Historical Marker · No. 345
Granville P. Swift Adobe
Orland, Glenn County · California
Erected by Orland Bicentennial Committee; California State Historical Resources Commission, 1976
No state plaque stands here, and the adobe is gone from its site 150 yards east on Hambright Creek. What marks the landmark is the Orland Bicentennial Committee's bronze, with a Heritage '76 plate at its foot, and it is franker than the register. The state's 1939 entry gives Granville Swift, a Bear Flag man, the cattle he bought and the rodeos held here. The town's bronze says Native people built the house of clay, herded his cattle and mined the Feather River gold that made him rich. This was Nomlaki country.
What the plaque says
Heritage '76 1776 - 1976 A Bicentennial landmark of the California State Historical Resources Commission California Historical Landmark 345 The Swift Adobe The first house in Glenn County built about 1848 by Granville P. Swift A member of the Bear Flag Party, who came to California from Oregon in 1844. The site is 150 yards east on the bank of Hambright Creek. The house was built of clay by Indians. He soon had herds of cattle ranging up and down the valley tended by Indian vaqueros and he made a fortune mining on the Feather River with his Indian laborers. Orland Bicentennial Committee
Where it stands
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