Seal of the City of Chico, California
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The Seal of the City of Chico, California is the official seal
of the city of Chico
which is attached to the relevant section of the Chico Municipal Code and dates from 1872, when Chico was incorporated as a city. The seal features General John Bidwell
, one of the first settlers of the Chico area and the owner of the Mexican land grant Rancho del Arroyo Chico. He was responsible for the layout of Chico's streets in what is now the downtown core. Bidwell also nicknamed Chico the "City of Roses" because of its profusion of rose varieties which he introduced. The seal does not exist in a colored form, but simply as a wafer, steel wire on a steel frame. It is used to impress blank mirrors of itself on either blank paper or on gold adhesive.
Seal (device)
A seal can be a figure impressed in wax, clay, or some other medium, or embossed on paper, with the purpose of authenticating a document ; but the term can also mean the device for making such impressions, being essentially a mould with the mirror image of the design carved in sunken- relief or...
of the city of Chico
Chico, California
Chico is the most populous city in Butte County, California, United States. The population was 86,187 at the 2010 census, up from 59,954 at the time of the 2000 census...
which is attached to the relevant section of the Chico Municipal Code and dates from 1872, when Chico was incorporated as a city. The seal features General John Bidwell
John Bidwell
John Bidwell was known throughout California and across the nation as an important pioneer, farmer, soldier, statesman, politician, prohibitionist and philanthropist...
, one of the first settlers of the Chico area and the owner of the Mexican land grant Rancho del Arroyo Chico. He was responsible for the layout of Chico's streets in what is now the downtown core. Bidwell also nicknamed Chico the "City of Roses" because of its profusion of rose varieties which he introduced. The seal does not exist in a colored form, but simply as a wafer, steel wire on a steel frame. It is used to impress blank mirrors of itself on either blank paper or on gold adhesive.