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Chowchilla is a city in Madera County, California, United States. The city's population was 19,039 at the 2020 census. Chowchilla is located 16 miles (26 km) northwest of Madera, at an elevation of 240 feet (73 m). The city is the location of two prisons: Central California Women's Facility and Valley State Prison.
- Chowchilla (Kalifornien)
Chowchilla ist eine Stadt im Madera County im US-Bundesstaat...
- 1976 Chowchilla Kidnapping
On July 15, 1976, in Chowchilla, California, three armed men...
- Chowchilla (Kalifornien)
Chowchilla ist eine Stadt im Madera County im US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien mit 19.039 Einwohnern (Stand: 2020). Das Stadtgebiet hat eine Größe von 18,4 km². In der Stadt befindet sich ein Krankenhaus für Strafgefangene. Der Ort war Tatort der Entführung eines Schulbusses am 15. Juli 1976.
On July 15, 1976, in Chowchilla, California, three armed men hijacked a school bus. They abducted the driver and 26 children, ages 5 to 14, and imprisoned them in a truck trailer buried in a quarry in Livermore, California. The bus driver and children managed to escape before the kidnappers could issue their ransom demands.
2. Dez. 2023 · CNN — In 1976, gunmen stormed a school bus carrying 26 children – ages 5 to 14 – and their bus driver in Chowchilla, California. As part of a ransom plot, they drove the hostages into a rock...
2. Dez. 2023 · CNN — One sunny afternoon in July 1976, 26 children and their bus driver vanished on the ride home from school in Chowchilla, California, a close-knit farming town of 5,000 nestled in the San...
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Though Chowchilla lies in the center of California and beside the main lines of the Southern Pacific, it was not the outgrowth of a geographic or economic need. It was, in fact, the result of the thinking and planning of one man: O. A. Robertson. The Chowchilla colonization project was not unique in California’s history. Other small ...
The annual spring Chowchilla Western Stampede Cattle Drive down the main street of Robertson Boulevard in Chowchilla, California first began on Friday, March 28, 1958. Discover interesting facts, history, and more about the City of Chowchilla.
