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Bidwell Bar, California

Bidwell Bar, California

Bidwell Bar was a boomtown during the California Gold Rush. It was abandoned long before Lake Oroville covered it in 1968.

About this community

Dam
Oroville Dam
River
Feather River
Established
1848
Inundated
1968

The community that was displaced

Displacement cost
$22,812,827
Property value
$498,248
Vocations
farmer, fisherman, rancher
Birthplaces
local