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What is a man who has just married a temperance wife to do with five hundred gallons of “superior wine”? That was John Bidwell’s dilemma and here is his solution. Bidwell had never been a drinking man, and once he … Continue reading →

Writing about Bidwell’s old adobe house a few months ago, I posted this picture of Bidwell Mansion, which shows the adobe on the left-hand side and Bidwell Mansion in the center. At the time I said it was an “undated … Continue reading →

On this date — June 21 — in 1879 the notorious stage robber Black Bart held up a stage coach near Forbestown in Butte County. It was his first robbery in the year 1879 and his ninth robbery since he … Continue reading →

Lake Oroville is full to the brim. If you are one of my readers living in Butte County, you already know this. If you are elsewhere I hope you will enjoy seeing the change. Yesterday I went with my husband … Continue reading →

Last month I was at the Paradise Chocolate Fest, on Authors’ Row, sharing a table and selling books with ANCHR. There I met another author and I liked the look of her book so much I bought a copy. The … Continue reading →

From time to time I’ve followed up on members of the Bidwell-Bartleson Party and what they did after they arrived in California, men like John Bartleson, Josiah Belden, Joseph Chiles, and Nicolas Dawson (many posts for him). Another member of … Continue reading →