Spring 2010 Meeting Location

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Monday Afternoon Clubhouse.
120 N. Lassen St.
Willows, CA

The Clubhouse is about one block from the Willows Museum.

Sacramento River Scene

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This river scene is near Willows in Glenn County.  The image comes from a vintage post card with explanatory text of "Scene on Kuhn project in the Sacramento Valley, California.  If interested in California farms, see or write to Kuhn Irrigated Land Co., 511 Wood St., Pittsburgh, PA."  Post card postage was one cent at the time.

Willows Train Station - Circa 1905

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Historical Buildings in the Area:

The refurbished Bayliss Carnegie Library was designed by the famous architect William Henry Weeks, and was built in 1917.  It is registered with the California Office of Historic Preservation.  It is still open one day per week on Tuesdays.  It's located on County Rd. 39 (the Blue Gum-Bayliss Rd.) in the unincorporated community of Glenn, between Willows and Chico.

 
Interesting Photos

THE ALDER SPRINGS STAGE

Alder Springs was the place to send the family during hot weather.  There were numerous rental cabins here plus a store, post office, and saloon.  The Stanley Steamer Stage replaced a six-horse stage previously used on the run from Elk Creek.  The Alder Springs Post Office closed June 1940.  This photo dates from 1918 and is in the archives at the Alta Schmidt House Museum and is courtesy of the Orland Historical & Cultural Society.

John Sites

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John Sites, founder of the town of Sites.  Born in 1832.

The Restored Monroeville Cemetery

The Monroeville Cemetery was restored in 1980 by archaelogists from Chico State University and Butte College.  It is located about 5 miles south of Hamilton City on Hwy. 45.  It's most famous resident is Willliam Ide, who was associated with the "Bear Flag Revolt" in Sonoma in 1846.   Ide was President of the short-lived California Republic.