Bidwell family papers.

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Bidwell family papers.

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Part I: papers of John & Annie E.K. Bidwell, consisting chiefly of correspondence, clippings, and legal, financial and property records, ca. 1851-1918. Part II: papers of members of the Kennedy Ellicott and Morrison families, related to Mrs. Bidwell, ca. 1792-1934.

8 boxes, 3 cartons, 1 portfolio.Selected items : 2 microfilm reels : negative (Rich. 418:4, 807:10) and positive (no positive for film of diary, 1865-1867)

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Bidwell, John, 1819-1900

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Bidwell was a noted early Calif. pioneer, landowner, and statesman. He helped form the Western Immigration Society in 1840, which led to the formation of the Bidwell-Bartleson wagon train, the first emigrant train to Calif. He travelled through Utah in 1841, then forged the Calif. immigrant trail. In 1846 he wrote the Bear Flag platform. In 1848, he began buying his ranch, Rancho de Arroyo Chico, also known as Rancho Chico. From the description of Rancho de Arroyo Chico ledger and re...

Norris, Thomas W. (Thomas Wayne)

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Bidwell, Annie E. Kennedy

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Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell, born in Meadville, PA, June 30, 1839, was the daughter of Joseph Camp Griffith Kennedy of Washington, D.C. She married John Bidwell on April 16, 1868 and came to Rancho Chico, Butte County. She was a philanthropist and civic leader, especially interested in the Indians, church affairs, temperance movements, and women suffrage. She died in Chico on March 9, 1918. From the description of Annie Ellicott Kennedy Bidwell Collection, 1842-1918. (California S...