A-little bit about this weather station

This website was created as a public service for residents of the Town of Paradise, California. This weather station is privately owned and operated, and is not affiliated with the Town of Paradise, California, and should not be considered an officially recognized station for weather reporting.

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A-little bit about Paradise

Paradise. What do these dice have in common with Paradise? One of the explanations given for its name come from the early mining days when Paradise consisted of mainly gambling halls and saloons. The Pair-O-Dice saloon was one of the most popular.

Another explanation is that an early settler, "Uncle Billie" Leonard and friends had rode horses to the Sacramento Valley and back on a hot summer day. And upon returning to the shade of the tall pine trees, Uncle Billie dismounted and proclaimed, "Boys, this is Paradise!"

The Gold Rush brought the first white settlers to the Paradise area. Before then for years the Ridge was home to the Maidu indians. During the early days of the Gold Rush settlement the Ridge, via the Pentz Road route, was a passageway from Oroville to places such as Quincy, Susanville and Nevada. Stage stops included Coutolenc, Dogtown, Nimshew, Toadtown, and Inskip. Other routes traveled were Neal Road, a cattle road, and Clark Road, an early stage route joining the Oroville to Susanville route near Magalia. As families grew, the opening of the Delaplain School came in 1861 and that was followed in 1879 by the area's first church. The first post office operated out of the Strong house. The 1880 census listed 301 Paradise Ridge residents. Although mining continued on, the mainstay of economic development were lumbering and livestock production. Agriculture also was important to the early enconomy and agriculture fairs were held annually. By 1916 the farming industry was helped by the formation of the Paradise Irrigation District and the contruction of a dam to form the Magalia Reservoir. Apple orchards were planted and Paradise became known as the apple center of California.

In October 1937 the first Paradise fair was held. It was appropriately called the Paradise Fair and Apple Show and lasted 5 days! In the center of the dance floor of the Memorial Hall was constructed a pyramid of 15,000 apples. Since 1921 the Noble Orchards have been producing apples. It is still family run and is the last of such farms on the Ridge. A variety of apples are harvested from the now 30 acres, and 20 acres of peaches. The orchard has seedlings from as far back as the 1870's. Many of the pies at the Paradise Johnny Appleseed Days festival are made from the Jonathan variety. The Noble Orchards are located at 7050 Pentz Road and is open to the public.

One of the few remaining landmarks in Paradise, the railroad depot, corner of Black Olive and Pearson Road, was built in 1904. It was the second-to-last stop on the Chico to Stirling City run. The area around it was called Orloff named after the son of a freight agent. Among the park-like setting, many indoor and outdoor activities welcome visitors and recreation seekers to Paradise. As you browse www.OnTheRidge.com pages you will discover more of what Paradise and the Ridge is about.

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