Butte County Historical Society

Established 1956
Phone : 530 533-9418

Email us at buttehistory@sbcglobal.net

Read All About It!

These newspaper articles were found while researching our local history. They are a great primary source that helps us understand how people existed and the efforts they made to establish and improve the areas where they settled. They also give us insights into their thought processes, both the good and the bad. The information they provide represent the building blocks that make up where we are today.

This section is organized by place or subject and filed by date. These newspaper articles are not all the articles in the papers on a topic but rather an interesting collection that offer insight into our history. The files are PDF files containing several articles for each time period that you can scroll through.

Newspaper Articles About Bangor and Wyandotte by Date

1856/1899  1900/1908    

1909/1910   1911/1914   

1915/1917    1918/1930

1931/1945

Newspaper Articles About Oregon City and Oregon Gulch by Date

1848/1856   1857/1869    

1870/1880  1881/1892   

1893    1894    1895

1896/1910  1911/1920    

1921/1941

Newspaper Articles About the Ehmann Olive Company.

1898/1909    1910/1914    

1915    1916/1919   

1920/1921   1922/1949 

Newspaper Articles About Early Oroville (more coming soon)

1851/1854   1855   1856 

1857    1858   1859  1860