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The Modesto Interurban Railway linked the Santa Fe with Modesto. On April 12, 1909, the grading commenced. Just days before the Modesto & Empire Traction began taking over the railroad, the Modesto Interurban Railway completed construction and operated its first train. By November 1, 1911, the Modesto & Empire Traction was leasing the railway.
The Vintage Faire Mall opened in March 1977. The original anchor stores at the mall were Weinstock's and Sears.. In 2001, the mall's owner Macerich invested $10 million in an extensive renovation that included new escalators, new railings and carpet on the second floor, new tiles on the first floor, modern light fixtures and new exterior signage.
Originally, passengers in Modesto were served by streetcars over the short-line Modesto Interurban Railway from 1911 to 1917, operated intermittently first by the Tidewater Southern Railway; the Modesto and Empire Traction Company was founded on October 7, 1911, and began regularly scheduled passenger service between Modesto and Empire on November 1 of that year.
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California State Fair in July 2013. The California Exposition and State Fair (Cal Expo) is an independent state agency established by law in the California Food and Agriculture codes. Cal Expo is governed by an appointed 11-member Board of Directors and daily operations are managed by the chief executive officer (selected by the Board).
Mall says city’s plan to acquire 5.6 acres of its parking lot will result in store closures and other economic harm.
According to an editorial published in the Daily Alta California on November 5, 1850, fairs were common on the east coast of the United States.They believed the newborn state had potential to hold a great "exhibition that would astonish the world", comparing its accomplishments to "the poet's imagined Minerva, when she burst full armed from the brain of Jove, through the cleft made by Vulcan's ...