Historical Marker · No. 12
William B. Ide Adobe
Red Bluff, Tehama County · California
Erected by California State Park Commission; Native Daughters of the Golden West, Berendos Parlor No. 23, 1960
The park is named for a man who never lived here. William B. Ide, the only president of the Bear Flag's California Republic, owned Rancho Barranca Colorado downriver and died of smallpox in December 1852. Research now credits this one-room adobe to A. M. Dibble, an early Red Bluff settler, in 1852. The 1960 bronze's reputedly is the only hedge on the grounds, and the register still calls the house Ide's residence. Later owners ran a ferry across the Sacramento here in the 1860s.
What the plaque says
William B. Ide Adobe This adobe house, built by William B. Ide reputedly about 1850, represents a typical frontier structure of the American period. Ide, who came to California with his family in 1845, was the first and only president of the California Republic under the Bear Flag Party proclamation of June 14, 1846. California Registered Historical Landmark No. 12 Plaque placed by the California State Park Commission in cooperation with Berendos Parlor No. 23, Native Daughters of the Golden West, May 1, 1960.
Where it stands
40.19603, -122.22678 · Directions
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