‘So much bigger than Chico’

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‘So much bigger than Chico’

CHICO — Amber Drake didn’t plan her lecture on John Bidwell to coincide with the sentencing of his mansion’s arsonist. Yet, she had Bidwell Mansion firmly in mind Saturday morning as she spoke to four-dozen attendees at the Chico History Museum. Drake, a tour guide at the mansion for 13 years, presented a 90-minute talk titled “John Bidwell’s Involvement in U.S. and California History.” She concluded her remarks by saying she considered calling …