Cherokee, California is an unincorporated town in Butte County, California. The town, with a population of 10–12, is on California State Highway 70 near Oroville, California. In law, a region of land is unincorporated if it is not a part of any municipality. ... Butte County is a county located in Californias Central Valley, north of Sacramento. ... Oroville is the county seat of Butte County, California. ...
History
Cherokee was founded by Maidu Indians. Around 1818 Spanish found gold on Cherokee's south side by Table Mountain. In 1849Cherokee Indians came from Oklahoma to start the Gold Rush. Welsh miners came in the 1850s, naming the town after the Cherokee and constructing many buildings in town. In 1880 President Rutherford B. Hayes, his wife Lucy, Civil War General William T. Sherman and General John Bidwell came to visit Cherokee's famous hydraulic gold mine. In the 1890s, the gold mines were sold off because of operation cost. At its boomtime, the town had a population in the thousands. The Maidu are a group of Native Americans who lived in Northern California. ... 1818 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1849 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Alternate meanings: Cherokee (disambiguation) The Cherokee are a people native to North America who first inhabited what is now the eastern and southeastern United States before most were forcefully moved to the Ozark Plateau. ... Oklahoma is a southwestern state of the United States and its U.S. postal abbreviation is OK; others abbreviate the states name Okla. ... Gold rush ad A gold rush is a period of feverish migration of workers into the area of a dramatic discovery of commercial quantities of gold. ... National motto: Cymru am byth (Welsh: Wales for ever) Waless location within the UK Official languages English(100%), Welsh(20. ... 1880 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th (1877 – 1881) President of the United States. ... Portrait of William Tecumseh Sherman by Mathew Brady William Tecumseh Sherman (February 8, 1820 – February 14, 1891) was an American soldier, businessman, and author. ... John Bidwell John Bidwell (August 5, 1819- April 4, 1900) was California settler and politician. ... Hydraulics is a branch of science and engineering concerned with the use of liquids to perform mechanical tasks. ...
Today
Cherokee now consists of a museum and a Cherokee cemetery, as well as a few houses.
When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in California, the Cherokee, who had lost their eastern homeland and mines, naturally saw the placer gold fields of the Sierras as an opportunity to earn money by putting their unused skills to use in the West.
Cherokees who had been forcibly removed from Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia to Oklahoma in the 1830s saw the gold fields of California as an opportunity for needed revenue.
It was the CherokeeCalifornia Emigrating Company formed on the banks of "Fifteen Mile Creek" that John Lowery Brown joined in the spring of 1850.
Cherokee's past is fertile -- rich in ethnic diversity, back-breaking work ethic, engineering accomplishments, and massive wealth from its gold and diamond mines.
Alas, Cherokee's pinnacle came to a standstill in the 1890s, when hydraulic mining became too expensive to operate, and the sprawling reservoirs, canals and flumes were sold off to various power and irrigating concerns.
Cherokee -- then and now -- consists of three sections: Lowertown (where the current occupants dwell); top-of-the-hill Middletown, once the commercial hub and now the site of the remaining historic structures; and Uppertown, with a population considerably higher and quieter (here lie the remains of miners, merchants and minions in lovely iron-gated Pioneer Cemetery).
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