Family Files

The Mullen Family settled in Concow Valley about 1858. They first visited the area in 1855. They were one of the first families to settle in the Concow Valley after Dr D.W Thompson who settled there in 1852. They owned property adjacent Dr Thompson’s property, located where the Concow Campground  is today. This was before Concow Lake was established in 1870. Three brothers continued to live in the area after their father Charles Mullen died at Pentz in 1863. Joseph Burr Mullen sold the campground to Caleb Scott in 1886 and moved to Arizona. William H Mullen sold his property at Big Bend and moved to Arizona in 1905. John Merritt Mullen died in Chico in 1944. William Mullen wrote several letters to the Butte County papers about the area’s history during his time in Butte County, they may be found in the Newspaper Archives.

The Mullen Family settled in Concow Valley about 1858. They first visited the area in 1855. They were one of the first families to settle in the Concow Valley after Dr D.W Thompson who settled there in 1852. They owned property adjacent Dr Thompson’s property, located where the Concow Campground  is today. This was before Concow Lake was established in 1870. Three brothers continued to live in the area after their father Charles Mullen died at Pentz in 1863. Joseph Burr Mullen sold the campground to Caleb Scott in 1886 and moved to Arizona. William H Mullen sold his property at Big Bend and moved to Arizona in 1905. John Merritt Mullen died in Chico in 1944. William Mullen wrote several letters to the Butte County papers about the area’s history during his time in Butte County, they may be found in the Newspaper Archives.

Gerhard Tebbe first mined in the area of Rock Creek, Butte County before buying 40 acres on Deadwood Road in Concow. When one of his sons hurt his leg he employed the services of Ah Sang, a Chinese herbalist. There was a large Chinese labor population in the 1870’s in the area working on water ditches, mining claims and other enterprises. Ah Sang convinced Gerhard that his services were needed in the area so Tebbe acquired land at the intersection of Concow and Deadwood Roads and built a home and a hotel which also served as a place of practice by Ah Sang.  The services of Ah Sang were so popular that the hotel became known as the Deadwood Sanitarium. The Tebbe family established a cemetery near the hospital that still exists today. Later Gerhard Tebbe sold the hospital to Ah Sang who would resell it several years later in 1892 and move to Chicago where he died in 1903.

Gerhard Tebbe first mined in the area of Rock Creek, Butte County before buying 40 acres on Deadwood Road in Concow. When one of his sons hurt his leg he employed the services of Ah Sang, a Chinese herbalist. There was a large Chinese labor population in the 1870’s in the area working on water ditches, mining claims and other enterprises. Ah Sang convinced Gerhard that his services were needed in the area so Tebbe acquired land at the intersection of Concow and Deadwood Roads and built a home and a hotel which also served as a place of practice by Ah Sang.  The services of Ah Sang were so popular that the hotel became known as the Deadwood Sanitarium. The Tebbe family established a cemetery near the hospital that still exists today. Later Gerhard Tebbe sold the hospital to Ah Sang who would resell it several years later in 1892 and move to Chicago where he died in 1903.