The Swift Adobe
California Historical Landmark 345
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 banks 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
Marker is at the intersection of State Highway 99W and Jacqueline Drive on State Highway 99W.
Courtesy hmdb.org
