Chicago Park, California

For the former settlement in Placer County, see Chicago Park, Placer County, California.

Chicago Park
—  Unincorporated community  —
Chicago Park Location of Chicago Park in California
Coordinates: 39°08′42″N 120°58′01″W / 39.145°N 120.967°W / 39.145; -120.967Coordinates: 39°08′42″N 120°58′01″W / 39.145°N 120.967°W / 39.145; -120.967
Country	United States
State	California
County	Nevada
Elevation	705 m (2,313 ft)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	95712
Area code(s)	530

Chicago Park (formerly: Storm's Station)^[1] is an unincorporated community in Nevada County, California, United States, along State Route 174 southeast of Grass Valley, California, and north of Colfax, California.

History

The town was settled by first-generation Italian-Americans who immigrated to the area from Chicago, Illinois.^[2]

In 1915, J.F. Siems' Mountain Bartlett Pears from his Chicago Park orchard won first prize at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.^[3][4]

References

1. ^ Brower, Maria E. (2006). Gold Rush Towns of Nevada County. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 87. ISBN 0738546925. http://books.google.com/books?id=QKBh_CIbMLQC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87&dq=%22Red+Dog%22+%22nevada+county%22&source=bl&ots=iyDAdIuH_O&sig=2wBHQ2xC1Wv800H1AKwWAXx5OqY&hl=en&ei=0WccSr6vJJTitQOmw_HfCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7. 
2. ^ "Nevada County, California Wineries". downtownnevadacounty.com. http://www.downtownnevadacounty.com/pages/wineries.html. Retrieved 2008-09-06. 
3. ^ "Grand Prize PPIE 1915 Vintage Pear Crate Label". thelabelman.com. http://www.thelabelman.com/product_info.php?products_id=2732. Retrieved 2008-09-06. 
4. ^ "Grand Prize Pears". sacramentohistory.org. http://www.sacramentohistory.org/search.php?imageid=1307. Retrieved 2008-09-06. 

External links

• Chicago Park Elementary School District
• Chicago Park Fire District