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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1BN0_site-of-church-sperry-mill-and-mill-ditch_Fresno-CA.html
Built in 1883 by Moses J. Church, Fresno's first flour mill operated with Fancher Creek water run through Mill Ditch and down Fresno Street. The original wooden structure was replaced in 1892 by a brick building and was sold to the Sperry Flour Co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVT0_young-corbett-iii_Fresno-CA.html
Born Ralph Capabianca Giordano on May 27, 1905, in Rionero In Vulture, Italy. Young Corbett III embarked on his successful boxing career in Fresno, California in 1919, winning the Welterweight Championship of the world on February 22, 1933.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVSZ_billy-vukovich-memorial_Fresno-CA.html
This Monument is dedicated May 30, 1956, by the citizens of Fresno to the memory of Fresno's own Billy Vukovich, who met his death while leading the Indianapolis 500 Mile race May 30, 1955.
Billy Vukovich, who lived all his life in Fresno, won…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRJ0_fresno-corridor-of-flags-veterans-memorial_Fresno-CA.html
Dedicated To HonorAll Veterans of Fresno
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This plaque dedicated to allwho served in the militaryand especially those who gavetheir lives in service to Godand Country for the cause ofFreedom
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIG_fresno-memorial-auditorium_Fresno-CA.html
This propertyhas been placed on the
National Registerof Historic Places
by the United StatesDepartment of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIC_george-m-bowman_Fresno-CA.html
This Water Tower is dedicated to George M. Bowman in recognition for thirty-six years of dedicated service to the City of Fresno and for his accomplishments as a naval officer. He was the city's first chief engineer and became general manager of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRIA_the-fresno-water-tower_Fresno-CA.html
Designed by architect George S. Mayer of Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in November 1894, replacing two wooden tanks erected on this site in 1887. The Tower stands 100 feet high with a tank capacity of 250,000 gallons. This facility, modeled …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRH3_lao-hmong-american-war-memorial_Fresno-CA.html
From 1961 to 1975 the Hmong and other Lao people of the highlands of Laos helped the United States fight against Communism in Laos and Vietnam. On December 31, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared, "We cannot let Laos fall to the Com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGS_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Fresno-CA.html
"I have a dream..."
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Dedicated January 18, 1988
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGO_fresno_Fresno-CA.html
"Fresno" is the Spanish word for "Ash Tree." The first settlement to which the name was applied was "Fresno City," a station on the old Butterfield Stage Route located on Fresno Slough about one and one-half miles northwesterly from the present to…