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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2CDG_william-saroyan-house-museum_Fresno-CA.html
This was the Fresno home of William Saroyan for the last 17 years of his life. In that time he wrote:
1964 — One Day in the Afternoon of the World
1966 — Short Drive, Sweet Chariot
1968 — I Used to Believe I had Forever, N…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDM_kogetsu-do-historical_Fresno-CA.html
Kogetsu-Do
A Fresno landmark. Confectioner Kogetsu - Do has survived in the same location it has occupied for 99 Years. Sugimatsu Ikeda and his wife Sakino started the business in 1915 and were able to purchase this building on "F" Street in 19…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDL_christmas-tree-lane-historical_Fresno-CA.html
In June of 1919, William "Billy" Winning, age 14 died in a tragic accident at his family home on Van Ness Boulevard. In December of 1920, Billy's mother, Mae, decorated the deodur cedar in front of the home as a memorial to Billy, who had loved Ch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HI4_sierra-sky-park_Fresno-CA.html
Established October 23, 1946 as America's first aviation community. Through the efforts of Wm. and Doris Smilie, 130 acres of rolling "hog-wallow" and hardpan were transformed into a public use airport, with a sod runway, connecting taxi-way and e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1HI3_john-charles-fremont_Fresno-CA.html
Fremont passed within sight of this spot on April 7, 1844. He is coming from the San Joaquin River to the Kings River with his mountain men guides, Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick, Kit Carson and Alex Godey. Fremont described a vast prairie with …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1D1J_moses-j-church_Fresno-CA.html
The Father of Fresno Irrigation. He was born in New York State in 1819, became a blacksmith and emigrated to California in 1852. He came to Fresno County in 1868 and employed by A. Y. Easterby, built the first irrigation system for lush fields of …
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/HMZST_china-alley_Fresno-CA.html
In 1874 600 people moved to what is now Fresno. Of those, 200 were Chinese, who made the brick and helped start the building of Fresno. A short time later, they were persuaded to settle west of the train tracks. They built an area of shops, which …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYSS_fresno-assembly-center_Fresno-CA.html
This memorial is dedicated to over 5,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined at the Fresno Fairgrounds from May to October 1942. This was an early phase of the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVV3_frank-chance-field-1935-1941_Fresno-CA.html
Located at this corner was a 20-acre baseball field named for the legendary Frank Chance. Constructed in 1935, the park served as the spring training grounds for the San Francisco Seals as well as for games played by Fresno's Twilight League. Fran…