when my dad decided to move here, chico, where is chico? my uncle had just gotten here to the united states from thailand. roughly 1990. probably two or three years before that. my dad came to visit him. he liked the town. he said we are moving to chico. uncle lives there and we will go in with their. that is how we came here. oklahoma to wisconsin and now to chico, california. the population is based on 2010 is over 4000. maybe a little more now. with that, are nearest other town with the orville, give or take 2000 or 3000 there. it is growing. if you look at the city area we are not even counting the outskirts of the county area. mr. nitzky: this is a story cloth. it is actually a very important part of the hmong culture. actually aided in their survival in the refugee camps. in the refugee camps they were given and allocated certain amount of food, but really do have any financial means to live off of. many of the women and the refugee camps engaged in using their traditional techniques of textile making. in collaboration with thai and hm

chico. so he remained very strong and physically active right up until the end. today, there are lot of visible legacies here in chico at least of his influence and his lice work. the mansion of course stands as something of a monument to his work and his activity. it's really one of the finest architectural, historic, piece of historic architecture in northern california, one of the best examples of italian villa, victorian architecture in northern california. and, of course, important part of his legacy is california state university chico. bidwell was one of the cofounders of the university which began as the northern branch of the state normal school in 1886 is when they agreed to locate a campus here. and a lot of, the decision to locate the campus here had to do with his offer of land free to the state. the original campus was carved out of rancho chico. he donated eight acres of his cherry orchard located off the south bank of chico creek free of charge to the state of california, and that offer help seal the deal and allowed chico to gain the campus at the expense of some rival communities that were

chico is today. standing in front of an altar of a chinese temple housed here at chico museum. they started here as early as 1840. this was part of a movement happening across the united states. they were looking for more opportunities and a lot of them came here. for byassage was paid other chinese merchants and in coming here, they had to work to pay back that expense. the working in andculture and factories working in major houses and when's and the transcontinental railroad. onward, thered were primarily male workers and there was a lot of friction between them and a lot of other ethnic groups. they were looking to settle in their own communities. they were seen as a competition because they were willing to work for lower wages and seen as moralitydown american because they had settled in groups where there was and theyion, opium use to thensidered a threat racial composition in america. this would iraq into violence and in chico, there were people going into these chinatown and setting the community on fire. men went inbout six to a local ranch and shot and killed five chin

chico. he remained very strong and physically active right up until the end. today there are a lot of visible legacies here in chico of bidwell's influence and his life's work. the mansion, of course, stands as something of a monument to his work and his activity. it is really one of the finest architectural pieces of architect in northern california. one of the best examples of italian, victorian architecture in northern company. an important part of his legacy is california state university chico. bidwell was one of the co-founders of the university when began as the northern branch of the state normal school in 1886 when they agreed to locate the campus here. a lot of the decision -- the decision to locate the campus had to do with bidwell's offer of land free the state. the original campus was called out of rancho chico. he donated eight acres of his cherry orchid located on the south bank free of charge to the state of california and that offer helped seal the deal and allow chico to gain the campus at the extent of rival communities who were also in the hunt to house that campus. i would say that joh

chico and north offeror veil. that was the most famous visit here. john muir was a close friend of the bidwells and john muir spent a number of visits, staying with the bidwells at bidwell mansion. the most important and long-lasting relationship with the federal government, starting with his days in congress, was his close relationship with the united states department of agriculture. he was constantly being sent -- corresponding with officials in the usda and constantly receiving from them different crops that they wanted tested out in california's soil and climate, and they really used rancho chico as one of their early experimental farms before they actually owned and ran their own, and bidwell has an extensive correspondence with the usda and evenly would set up an agriculture experiment station for the state of california in what is now bidwell park. became in effect a demonstration farm in the days before there were government sponsored government farms by either the state or the federal department of agriculture. ranch cho chico was the site

ever since then, for the last 18 years or so, every september folks gathered here in chico and take a week to walk the 100 miles. profoundy meaningful, ceremony. it is regarded as spiritually just commemorate the fact that their ancestors survive this arduous journey and they come of the defendants, but also to think deeply about why this happened, and try to instill values of mutual respect and tolerance. you can watch this and other programs on the history of communities across the country at c-span.org/cities tour. this is american history tv, only on c-span3. announcer: congress voted to declare war on germany on april 6, 1917, entering the u.s. into world war i. up next, a panel of authors and historians looks at what motivated the u.s. to get involved in what was then called the great war. theons discussed include influence of british propaganda, as well as the zimmerman telegram and intercepted telegrams between germany and mexico that proposed an alliance between the two countries, and promised mexico territory in the southwest u.s. analysts also talk about president woodrow w

founding pioneer of chico, california. here's a preview. [video clip] really trulyto grasp how important john bigelow was to our state's history from founding the city of chico to delivering the news of california's inception to the 1850 inin october of san francisco. his legacy and footprint can be seen throughout california. so here at the mansion at the state historic park, we are home to 5.2 acres of the original 22,000. roughly 12,000 square feet and up to 26 rooms. the bidwell mansion was originally constructed from 1865 to 868. the style of architecture that we see today is referred to as italian villa. there are a of potential explanations as to why bidwell may have chosen the style of accurat architecture. being in a mediterranean climate and that this structure was constructed before conveniences like air-conditioning and electricity, build well wanted to cool his house down as quickly and efficiently as possible during the warm summer months. tall ceilings the on the first floor that was intended to allow the heat of place to rise

of rancho chico, what was being done on this property really was, set the template really for what became california in the 20th century as an agricultural producer, and still remains right here in the 21st century. >> booktv is on the campus of california state university at chico. this university is the second oldest campus and the california system. , inside with us to learn about the life and career of former u.s. congressman john. >> john was republican congressman from the columbus, ohio, area for 20 years from 1939-1958. andy was within the house of representatives the most influential congressman, republican congressman tom when it came to foreign-policy matters before, during and particularly after world war ii. john was like physically a big guy. he played football in high school and in college. he was a forceful speaker, something of a table founder. i would imagine from time to time. -- table founder. he apparently was an eloquent speaker publicly. people, they talk about his speech patterns in interesting ways. when he was talking to you one on one, or maybe any small to medium setting, he would often start one sentence before he had finished another and it could

chico. with the discovery of gold not too far south of here and the inability to keep that discovery secret, the news quickly spread. and the ratio of settlers to native people began to radically shift. prior to the gold rush, there would have been somewhere on the order of maybe under 5000 settlers in all of california. by 1855, that would have skyrocketed to above 50,000 settlers. and the relations were fraught. not for every group at every moment, but there was a profound sense of racism towards native peoples. the general epithet used was "digger indians." in other words, they were regarded as sub human. because they did not have the kind of technological accoutrements that european american settlers considered standard. it's not because they were not clever enough to figure it out. it is because those things were irrelevant to their daily lives. they were able to on the coast, you know, when the tide went out -- their table was set. here in this part of north central valley, the mass crops of acorns provided very important, calorie rich food source for them. wild game, deer, small anima

chico, the region, started primarily when the gold rush, 1850's. and the first people here after

here on the other side of what is now the mendocino national forest in round valley. people andly 470 various other tribelets in the area were essentially corralled just west of chico. then marched over the course of two weeks in mid-september 1863, a0 miles to their new home, reservation out over the mountains in the coast range. forced relocation of 1863 is remembered as the nome cult walk. it was the name of the reservation that was essentially created in round valley. this series of forced relocations is kind of a not very well known aspect of american history in general, and california history in particular, because, as one might imagine, it's not a pleasant chapter. it's a very brutal and violent series of events that took place between approximately 1850 and 1 875, and resulted in a radically reduce population of indigenous people in california, not zeroed out by any means, but definitely throughally reduced sheer, outright genocidal methods. it was about 18 years ago that in roundm both -- valley decided to organize a memorial walk. they decided that in september they would retrace the steps their ancestors were forced to take. and so, ever since then, for t

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chico, california. you are watching american history tv, all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> the chinese were here at such a valuable time.

here. san jose, abc 7 news. >>> we are still on storm watch. you can see why, a hailstorm hit chico state this afternoon. the school tweeted this video. fundamental clouds spotted in rancho cordova which is east of sacramento. >> highway 267. the snow is coming down pretty hard this evening. if you are headed to law helke , be sure to carry your change. >> all right, no rain in the bay area tonight. we have another storm on the way. it may wash parts of -- >> our sandy patel is here. >> lets look at our rain chances. we are getting a break for your friday and saturday, you will notice that the rain chances increase again on easter sunday. continuing right on through tuesday. right now i do want to show you live doppler 7. you will notice there are not any rain here on the screen. enjoy this break. a couple more days, we'll see the pattern turning wet again. snow is still falling across 80. 80 is closed in both directions. they have had quite a bit of snow there, obviously in the serbia and nevada. here is a beautiful picture of people enjoying the snow as you can see here. other resorts of more than 12 i

here, and we do want to call ourselves hmong -americans, and we are the neighbors and friends. tourncer 1: our cities recently went to california to learn about it history. learn more about chico and other stops on the cities tour. you are watching "american history tv" all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. in september 1994, senate democratic leader george mitchell announced the end of efforts to pass a health care bill that year. the press conference followed a year and a half long effort by the clinton administration and members of congress. up next on "american history tv," senator mitchell's press conference followed by reaction from republican leader robert dole. it is about an hour. george mitchell: at the beginning of this congress, i said the passage of comprehensive health care reform would be a high priority. i repeated that goal at the beginning of this year and said i would give it my close attention and all my energy. two years ago, americans made the judgment at the polls that the nation's problems had been subordinated for too long to problems abroad. the pressures on working middle income families from corporate downsizing, defense industry conversion, violen

bounding the city of chico to delivering the news of california's inception to the country in october of 1850. his legacy and his footprint can be seen throughout california. here

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chico, california. two are more about the cities on our current tour, visit /citiestour.rg >> were standing in a place that holds you found significance for the indigenous people here in this part of what we now call butte county. these people regard this very place as the particular location where in their cosmology the creator had humans emerge into the world. it is also alumni glenn. with the discovery of gold not

smallhouse: the chinese were here at a valuable time. chico was really coming into its own starting in 1840 and onward. so, i really consider them sort of helping build the foundation for what chico is today. we have a really, really important role. so, we are standing inside of an altar of a chinese temple housed at the chico museum. they started settling here as early as 1840, part of a movement happening all across the united states. in china, they were looking for more opportunities. so, a lot of them came here. their passage was paid for by, you know, other chinese merchants. and so, in coming here they had to work to pay back that expense. they primarily came here to mine for gold. and but they also ended up, you know, working in agriculture, in factors, also working for, you know, major houses and plantations. and also on the transcontinental railroad. during 1850 and onwards, life for the chinese here, i mean, there were primarily no workers. there was a lot of friction between them and, you know, other kind of ethnic groups. they tend

in chico here. the university really didn't become a major employer here and foundation of the town, the economy until about 1960. prior to that it was an agricultural town, the agricultural food processing count was canneries and flour mills and other food processing industries. and so it makes chico something of a special place i think in northern california. >> welcome to chico california on book tv. with the help of our comcast cable partners, for about the next hour we travel to talk with local authors and we explore both history of chico and a wide variety of topics covered in the author's book. the first is about the system of blended sentencing in texas and its effects on the juvenile youthoffenders. >> i wrote my book "sex, drugs and rock and roll: the rise of america's 1960's counterculture" . my book focuses on kind of the whole of americanbohemia , and i go back and talk about early progenitors and talk about figures like edgar allen poe and walt whitman. >> i talk about members of the l

chico the region started in the gold rush in the 1850's. wereirst people here prospectors. my family came to this county were chico is a 1950. the kids will be six generation .nvolved in agriculture grants started to hew into more diversity -- will post that, probably the biggest change we saw suddenly started to create irrigation systems. in the early 1900s we started more control and management for flood and irrigation and agriculture. we saw the shift, particularly when rice came, we were one of the first places in the state that was grown successfully, just south of chico 10-50 miles. that changed the agricultural economy. we saw all these for tile lamps tong the river, we started experiment with different kinds of crops. we saw crops of all kinds pointed here, with great soil. tom we started to seeing evolution. 50 years agot roughly started to see an increase in orchard crops, particularly walnuts and almonds. we became one of the center for the world production of those two crops. around chico i would say to dominant pointed crops would be walnuts and almonds. we are

being in a mediterranean climate here in chico, california, and being that this structure was constructed before conveniences such as air conditioning and electricity, they wanted to be able to pull this house down as quickly and efficiently as possible during warm summer months. you may notice a tall 14 foot ceilings on the first floor. that was intended to allow the heated place to rise. 12 fourecond floor -- ceilings are angled to bend hot air towards a kubla which today could be called a house fan. the laws of the bidwell mansion are one foot sick, believed to act as an -- a layer of insulation to for the cool or warm at any time of year. there are fireplaces to act as heaters to warm the home during the winter months. bidwell first sees the ranch and andchico area in the 1840's immediately falls in love with the location. seven years down the road and a gold rush here in california, bidwell has obtained the financial means to purchase rancho lawyer chico from his business partner and associate, william dickey. 22,000, 47chased it hundredths of a mother for just over $11,000. two sepa

chico and round valley decided to organize a memorial walk. they decided in september they would retrace the steps their ancestors were forced to face. for the last 18 years or so, every september folks gathered here in chico to take a week to walk the 100 miles. it is a meaningful, profound ceremony. it is regarded as spiritually healing to not just commemorate the fact that there ancestors survived this journey and they are here today, but also to think deeply about why this happened and to try to instill values of mutual respect and tolerance. are cities

chico was built on the university and is built on agriculture. so we here in the college of agriculture get to experience the best of all of that. we have a great relationship with the ag community, which is the economic driver here in this region of california. agriculture is our number one crop or our number one industry. and i really feel like this is one of the things that makes it so great is this connection to agriculture and the opportunity to interact with consumers and farmers and have everyone coming together. n a place like this. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to chico, california, to learn about its rich history. learn more about chico and other stops on our tour at c-span.org/citiestour. you're watching mesh history tv, all weekend, every weekend, on c-span3. >> recently, american history it's was at the american his tore exal association annual meeting in denver, colorado. we spoke with professor, authors, and graduate students about their research this interview is about 0 minutes. bill: we are joined by randolph roth, history pro

today that's referred to as chico state, the second oldest c.s.u. in the state of california. here we are in arguably the most interesting room of the mansion. the bidwells' lie wrear. today the library is home to a vast array of bidwell-original items, including the bookcases themselves, roughly 80% of the literature within the case, the native american artifacts in the cases themselves and the chinese tappestry in the corner of the library. the quantity of literature that is seen within this room is not something that would have been considered typical for the average household of the time. and this offers a great insight into the lives and the minds of john and annie bidwell. here, thanks to the history of women's suffrage we can see that annie and john were both fairly involved in the women's suffrage movement. susan b. anthony and annie bidwell were close friendsing she was a guest here in the mansion for numerous occasions. when bidwell runs for office he says i will help earn women the right to vote and i will make alcohol illegal. other items of interest in the room, pieces

chico was built on the university and is built on agriculture. we here in the college of agriculture get to experience the best of all of that. we have a great relationship with the added community, which is the economic driver here in this region of california. agriculture is our number one crop, our number one industry. is one of theis things that makes it so great, this connection to agriculture. interact withy to consumers and farmers and have everyone coming together in a place like this. >> our cities to her staff recently traveled to chico california to learn about its rich history. learn more about chico and our other stops at c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv, all weakened every weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> c-span, where history unfold daily. in 19 79, c-span was created as a public service by america's , and television companies is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. ♪ www.c-span.org >> next >> on american history tv, pulitzer prize-winning historian walter a u.s.gal discusses how past presidents hav

bounding the city of chico to delivering the news of california's inception to the country in october of 1850. his legacy and his footprint can be seen throughout california. here at the historic park, we are home to i've .2 acres of the original 22,214 and 40 700s. five stories and up to 26 rooms, it -- the mansion was originally constructed from 1865 to 1868. the style of architecture that we see today is referred to that -- referred to as italian villa. there are a number of potential excavations for wide they chose this particular style of architecture. being a mediterranean climate here and that this was structured -- was constructed before conveniences like electricity and air-conditioning, he wanted to be evil to cool this house down as quickly as possible during the summer months. you may notice very tall ceilings on the first floor. that was intended to allow the heat to rise. on the second floor, there are 12 foot ceilings and on the third floor, the ceilings are angled to direct the heat. the walls of the mansion are one foot thick hollow brick walls believed to act as a layer of insulation to further keep the home cool or warm depending on the time

chico was built on the university and built on agriculture. we get to experience the best of all of that. a great relationship with the economic driver here in this region of california. agriculture is our number one crop or industry. feel it does is one of the things that makes it so great, this connection to agriculture and the opportunity to interact with consumers and farmers and have everyone coming together in a place like this. >> our city tourist staff recently traveled to chico california to learn about its rich history. learn more about other stops on our tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend every weekend on c-span3. >> next, pulitzer prize-winning historian david mccullough talks about how our founders valued education and persevered in the face of hardship. mccullough then discusses how these ideas shaved american society. to mcculloch sits down discuss why he thinks studying history is important, what his writing process is like, and how he -- here's previews his upcoming work about the pioneers of the u.s. territory. this for our 30 minute event >> wow, good morning. i am happy their students here from palm