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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Fresno County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map.
1856 – Fresno County formed in 1856 with Millerton, a settlement along the San Joaquin River, as the county seat. [1]1865 – William Helm brings his wife and his sheep to the valley floor area south of Millerton.
French First Empire: Genoa: Genoa: Téméraire-class ship of the line: For Royal Navy. 25 April United Kingdom: George Parkin Chatham Dockyard: Defence: Vengeur-class ship of the line: For Royal Navy. [15] 27 April United Kingdom: John Wood & Co. Port Glasgow: Caledonia: Paddle steamer: For Caledonia Steam Boat Company. 14 May United Kingdom
The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, and commonly named "Transat"), typically known overseas as the French Line, was a French shipping company. Established in 1855 by the brothers Émile and Issac Péreire under the name Compagnie Générale Maritime , the company was entrusted by the French government to transport mails to North America.
The 1st Battalion of Native Cavalry, California Volunteers was a cavalry battalion in the Union Army during the American Civil War.Recruits were largely drawn from the Californio population (colloquially known as "Native Californians"), though its ranks included Yaqui and Mission Indians as well as immigrants from Mexico, Hispano America and Europe (particularly France).
Pueblo de las Juntas (also La Juntas and Fresno) is a former settlement in Fresno County, California situated at the confluence of the San Joaquin River and Fresno Slough, [1] 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Mendota. [2] Pueblo de las Juntas was one of the first places settled by Spaniards in San Joaquin Valley in 1810.
Present-day Baja California of Mexico was misrepresented in early maps as an island.This example c. 1650. Restored. The first European explorers, flying the flags of Spain and of England, sailed along the coast of California from the early 16th century to the mid-18th century, but no European settlements were established.
Before 1768: An enlargeable territorial map of California tribal groups and languages prior to European contact within the modern day borders. Before 1768: An enlargeable map of the world showing the dividing lines for; Pope Alexander VI's Inter caetera papal bull (1493), the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494), and the Treaty of Saragossa (1529).