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November 3, 1987. The Kings River (Spanish: Río de los Santos Reyes), is a 132.9-mile (213.9 km) [2] river draining the Sierra Nevada mountain range in central California in the United States. Its headwaters originate along the Sierra Crest in and around Kings Canyon National Park and form the eponymous Kings Canyon, one of the deepest river ...
7 mi (11 km) The Hume-Bennett Lumber Company was a logging operation in the Sequoia National Forest in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The company and its predecessors were known for building the world's longest log flume and the first multiple-arch hydroelectric dam. [1] However, the company also engaged in destructive clearcutting ...
Converse Basin Grove is a grove of giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) trees in the Giant Sequoia National Monument in the Sierra Nevada, in Fresno County, California, [1] 5 miles (8 km) north of General Grant Grove, just outside Kings Canyon National Park. [1] Once home to the largest population of giant sequoias in the world, covering ...
Charles P. Converse. Charles Porter Converse was a mid-19th century Californian businessman who was the director of the Kings River Lumber Company and the namesake of Converse Basin Grove. He was involved in various controversies and legal issues during his lifetime and died by drowning in San Francisco Bay. [ 1]
The Harris River Ranch property, over 7,000 acres near the Kings River along Trimmer Springs Road, has been proposed as a special study area and added to the Fresno County general plan. The land ...
www.cityofkingsburg-ca.gov. Kingsburg is a city in Fresno County, California. Kingsburg is located 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Selma at an elevation of 302 feet (92 m), [7] on the banks of the Kings River. The city is 21 miles (34 km) from Fresno, and about 130 miles (210 km) from the California Central Coast and Sierra Nevada mountain range.
Reedley is situated along the Kings River, downstream from Centerville. Reedley hosts several cultural festivals, including but not limited to the Reedley Fiesta, [11] and the Electrical Farm Equipment Parade. [12] Reedley is named for Thomas Law Reed, a Civil War veteran who gave half of his holdings to the township in 1888. [13]
Marsh Creek. Mokelumne River (jump to tributaries) Old River (side channel of San Joaquin River) Middle River (side channel of San Joaquin River) Bear Creek. Calaveras River (jump to tributaries) Mormon Slough (distributary of Calaveras River) French Camp Slough. Littlejohns Creek.