Talk:Red Bluff, California

Why is the town called Red Bluff?
Why is the town called Red Bluff? It's as flat as a pancake with no obvious bluff and I'm not sure it's particularly red, either. 155.53.72.92 (talk) 17:38, 27 March 2008 (UTC)


 * There are bluffs along the Sacramento River near the city. Much of the soil in the area is reddish due to iron oxides. Jswhitten (talk) 18:57, 1 April 2008 (UTC)

I've found no evidence...
I've found no evidence that Tommy Thayer of KISS has any connection with Red Bluff. DelDav (talk) 03:50, 23 September 2009 (UTC)


 * Yeah, sorry to spoil the fun of Drew's friends, but I'm afraid none of the statements added to this page are true or even relevant. ;) Zgambino (talk) 03:03, 27 October 2009 (UTC)

Town Name
The city of Red Bluff went through several names, including "Frogtown" because of the large numbers of croaking frogs where people disembarked from the riverboats. Other names were Reedsburgh, Cavertsburgh, Reedsville, Cavertsville, Bulltown and Red Cliff. The river became un-navigable just north of Reeds Creek in Red Bluff so Red Bluff became the jumping off point. The name was originally "Red Bluffs" (because the meandering river had cut away a hill exposing the bluffs) but this was later shortened and by 1856 it had become simply "Red Bluff". 66.122.183.244 (talk) 21:15, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

1830 epidemic may have been smallpox brought by whites
The epidemic of 1830 that killed off millions of Indians in the valley is thought to be either smallpox or malaria. Trappers and explorers reported millions of Indians in the valley but the very next year the Indians were all gone, having died off. 66.122.183.244 (talk) 21:22, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

John Brown the Abolitionist
A section should be added about John Brown's family in Red Bluff after he was hung. On Oct. 3, 1864 a wagon train arrived in Red Bluff and at the rear of the procession were three ox driven wagons carrying the family of the hung abolitionist John Brown. These were his widow Mary Ann Brown, his daughters Annie, Sarah and Ellen, his son Salmon and Salmon's wife Abbey Brown with their two infant daughters. They had received so many threats on their trek westward that US troops escorted them part of the way. Red Bluff was sympathic to them and held fundraisers to build them a house, which included dances, receptions and calico parties. Four lots were purchased on Main Street in Red Bluff and a house was completed for them (for $450) in January 1866, into which the widow Brown and her three daughters moved. The house still stands to this day. Annie Brown, the only child of John Brown to actually witness his hanging, became involved with the education of black children near Proberta, two of her pupils becoming the first blacks to get teaching credentials in California. Her sister Ellen taught at Antelope School, the school still exists today as a grade school K-6. The family later moved to Humboldt County. 66.122.183.244 (talk) 22:09, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

Tom Hanks?
The Tom Hanks connection to Red Bluff is dubious--he spent some summers there when he was a boy and his mother lives (lived) there in a ramshackle house, but that's about it. Why not mention Jean Arthur's sister--she lives (lived) on Chestnut Ave. 66.122.183.244 (talk) 22:37, 4 March 2012 (UTC)

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