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History tv schedule, go to www. Cspan. Org. We continue our look at chicos history. Come inside as we toward the home of the citys founder. Trulyis hard to really grasp how important he was to our states history, our towns history. From founding the town of chico two delivering the news of californias inception to the ntry in october of 1850 his footprint can be seen throughout tornier. Thats throughout california. To 5. 2 acres of the original 22,000. , fivey 12,000 square feet floors and 26 rooms. Mansion was originally constructed from 18 to give 18651868. Being in a mediterranean climate here and being this structure was constructed before airconditioning and electricity , he wanted to cool this house down as quickly and efficiently as possible. Very tall come 14 foot ceilings on the first floor. That was intended to allow the that the walls of the the walls of the Bidwell Mansion act as insulation. The home is also equipped ....