Editing Greenville, California (section)

==History==
The [[Maidu people]] had been living in the valley area around present-day Greenville for centuries when English-speaking settlers arrived in the 1850s during the [[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Wigglesworth |first1=Alex |last2=van der Brug |first2=Brian |date=2022-05-30 |title=Greenville was destroyed by wildfire. Can it be rebuilt to survive the next one? |url=https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2022-05-30/greenville-was-destroyed-by-a-wildfire-can-it-be-rebuilt |access-date=2022-05-31 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref> Among the earliest structures built in the community was a boarding house operated by Mr. and Mrs. Green. The community was named for Green, who was killed in the collapse of the first Round Valley Dam. When Henry C. Bidwell arrived in 1862 and opened a trading post, several business owners moved down from [[Round Valley, Plumas County, California|Round Valley]] to Greenville.<ref name=indianvalley>{{cite web |title=Greenville Walking Tour |url=http://indianvalleychamber.snappages.com/Greenville%20Walking%20Tour.htm |publisher=Indian Valley Chamber of Commerce |location=Greenville, California| access-date=July 21, 2017}}</ref> Since its establishment, the main industries of Greenville were mining and logging, however, by the mid 1900s, mining had declined and logging and ranching became the main industries in Greenville.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Connected Communities — History of Greenville |url=https://sierratrails.org/history-of-greenville/ |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship |language=en-US}}</ref> In the late 1800s, the Maidu tribe were granted over 200 acres of land by the US government where a boarding school was built which burned down in the 1920s. The land was later converted into a [[Rancheria]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maidu Tribe History and Creation of the Greenville Ranchería |url=https://www.grth.org/history |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=www.grth.org |language=en}}</ref>

[[Ben Cheney|Cheney Lumber Company]] built a wood mill near Greenville.

===Fires===
A fire destroyed many buildings in 1881; they were quickly rebuilt. Greenville's population in 1882 was 500.<ref name=indianvalley/>

On August 4, 2021, about 75 percent of Greenville's buildings were destroyed by the [[Dixie Fire]],<ref>{{cite news |first=Lauren |last=Hernández |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Dixie-Fire-tears-through-town-of-Greenville-in-16365252.php |title=Dixie Fire tears through historic town of Greenville in Plumas County |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=August 4, 2021 |access-date=August 6, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Crystal |last1=Hayes |first2=David |last2=Benda |first3=Jessica |last3=Skropanic |first4=Damon |last4=Arthur |first5=Terell |last5=Wilkins |title= 'Catastrophically destroyed': Dixie Fire wipes out California gold rush town of Greenville |newspaper=USA Today |date=August 6, 2021 |orig-date=August 5, 2021 |url= https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/08/05/dixie-fire-burns-through-greenville-california-gutting-buildings/5495670001/ |access-date=August 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |first1=Daisy |last1=Nguyen |first2=Noah |last2=Berger |url=https://apnews.com/article/fires-environment-and-nature-california-wildfires-5cc1c7f994d0588c2894489377d0f1e0 |title=Wildfire explodes to third-largest in California history |work=[[Associated Press]] |date=August 6, 2021 |access-date=August 6, 2021 }}</ref> the largest single (i.e. non-complex) wildfire in the state's history, and the second-largest overall (after the [[August Complex fire]] of 2020).<ref>[https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2021/08/06/dixie-fire-becomes-largest-single-wildfire-in-california-history-1389651],''[[Politico]]'', August 6, 2021. Retrieved August 6, 2021.</ref><ref>[https://apnews.com/article/business-science-fires-environment-and-nature-california-754ad7ca2c6297e2327627d8688e714b/ "Aircraft help fight California wildfire as smoke clears"], [[Associated Press]], August 9, 2021.</ref> Fire officials stated that the library, fire department, and most downtown homes were burned.<ref>{{cite news |title=We lost everything: Residents are left in shock by the Dixie Fire's destruction |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/us/dixie-fire-greenville.html |url-access=subscription |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807031523/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/06/us/dixie-fire-greenville.html |archive-date=August 7, 2021 |date=August 6, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Los Angeles Times]] estimated that about $1 billion, through government aid, insurance payouts, lawsuits against [[Pacific Gas & Electric]], corporate investment and philanthropic donations, has been promised, paid or will be forced to pay for the damage and rebuilding of Greenville.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Chabria |first1=Anita |last2=Smith |first2=Erika D. |date=2022-09-29 |title=Every burned town is tragic. But Newsom needs to lead with science, not sentiment |url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-29/gavin-newsom-science-land-use-rebuild-wildfire-burned-california-towns |access-date=2022-09-30 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref>

It is stated that nobody died in the fire.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Anguiano |first=Dani |date=2022-01-05 |title=Revisiting Greenville: the mountain town destroyed by California's largest wildfire |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/greenville-california-mountain-town-destroyed-dixie-fire |access-date=2023-12-06 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The single casualty from the incident was a firefighter who died from complications with [[COVID-19]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=<!-- 1:42 PM PDT --> October 29, 2021 |title=Timeline of California firefighter's COVID-19 death released |url=https://www.abc10.com/article/news/local/wildfire/timeline-of-dixie-fire-firefighters-covid-death-released/103-6e50a199-041f-456e-826e-c5f5a68c3d03 |access-date=2023-12-06 |website=abc10.com |language=en-US}}</ref>