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John Bidwell

(Bidwell, John, 1819-1900)

John Bidwell (August 5, 1819 – April 4, 1900), known in Spanish as Don Juan Bidwell, was an American pioneer, politician, and soldier. Bidwell is known as the founder of the city of Chico, California. He served in the California Senate and then in the U.S. House of Representatives. (From Wikipedia)

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Royce, Charles C., 1845-1923

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2 additional books about John Bidwell in the extended shelves:

John Bidwell; his early career in California (1927), by Cora Edith Cody (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
John Bidwell, pioneer : a sketch of his career ([s.n.], 1907), by Marcus Benjamin (page images at HathiTrust)

Books by John Bidwell:

Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: Addresses, Reminiscences, Etc. of General John Bidwell, ed. by Charles C. Royce (PDF with commentary at loc.gov)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: Echoes of the Past About California (PDF with commentary at loc.gov)

Additional books by John Bidwell in the extended shelves:

Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: Addresses, reminiscences, etc. of General John Bidwell. (Chico, Calif., 1907), also by Charles C. Royce (page images at HathiTrust)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: Echoes of the past. (Citadel Press, 1962) (page images at HathiTrust)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: Echoes of the past about California (R. R. Donnelley & sons co., 1928), also by Milo Milton Quaife and John Steele (page images at HathiTrust)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: First three wagon trains : to California, 1841, to Oregon, 1842, to Washington, 1853 (Binfords & Mort, 1950), also by James Longmire and Hubert Howe Bancroft (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: Frémont in the conquest of California (s.n.], 1891), also by John Shertzer Hittell (page images at HathiTrust)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: A journey to California, with observations about the country, climate and the route to this country (J.H. Nash, printer, 1937), also by John Henry Nash, Herbert Ingram Priestley, and Bancroft Library (page images at HathiTrust)
Bidwell, John, 1819-1900: New Helvetia diary : a record of events kept (The Grabhorn Press in Arrangement with The Society of California Pioneers, 1939), also by H. P. Van Sicklen, William N. Loker, W. F. Swasey, and John Augustus Sutter (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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