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On April 5, 1776, the de Anza Expedition called the area El Cañada de San Vicente. [4] The 1956 Thomas Brothers map spells it San Antone. This spelling mimics the way it is pronounced in common, modern usage by locals. It was spelled San Antone on the 1924 "Mount Boardman, California" U.S. Geological Survey 15-minute quadrangle. [5] [6]: 1–2
The city of Clovis began as a freight stop along the San Joaquin Valley Railroad.Organized on January 15, 1890, by Fresno businessmen Thomas E. Hughes, Fulton Berry, Gilbert R. Osmun, H.D. Colson, John D. Gray, and William M. Williams, in partnership with Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky, the SJVRR began construction in Fresno on July 4, 1891, and reached the farmlands of Clovis M ...
Shaw Avenue – Clovis: Former SR 168; serves California State University Fresno: R29.46: 133: Bullard Avenue: R30.45: 134: Herndon Avenue – Clovis: Connects to SR 99 north: R31.68: 135: Friant Road, Blackstone Avenue – Millerton Lake: Madera MAD 0.00-45.74 R1.20: 138: Rio Mesa Boulevard, Children's Boulevard (SR 41 Bus. north)
SR 168 ran along Shaw Avenue, Clovis Avenue, Third Street (Clovis), and Tollhouse Road to the current end of the freeway. SR 168 cannot be used to cross the Sierra Nevada. The closest crossings of the Sierra Nevada are SR 120 via Tioga Pass to the north and Sherman Pass to the south. Both of these passes are accessible in warmer months only.
Friant (formerly, Converse Ferry, Jones Ferry, Hamptonville, and Pollasky) [7] is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 549 at the 2010 census, down from 778 at the 2000 census. Friant is located 11.5 miles (19 km) north of Clovis, [7] at an elevation of 344 feet (105 m). [1]
The city was named after William Helm, the largest individual sheep farmer who arrived in Fresno, California in 1877. [2] The town was built on the Hanford and Summit Lake Railway (later the Hardwick-Ingle or Riverdale Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad, now abandoned), constructed in 1912. [3] The first post office was opened in Helm in ...
Ripon (/ ˈ r ɪ p ə n /) is a city located in San Joaquin County, California. The population was 14,297 at the 2010 census. The population was 14,297 at the 2010 census. Ripon was originally known as Stanislaus City , but was renamed for Ripon, Wisconsin , in 1876.
Tollhouse (formerly, Toll House) is an unincorporated community in Fresno County, California. [1] It lies at an elevation of 1,919 feet (585 m). [1] Tollhouse is located in the Sierra Nevada, 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Shaver Lake [2] and 18 miles southwest of Huntington Lake. [3]