1 1200 2 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/29ec72ec283fd826ecc86982405e62bb.JPG 3dc9a84e52bed82c938bf9fcbcc49277 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/f24fb76566bc3fa91a9a664678b9d107.JPG 7cedb93ef62508a2bf1d9445f117ab55 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Glenn County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0345 Granville P. Swift Adobe</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> Old Hwy 99 W at Hambright Creek, 1.0 mi N of Orland<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B045'37.2%22N+122%C2%B011'48.3%22W/@39.760344,-122.1973027,239m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d39.760343!4d-122.196755?hl=en&amp;authuser=0">39.760343, -122.196755</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> The Swift Adobe<br /><br />The first house in Glenn County, built about 1848 by Granville P. Swift, a member of the Bear Flag Party, who came to California from Oregon in 1844. The site is 150 yards east on the banks of Hambright Creek. The house was built of clay by Indians. He soon had herds of cattle ranging up and down the valley tended by Indian vaqueros and he made a fortune mining on the Feather River with his Indian laborers.<br /><br />Orland Bicentennial Committee <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4> Guidebook: Granville P. Swift crossed the plains to Oregon in 1843 and entered California with the Kelsey party in 1844. In 1849, in partnership with Frank Sears, he purchased the cattle and brand of the Larkin grant from J. S. Williams. Swift soon had droves of cattle herded by Indian vaqueros, and rodeos were held annually at this adobe site. <p></p> Registered 8/8/1939 https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/05e148144c2217b4c99669c34599deca.JPG 281766e68cb5f6e0daf3cff9494d3e9c https://landmarkquest.com/omeka/files/original/0c52cc362b163796fbf7133533f605f7.JPG ba6866ddce99e0b4d674d4b6eb159fe9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Glenn County Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource <h2>#0831 Site of First Posted Water Notice by Will S. Green</h2> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4> At bend in Rd 205, 3.7 mi N of Hamilton City<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/39%C2%B047'10.9%22N+122%C2%B002'54.5%22W/@39.7863514,-122.0492101,322m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d39.78635!4d-122.048472?hl=en&amp;authuser=0">39.786350, -122.048472</a> <p></p> <h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4> Private plaque <p></p> <h4>Plaque text:</h4> William Semple Green<br />1832 – 1905<br /><br />Arrived via Panama route, San Francisco Oct. 10, 1849 Arrived Colusi County, July 6, 1850<br /><br />Ferry boat captain, mail carrier, surveyor, editor, writer, legislator, Surveyor General of the United States, California State Treasurer, irrigationist, friend of man.<br /><br />On Dec. 18, 1880 posted the first water notice on an oak tree on the west bank of the Sacramento River immediately east of this spot for the diversion of 500,000 miner’s inches of water for the irrigation of lands on the west side of the Sacramento Valley.<br /><br />Dedicated by Colusi County Historical Society Donated and erected by Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, May 15, 1954<br /><br />“......thou shalt take of the water of the river and pour it upon the dry land.” Exodus 4:9 <p></p> Registered 5/29/1969