, 1819- April 4, 1900) was known throughout California and across the nation as an important pioneer, farmer, soldier, statesman, politician and philanthropist.
		Bidwell obtained Spanish land grant in the Sacramento Valley, later selling that grant to establish a ranch and farm on Chico Creek.
		John was a Freemason for a time but left the group feeling that it was pointless.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Bidwell (529 words)

	John Bidwell - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Bidwell (August 5 1819- April 4, 1900) was California settler and politician.
		In 1841 Bidwell became one of the first emigrants on the California Trail, establishing a homestead in the Sacramento Valley.
		Bidwell made the rank of major while fighting in the Mexican-American War.
	www.chico.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_Bidwell (297 words)

	John and Ann Bidwell - Influential People in John Muir's Life - John Muir Exhibit - Sierra Club
		John Bidwell was a rancher, politician, philanthropist, and amateur botanist and geologist.
		The Bidwells met John Muir on an 1877 botanical expedition to Mt. Shasta and the headwaters of the Sacramento River with famed Harvard botanist Asa Gray and his wife, and British botanist Sir Joseph Hooker.
		After John's death, expressing her own and her late husband's desire, Annie Bidwell donated over 2,000 acres of their ranch along Chico Creek to the City of Chico, on the condition that it be used exclusively for a public park.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit/people/bidwells.html (247 words)

	John Bidwell
		John Bidwell, one of the few early-day immigrants to benefit directly from gold mining, guided a party of immigrants across the plains to California in 1841.
		Bidwell began prospecting in early 1848 and on July 4, at Bidwell Bar on the Feather River, he made one of the richest strikes of the Gold Rush.
		Bidwell dug a huge fortune in a short time, and he used the gold to buy and cultivate a sprawling fiefdom of farming lands near what is now Chico, a town that he and his wife Annie were instrumental in designing and establishing.
	www.sierrafoothillmagazine.com /bidwell.html (186 words)

	Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park in Chico, California is located on the site of the 26,000 acre Rancho Chico, purchased in 1845–1850 by John Bidwell.
		The overall style of the three-story brick structure is that of an Italian villa, an informal, warmly romantic style.
		The first floor of the Bidwell Mansion is accessible via a ramp from the exterior of the Mansion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bidwell_Mansion_State_Historic_Park (269 words)

	Richard & John Bidwell
		The Reverend John Maverick was an elderly man from Devon, a minister of the established church.
		The "Mary and John" was the first of the fleet of 1630 to arrive in the bay.
		John and Hannah are buried at the East Hartford Cemetery, East Hartford, CT Zebulon Bidwell b.
	www.langeonline.com /Heritage/bidwell.html (882 words)

	John Bidwell
		John Bidwell was born in Chautauqua County on 5th August, 1819.
		Bidwell later claimed that was a most important factor in the the party's survival: "it was well we did (wait for Fitzpatrick), for other wise probably not one of us would ever have reached California, because of our inexperience".
		Bidwell became involved in politics and was initially a member of the Democratic Party.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWbidwell.htm (713 words)

	Chico News and Review July 31, 2003
		To them John Bidwell was a man of prodigious energy and ambition who began making significant accomplishments at a very young age and did not stop until that fateful day in 1900.
		To read John Bidwell and California is to be constantly astonished by the variety and extent of Bidwell's undertakings and accomplishments, many of which put him in great danger, whether from Indians, raging waters, armed soldiers, grizzly bears or hostile anti-Chinese mobs.
		Bidwell was the biggest single employer in town [so his employment practices had an impact].
	www.newsreview.com /issues/chico/2003-07-31/cover.asp (3393 words)

	Mechoopda Maidu Indians - History & Culture - Life on Rancho Arroyo Chico (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		In 1847 John Bidwell arrived in the vicinity of Mechoopda and grazed cattle.
		After John Bidwell's death in 1900, Annie continued her role as overseer and protector of the village, a stance many now view as maternalism.
		Annie Bidwell died in 1918 and the land she had deeded to the church as held in trust until the Untied States conveyed the land into federal trust in 1939.
	www.mechoopda.nsn.us /history/life.asp (573 words)

	Discovering John Bidwell: Two Chico State Historians on the Trail of a Pioneer
		General John Bidwell left an indelible mark on California history: founder of Chico, agricultural innovator, university benefactor, friend of John Sutter and John Muir, presidential and gubernatorial candidate.
		Bidwell's California will show a man who (at the elbow of his good friend Muir) could be thrilled by a patch of mountain wildflowers, a prankster who enjoyed serving his guests grasshopper pancakes (a Maidu specialty) and watching their faces when, afterward, he shared the recipe.
		Though their research puts a few dents in the Bidwell armor, he still emerges as a remarkable figure, a man guided by strict moral principles who was ahead of his time in many ways.
	www.csuchico.edu /pub/inside/archive/97_09_25/top_story1.html (1697 words)

	AAA : Travel : VIA: Chico Weekend Getaway (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The area is as lush as it was when Bidwell first spied it, thanks to the 3,670-acre park bearing his name (one of the country's largest municipal parks) in the middle of town.
		Bidwell was a progressive fellow, one of the first Northern Californians to install an indoor toilet, a tidbit you discover during the tour.
		The Bidwells would be dismayed to know that the university built on their former cherry orchard was, in 1987, dubbed "the craziest campus in the nation" by Playboy magazine.
	www.csaa.com /travel/tmpviaarticledetail/0,1436,1003040100\|3896,00.html (895 words)

	Chico News and Review October 25, 2001
		A young schoolteacher in Missouri, Bidwell was the victim of a claim jumper and found himself with no roots and no home in the town where he had lived.
		In 1841, Bidwell was a member of the first wagon train of white settlers to cross the Sierra Nevada and settle in California.
		The Bidwells' progressive civic legacy has sustained Chico since its inception, and their benign influence is still felt strongly in the town's commitment to the arts, education and the natural environment.
	www.newsreview.com /issues/chico/2001-10-25/visit9.asp (688 words)

	John Bidwell Bio (Prohibition Presidential 1892) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Bidwell was born in Chautauqua County, New York on 5 August 1819.
		John Bidwell died at Chico, California on 4 April 1900 and is buried in Chico Cemetery.
		Historic Bidwell Mansion stands today as a memorial to the Bidwells and celebrates, through their memory, those qualities of the human mind and spirit -- enlightenment, generosity, concern for the well-being of humanity -- that gave beauty, meaning, and purpose to their lives.
	www.prohibitionists.org /History/votes/John_Bidwell_bio.htm (340 words)

	The Historic Bidwell Mansion, Chico, Californnia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Historic Bidwell Mansion stands to-day as a memorial to the Bidwells and celebrates, through their memory, those qualities of the human mind and spirit-- enlightenment, generosity, concern for the well-being of humanity-- that gave beauty, meaning and purpose to their lives.
		BIDWELL MANSION was the home of General John Bidwell and his wife Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell from the time of their marriage in 1868 until the end of their lives in 1900 and 1918 respectively.
		Bidwell left the Mansion and surrounding grounds to the College Board of the Presbyterian Church of the United States of America for the establishment of a co-educational Christian school wherein the Bidwell ideals would continue to be taught to successive generations of students.
	dewey.chs.chico.k12.ca.us /Bidwell/bidman.html (830 words)

	John (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Wilcox was born in England in 1595.
		John Wilcox was chosen surveyor of lands and a Selectman.
		He had a dispute with John Cotton and apparently was discontented with the strict theological rule in Massachusetts.
	members.tripod.com /holland26/Wilcox/john.htm (2756 words)

	Gov. Thomas Welles of Connecticut
		John Winthrop and Rev. John Cotton on the nature of government.
		His son John was sent to oversee his interests there.
		He left land to sons Samuel and Thomas, and to Thomas son of the deceased son John, 20 pounds to Thomas, Samuel, Mary's children, Anne, Sarah, and 10 pounds to Mary Robbins' children.
	www.langeonline.com /welles.html (1768 words)

	Bidwell Mansion SHP
		Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park is a beautiful, three story, 26 room Victorian House Museum that stands as a memorial to John and Annie Bidwell.
		John Bidwell was known throughout California and across the nation as an important pioneer, farmer, soldier, statesman, politician and philanthropist.
		Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell, the daughter of a socially prominent, high ranking Washington official, was deeply religious, and committed to a number of moral and social causes.
	www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=460 (469 words)

	Watershed History
		John Bidwell purchased the Arroyo Chico lands in 1849 and 1851 (Lydon, 1997, p27).
		John Bidwell and his wife Annie continued to play a key role in the development of the community of Chico for many years and their impact is felt to this day.
		Among John Bidwell’s important contributions was successfully advocating for, and donating land to, the establishment of Chico Normal School.
	www.bigchicocreek.org /nodes/aboutwatershed/ecr/watershed_history.htm (8036 words)

	John Bidwell -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		It was founded in 1860 by John Bidwell, a state congressman and horticulturist, and developed as an agricultural-processing centre, especially for almonds, rice, and fruit.
		English astronomer John Frederick William Herschel was born in Slough, Buckinghamshire, on March 7, 1792.
		John Herschel discovered 525 star clusters and nebulae not recorded by his father, and he made the first telescopic survey of the southern heavens.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9079127 (644 words)

	Harvard Gazette: Hofer Lecture on history of papermaking
		John Bidwell will present the Philip and Frances Hofer Lecture "Industrial Hubris: A Revisionist History of the Papermaking Machine" today (March 25) at 5:30 p.m.
		Bidwell will reveal their corrupt business practices and show how their dishonest designs in part caused the spread of machine technology both in Britain and America.
		Bidwell is the newly elected president of the Bibliographical Society of America, having previously chaired its Publications Committee.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/2004/03.25/14-hofer.html (271 words)

	Archive--Bidwell-Bartelson
		John Bidwell, the lead organizer of the party, became an important man in California's history.
		Bidwell organized the party because fur trappers in St. Louis told him how wonderful California was, Tea said.
		Bidwell Pass near Pilot Peak, near Wendover, Nev., is named after John Bidwell.
	newscafe.ansci.usu.edu /archive/may2001/0507_bidwelltrail.html (459 words)

	Mark Pilling Family History - pilg556 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		She died 15 Jun 1690 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut and was buried 15 Jun 1690 in Hartford, Hartford,, Ct. Sarah married Richard Bidwell on 1633.
		She died 15 Jun 1690 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut and was buried 15 Jun 1690 in Hartford, Hartford,, Ct. Sarah married John Bidwell on 1640 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut.
		She died 15 Jun 1690 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut and was buried 15 Jun 1690 in Hartford, Hartford,, Ct. Sarah married John Bidwell.
	www.eoni.com /~paf/pilling/pilg556.htm (372 words)

	Wagon train pioneer found fame, fortune in California
		All Bidwell and his companions knew was that California lay to the southwest on the other side of the mountains.
		Bidwell worked for John Sutter from the time of his arrival until gold was discovered on Sutter’s land in 1848 (with only a few months off when he fought in the Mexican War.) Because of his education, Bidwell served as a secretary for Sutter.
		Bidwell raised sheep, cattle, grew winter wheat for export, raised grapes, and planted an orchard of 72,000 fruit trees.
	www.azle-news.net /news/get-news.asp?id=5524&catid=4&cpg=get-news.asp (734 words)

	People Important to John Muir - John Muir Exhibit
		John Muir of Sooke, British Columbia - first permanent European settler in the village of Sooke, where there is a John Muir School named after him.
		After John Muir's death, which was also in 1914, she edited his Travels in Alaska.
		John Muir lived with the Trout Family of Meaford Ontario, from fall of 1864 to spring 1866.
	www.sierraclub.org /john_muir_exhibit/people (4530 words)

	Bidwell ID \| Strategic Branding & Identity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		John Bidwell founded Bidwell ID in 1999 to focus on strategic branding and communications for a wide range of clients from educational and nonprofit organizations to health care and high tech.
		John spent two years in West Africa with the Peace Corps; he received his BA in Religious Studies from McGill University.
		John is the editor of Monique and the Mango Rains, a book about his wife's friendship with a West African midwife, due out in spring 2006 by Waveland Press.
	www.bidwellid.com /about/bios.html (1003 words)

	Bidwell Family (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		The English origins of the Bidwell family in America have yet to be documented.
		But the stoutest branch on the American family tree starts with John Bidwell (1620-1687) from England, a documented founder of Hartford, CT. His known line of descendants is the subject of Volume 1 of Bidwell Family History, published in 1983 and now out of print.
		The Bidwell Family Association is open to all Bidwells by birth, marriage, adoption and descent.
	www.bidwell.org (276 words)

	John BIDWELL
		John Bidwell and California: The Life and Writings of a Pioneer, 1841-1900.
		Memorial exercises for General John Bidwell (died April 4, 1900) held under the direction of the county officers of Butte county in the court-house at Oroville, California, May 7, 1900.
		Howe, Edgar F. Biographical sketches of General John Bidwell, prohibition nominee for president, and Dr. James B. Cranfill, prohibition nominee for vice-president; with nominating speeches, national platform, and Bidwell’s letter of acceptance.
	www.infoplease.com /biography/us/congress/bidwell-john.html (319 words)

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