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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fresno, California, USA. ... 1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service. 1962 ...
Fresno (/ ˈ f r ɛ z n oʊ / ⓘ; Spanish for 'Ash tree') is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States.It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region.
Fresno City is a former settlement in Fresno County, California. [1] It was located at the head of navigation on Fresno Slough 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of Tranquillity, [2] at an elevation of 164 feet (50 m). [1] The city was named after the Spanish word for the Oregon Ash trees that commonly grew along the river banks.
The Forestiere Underground Gardens in Fresno, California are a series of subterranean structures built by Baldassare Forestiere, an immigrant from Sicily, over a period of 40 years from 1906 to his death in 1946.
The project is in conjunction with the Fresno Arts Council and the California High-Speed Rail Authority. ... Kogetsu-Do has a long history in Fresno’s Chinatown. This picture from 1920 shows ...
Similar to the other Chinatowns in California such as in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Oakland, Fresno's Chinatown was regarded as a center of gambling, prostitution, and opium by the public and bore the brunt of many efforts to stifle vice in Fresno. In December 1885, the City of Fresno enacted an ordinance banning the use of Opium.
During its Sept. 29 meeting, the Fresno City Council approved the sale of three century-old houses relocated (by court order) to the southeast corner of Santa Clara and M streets in the area known ...
The Fresno Bee has changed right alongside the city of its namesake. Fresno County had approximately 129,000 residents in 1922, and Fresno was believed to be growing at a rate of 5,000 people a year.