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Heather's Comments
March 5th- This is how your sandbox should start looking. Copy and paste the part of "John Bidwell" you want to update. (Make changes in sandbox and not on actual Wikipedia page yet) Sources below need MLA formatting. Go back into the BC library online where you found them and retrieve the title of the entry, book or periodical, author, date, etc... How will you use them to improve the article? Update your work log each week.

Jessa's Work Log
3/15/20, 5:00--5:22, made MLA citations for sources

3/15/20, 6:30--7:00 making notes of information to add to article

John Bidwell (edits in progress)
Changes to make to article:

Things to add:

--When Bidwell was 17 years old he wanted an education so badly that he walked 300 miles to Kingsville Academy. After he graduated he taught there until 1839 (Gale, 2004).

--In Bidwell's journey west he spent time in Kansas and Missouri before deciding to go west to Oregon in 1841. On his way to Oregon, Bidwell, among others decided to settle in California (Gale, 2004).

--John A. Sutter gave Bidwell a land grant of 22,000 acres which was called Rancho Chico (Gale, 2004).

--During the Civil War John Bidwell was on the side of the Union. He was a brigadier general (Gale, 2004).

--After the Civil War John Bidwell changed his political party to Republican. In 1864 Bidwell was elected to congress (Gale, 2004).

--John Bidwell ran for governor in 1867 and didn't win (Gale, 2004).

--Annie Bidwell donated 1,900 acres of land to be used as a park (Gale, 2004).

Questions:

--The article only has two sections--the section of his biography and the section about his involvement in a fraternity. Do you think it would be a good idea to break up the biography into different sections? I could make one for his early life, his involvement in politics, his relationship with Annie Bidwell etc.

Sources about John Bidwell:
Echos of the past (book)--

Bidwell, John. Echoes of the Past. State of California, Resources Agency, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, 1987.

John Bidwell (reference entry)--

"John Bidwell." Encyclopedia of World Biography, 2nd ed., vol. 2, Gale, 2004, p. 265. Gale eBooks, https://link-gale-com.butte.idm.oclc.org/apps/doc/CX3404700661/GVRL?u=orov49112&sid=GVRL&xid=55c4973b. Accessed 15 Mar. 2020.

What makes a man (book)--Letters between John and Annie

Bidwell, John, et al. What Makes a Man; the Annie E. Kennedy and John Bidwell Letters, 1866-1868. Valley Publishers, 1973.

John Bidwell and California (book)--

Bidwell, John, et al. John Bidwell and California: the Life and Writings of a Pioneer, 1841-1900. A.H. Clark Co., 2004.

The Bidwell-Bartelson Party: The beginning of the great migration (book)--

Nunis, Doyce B. The Bidwell-Bartleson Party: 1841 California Emigrant Adventure: the Documents and Memoirs of the Overland Pioneers. Western Tanager Press, 1991.