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Book Title: History Of Butte County

DURHAM.

    Seven miles south of Chico, on the C. & O. railroad, is the town of Durham.
Its existence dates from 1870, when the iron horse invaded the fair regions of
Dayton and Chico townships. It is one of the most extensive shipping points for
grain in the county, and boasts of two very large warehouses. The first was put
up by Judge W. B. Pratt and the other by an association of farmers. W. W.
Durham, whose name is given to the village, represented Butte county in the
legislature of 1879-80. The Durham flouring-mills are a valuable property, now
belonging to the estate of W. B. Pratt. They are leased by William Taylor, who
is making great quantities of excellent flour from Butte-county wheat. The
Durham farm, in the vicinity, is one of the oldest and best in the county.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY, CALIFORNIA,
IN TWO VOLUMES.

I.
HISTORY OF CALIFORNIA FROM 1513 TO 1850.
BY FRANK T. GILBERT.

The Great Fur Companies and their Trapping Expeditions to California.
Settlement of the Sacramento Valley. 
The Discovery of Gold in California.
BY HARRY L. WELLS.

II.
HISTORY OF BUTTE COUNTY,
From its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. 
BY HARRY L. WELLS AND W. L. CHAMBERS.

BOTH VOLUMES ILLUSTRATED WITH VIEWS AND PORTRAITS.
HARRY L. WELLS,
517 CLAY STREET, SAN FRANCISCO
1882.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1882, by HARRY L. WELLS, in
the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.

FRANCIS, VALENTINE & Co., Engravers & Printers
517 Clay St., San Francisco


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