About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 26. Chapters: Bangor, California, Berry Creek, California, Butte Creek Canyon, California, Butte Meadows, California, Butte Valley, California, Cherokee, California, Clipper Mills, California, Cohasset, California, Concow, California, Durham, California, Forbestown, California, Forest Ranch, California, Honcut, California, Kelly Ridge, California, Magalia, California, Nord, California, Oroville East, California, Palermo, California, Rackerby, California, Richvale, California, Robinson Mill, California, South Oroville, California, Stirling City, California, Thermalito, California, Yankee Hill, Butte County, California. Excerpt: Concow (formerly, Con Cow) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Butte County, California, United States. It is named after the Native American tribe that is indigenous to the area, the Concow Maidu . The original inhabitants of the area had a diet of Salmon from the Feather River, acorns and pine nuts from the trees in the area, venison, and other sources of food which abounded in the California foothills. The population was 710 at the 2010 census. "In the beginning Wahno-no-pem, the Great Spirit, made all things. Before he came, everything on the earth and in the skies was hidden in darkness and in gloom, but where he appeared he was the light. From his essence, out of his breath, he made the sun, the moon, and the countless stars, and pinned them in the blue vault of the heavens." There is no indication that there was contact with the Concow tribe during the 1697-1821 Spanish colonization, the 1821-1846 Mexican governance, or the spread of the Californio slave ranchos. The Concow region is 20 miles north of the city of Oroville (an Anglo-Hispanic compound meaning 'gold-town') and about the same distance east of the town of Chico (named for Rancho Arroyo Chico-meaning...
