BrownsBayAug 31, 2024
Scenes from Oroville, CA
I've gotten over the weird feeling of dining alone after so many solo work trips. Having a phone to scroll through social and news helps, because everyone stares at their phone these days. I used to bring a book or a newspaper. But newspapers are dying, sadly. Great if the server is nice and has a sense of humor. Found a great place in Oroville, the Union Patio Bar & Grill. Mahi mahi tacos. #food #tacos #Oroville #California
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
The Jewish Cemetery in Oroville. I stopped to take a few photos in the not ideal harsh afternoon sunlight. With my limited time (work trip), I tried to find as many interesting things (to me) as I could in Oroville. And surprisingly, there were many. #photography #cemetery #Jewish #Oroville #California #SacramentoValley #ButteCounty #GoldCountry #history #GoldRush
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
Firefighters staying at the hotel where I stayed in Oroville on 8/15/24. They were fighting the Park Fire, an arson caused fire that started on 7/24/24 and to date has burned 429,603 acres, the fourth largest in recorded California history. The trucks are from San Bernardino County Fire Department. #ParkFire #wildfire #handcrew #firefighters #SanBernadino #Oroville #ButteCounty #firetrucks #California
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
The Mother Orange Tree is the oldest living orange tree in Northern California. Planted in 1856, and transplanted twice from its original location. My Dad moved from Michigan to California in 1954. He loved the fact that he could grow citrus fruit in our backyard. So, we always had orange and lemon trees in our backyard and fresh citrus fruit right from the tree. #citrus #MotherOrangeTree #GoldCountry #Oroville #California #ButteCounty #history #landmark
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
The Oroville Dam and Lake Oroville. This is a big ass dam, the tallest dam in the US, completed in 1968. A big story, in February 2017, the main and emergency spillways threatened to fail, leading to the evacuation of 188,000 people living near the dam. The Lake Oroville Visitors Center has a great exhibit about the emergency. California has an incredible water infrastructure on an unbelievable scale. #OrovilleDam #Oroville #LakeOroville #California #dam #water
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
The indigenous California peoples harvested acorns and ground the meal on stone mortars using stone pestles. One of the saddest stories is Ishi, the the last known member of the Native American Yahi people. In 1911, aged 50, he emerged at a barn and corral, 2 mi from downtown Oroville. The rest of the Yahi were killed in the California genocide in the 19th century. #NativeAmerican #indigenouspeople #indigenous #Oroville #California #acorn #ButteCounty #history
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
Oroville State Theatre, opened in 1928. Lovingly restored. It's on the National Register of Historic Places. I wished I could have seen the inside. I kept finding more interesting things as I was walking and driving around the area. #history #architecture #SpanishColonialRevival #NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces #NRHP #theatre #theater #neon #Oroville #ButteCounty #California #GoldCountry
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
Oroville Main Post Office, opened in 1932. It's on the National Register of Historic Places. #history #architecture #RenaissanceRevival #StarvedClassical #BeauxArts #NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces #NRHP #postoffice #UnitedStatesPostOffice #USPS #Oroville #ButteCounty #California #GoldCountry
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
Oroville Carnegie Library, or as it is now the Butte County Public Law Library. I'm always on the lookout for Carnegie libraries on my travels. We could sure use more Andrew Carnegies today. Talking to you, all you billionaires. #Oroville #ButteCounty #California #architecture #history #Carnegie #ClassicalRevival #library #NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces
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Scenes from Oroville, CA (continued)
Some signs and things seen around the town. #Oroville #ButteCounty #California #history #photography #signs #GooglePixel #abandoned #blackandwhite #GoldCountry
Show threadBrownsBaySep 7, 2024
Scenes from Oroville, CA
Feral cat, a beautiful calico. She was apprehensive, unsure about me, this man trying to take her picture. She was creeping slowly, then made a mad dash into the shrubs. #cat #cats #catsofmastodon #feralcat #feral #wild #calico #photography #GooglePixel
Show threadBrownsBaySep 14, 2024
Scenes from Oroville, CA
Semi-retired me got tagged to work on a couple projects, one in Oroville and the other in San Diego. Travel good, expenses paid. I'm in report writing phase, bored and needed a break. So, I diddled with some photos from Oroville. This is Capone, the "junkyard" dog. He's a sweet old guy but they tell me he has no mercy on the local rabbits. Dogs will be dogs. #dogs #dog #dogsofmastodon #pets #photography #Oroville
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
If the miles could speak, places visited, passing by like a picket fence.
#photography #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography #bw #car #junk #abandoned #monochrome #Oroville
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If the miles could speak,
places visited,
passing by like a picket fence.

Kids in back,
Out of gas,
The lonely road ahead.

Headlights glare.
Are we there?
Lay your head and
Sleep now my child.

Show threadBrownsBaySep 20, 2024
Scenes from Oroville, CA
I find this old boiler, take a few photos, get home and process the photos. I read the tag on the boiler, "The Bigelow Co.-New Haven Conn." Next thing I'm down a rabbit hole researching company history. The factory began on River St in 1873 and closed in 1986. The map shows the factory layout in 1950. The city recently demo'd the old brick buildings except one. Industrial Revolution. #photography #blackandwhite #bnw #history #NewHaven #CT #industry #monochrome
Show threadBrownsBaySep 21, 2024
Scenes from Oroville, CA
This steam locomotive sits in an Oroville park now. This locomotive was built at American Locomotive Co. in Schenectady, NY in 1919. The original owner was United Verde Copper Co who owned the United Verde mine near Jerome AZ, one of the largest copper mines in the US. In 1927, it was sold to Western Pacific Railroad, who operated the Feather River Route that runs past Oroville. #photography #history #railroad #locomotive #train #Oroville #California
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
Found dead on the ground at the Oroville Dam Visitor Center.
Ten-lined June beetle (Polyphylla decemlineata)
#photography #naturephotography #nature #beetle #insect #Coleoptera #scarab #entomology #Oroville #California #GooglePixel
Show threadBrownsBaySep 22, 2024
Scenes from Oroville, CA
An entire hedgerow of prickly pear. Opuntia ficus-indica. Nopalitos. #food #photography #Oroville #California #SacramentoValley #opuntia #cactus #nopalitos
Show threadBrownsBaySep 22, 2024
Scenes from Oroville, CA
On my way from Oroville to Sacramento to catch a flight, I circumnavigated by road the Sutter Buttes. Just one of the little scenes I found. It reminded me of an Andrew Wyeth painting.
#photography #landscapephotography #landscape #blackandwhite #monochrome #country #SutterButtes #California #SacramentoValley #SutterCounty
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Scenes from Oroville, CA
Creepy place.
#photography #blackandwhite #monochrome #abandoned #Oroville#California #SacramentoValley #ButteCounty
Show threadAsbestosSep 22, 2024
@brownsbay
Next time I'm headed that way this looks like it should be along the route
Show threadBosque BillSep 21, 2024
@brownsbay This reminds me we used to see them a lot, but I can't remember the last time, now.
Show threadApple Annie Sep 2, 2024

@brownsbay that's a blast from the past! I was there 35+ years ago when my aunt and uncle lived in Oroville for a while

I ended up with heatstroke while there as a kid, wasn't pretty

Show threadBrownsBaySep 2, 2024
@anniegreens Heat stroke is a pretty serious thing, sometimes leads to death, unless response is quick in getting the victim cooled down. The heat wasn't that bad when I was there, maybe high 80s, low 90s. It gets hot there for sure in the Sacramento Valley.
Show threadApple Annie Sep 2, 2024
@brownsbay Yeah, I was pretty sick, I remember shivering and throwing up and being put into the bathtub. I don't remember the circumstances but we had been out all day and I obviously overheated and was dehydrated.
Show threadCassandraSep 1, 2024
@brownsbay I love this
Show threadBrownsBaySep 1, 2024
@Sadsquatch I have more fun on my work trips finding these things. I pad these trips with extra time to goof off on my own time.
Show threadCassandraSep 1, 2024
@brownsbay Good! Seems like a wise practice.
Show threadI TRIED TO TELL YOUAug 31, 2024
@brownsbay You could see the smoke from space at one point.