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Chico

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
Located in Sacramento Valley; named derived from Arroyo Chico land grant of 1844; industrial expansion began after WW II; site of Bidwell Mansion State Park & the Chico Museum.
Authority
Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
AAA: California/Nevada (1990); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984);

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Janet E. Turner (American, 1914-1988)

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