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Frontier Absorbs The Migrants and Early California Pioneers
The 1847 Hartleson Bidwell wagon train opened migration from the Midwest to California. Bidwell, Lassen, and companions settled along the Feather River, Sutter’s Hock Farm, and delta lands near Rio Vista. Members aided Sutter’s operations, built houses, and pursued land claims from Mexican authorities, with many pursuing ventures from Monterey to San Jose and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartleson
Suller Coubly
Feather River
Yuba
Placer
Hock Farm
Sutter
Geverally
Gerian
Sutler
Peter Lassen
Denmark
Oregon Trail
Willamette Valley
Bodega
California
Bidwell
Sacramento Valley
Oregon
Salter
Dassen
Lassen
Lassen County
Ayen
John Bidwell
Monterey
Alpinos
Rio Vista
Colusa
Dosiah Belden
Talbot Green
Thomas Larkin
Belden
Anta Cruz
Wiliam H. Davi
Frenitisco
San Jose