John Bidwell
American politician
Died when: 80 years 242 days (967 months)Star Sign: Leo
John Bidwell (August 5, 1819 – April 4, 1900), known in Spanish as Don Juan Bidwell, was a Californian pioneer, politician, and soldier.Bidwell is known as the founder the city of Chico, California.
Born in New York, he emigrated at the age of 22 to Alta California (then a part of Mexico) as part of the Bartleson–Bidwell Party, one of the first expeditions of American emigrants along the California Trail.
In California, he became a Mexican citizen and a prominent landowner, receiving multiple rancho grants from the governors of Alta California.
Following the U.S.Conquest of California, Bidwell went on to serve in the California Senate and then in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
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