Timeline of Fresno, California
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fresno, California, USA.
19th century
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- 1865 - William Helm brings his wife and his sheep to Fresno.[1]
- 1872 – Fresno station founded by the Central Pacific Railroad Company [2]
- 1874 – Fresno becomes seat of Fresno County.[3]
- 1875
- 1876 – Fresno Morning Republican newspaper in publication.[6]
- 1877 – Fresno Volunteer Fire Department organized.[7]
- 1881 - William Helm bought the block bounded by Fresno, R, Merced and S Streets from Louis Einstein.[8]
- 1882 – St. John Church built.
- 1884 – Big Fresno Fair begins.[1]
- 1885 – Fresno incorporated.[9]
- 1889 – Meux Home built.[10]
- 1890
- 1892 - Street cars introduced [2]
- 1893 – Fresno Free Public Library opens. [2]
- 1894
- Fresno Parlor Lecture Club organized.[11]
- Fresno Water Tower built.
- San Francisco-Fresno bike messenger service (during the Pullman Strike) initiated.[12]
- 1899 – Santa Fe Passenger Depot opens.
- 1900 – Population: 12,470.[13]
20th century
1900s–1940s
- 1901
- 1904 – Gottschalks shop in business.
- 1904 - First Butcher Shop Opened by Andrew David Green
- 1906 – Forestiere Underground Gardens begin developing.
- 1908 – Asparēz Armenian/English-language newspaper begins publication.[4]
- 1909 – Raisin Day festival begins.[15][16]
- 1910 – Fresno Junior College opens.
- 1911 – Fresno State Normal School founded.[15]
- 1913 – Commercial Club organized.[9]
- 1914 – Holy Trinity Church built.
- 1918
- Sun-Maid raisin facility begins operating.
- Bank of Italy building constructed.
- 1919 – Fresno Historical Society[7] and Temple Beth Israel founded.
- 1921 – Fresno State College established.[13]
- 1922 – Fresno Bee newspaper begins publication.[17]
- 1923
- Fort Washington Golf and Country Club established.
- San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building constructed.
- 1925 – Security Pacific Bank Building constructed.
- 1926 – Fresno State Stadium dedicated.[15]
- 1928 – Pantages Theater opens.
- 1929
- Roeding Park Zoo opens.
- Z. S. Leymel becomes mayor.
- 1932 – Fresno Memorial Auditorium built.[13]
- 1935 – Academy (social group) formed.[18]
- 1939 – Tower Theatre opens.
- 1942 – U.S. Air Force Hammer Airfield and Japanese American internment camp in use.
- 1944 – Pacific Bible Institute founded.[19]
- 1946 – Sierra Sky Park Airport established near city.
- 1947 – Hammer Field National Guard training area and Fresno Air Terminal established.
- 1948 – Azteca Theater built.
1950s–1990s
- 1953
- Association for Retarded Children of Fresno founded.[19]
- Valley Labor Citizen newspaper headquartered in Fresno.[4]
- 1954 – Peoples Church and Fresno Philharmonic [5] founded.
- 1955 – Bernice F. Sisk becomes U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district.[20]
- 1960 – Mexican American Political Association founded.[21]
- 1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service.
- 1962 – Farm Workers Association founding meeting held in Fresno.[22]
- 1964
- Fulton Mall dedicated.
- 1966
- Fresno County Legal Services established.[6]
- Fresno Convention Center complex built.
- Fresno County Courthouse rebuilt.
- 1967 – Catholic Diocese of Fresno established.
- 1969 – Kiddie Kinema movie theatre opens.[23]
- 1970
- Fashion Fair Mall in business.
- Population: 167,927.[3]
- 1973 – Good Company Players founded.[24]
- 1977 – KMTF television begins broadcasting.
- 1978 – Fresno Metropolitan Museum established.[25]
- 1983 – Fresno Metronews begins publication.
- 1984 – Nanaksar Gurdwara founded.[14]
- 1989
- Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill closes.
- Karen Humphrey becomes mayor.
- 1990
- 1992 – Hmong Times newspaper in publication.[4]
- 1993
- Hmong Today (television program) begins broadcasting.
- San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center established.[7]
- Jim Patterson becomes mayor.
- 1996 – Tahoe Joe's restaurant in business.
- 1997
- Community Food Bank active.[8][27]
- River Park shopping centre in business.
- 1998
- City website online.[28][29]
- Fresno Grizzlies baseball team formed.
- Fresno Stadium 22 cinema opens.[23]
- 2000
- University High School established.[19]
- Mormon Fresno California Temple dedicated.
21st century
- 2001
- Alan Autry – 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California – In office, January 5, 2001 – January 6, 2009
- 2002
- Grizzlies Stadium opens.
- 2003
- Save Mart Center (arena) opens.
- Ani-Jam anime convention begins.
- 2005
- 2008 – Neighborhood Thrift shop in business.[31]
- 2009 – Ashley Swearengin becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Fresno Metropolitan Museum closes.[32]
- Population: 494,665.[33]
- 2011 – Downtown Fresno Partnership formed.[9]
- 2013 – Poet laureate inaugurated.[34]
- 2014 - Bitwise Industries launches, bringing a technology and entrepreneur community together. Starts with Bitwise Mural District, and more Fresno campuses follow.
- 2015 – Governor Brown; High-Speed Rail Project Signing Ceremony, Downtown Fresno. Future Location: HSR Station-Fresno.
- 2015 – Fresno Declares Drought; worst recorded precipitation levels; 130 years. Water Use Reduction/Conservation Begins.
- 2017 – Fresno shootings.
- 2020 - Fresno General Plan adopted[35]
See also
- History of Fresno
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Fresno County, California
- Template:Req[36]
- Timelines of other cities in the Northern California area of California: Mountain View, Oakland, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Jose
References
- ^ Guinn, J. M. (1905). History of the State of California with Biographical Record. Chicago: The Chapman Publishing Co. pp. 669–670.
- ^ a b c d ["History of Fresno".]
- ^ a b Nergal 1980.
- ^ a b c d "US Newspaper Directory". Chronicling America. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ Panter, John. "Central California Colony: Marvel of the Desert" (PDF). The Journal of the Fresno City and County Historical Society. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ "The Fresno Republican Newspaper". The Fresno Republican. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ a b Fresno Historical Society. "Collections: Manuscripts". Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ Vintage Fresno, Pictorial Recollections of a Wester City, Edwin M. Eaton, The Hungington Press, Fresno, California, 1965.
- ^ a b c Vandor 1919.
- ^ "Thomas R. Meux Home (1889)". Local Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
- ^ California Federation of Women's Clubs (1907). Club Women of California. San Francisco.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon (2011). "Chronology". Historical Dictionary of Cycling. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-7175-5.
- ^ a b c Federal Writers' Project 1939. sfn error: multiple targets (2×): CITEREFFederal_Writers'_Project1939 (help)
- ^ a b Pluralism Project. "Fresno, California". Directory of Religious Centers. Harvard University. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c "Fresno State Centennial" (Historical Timeline). California State University, Fresno. 2010. Archived from the original on March 14, 2014. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "Raisin Day Excitement at Fresno". Pacific Rural Press. April 24, 1920 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ Project for Excellence in Journalism (2012). "McClatchy Company". Media Ownership Database. State of the News Media. Washington, D.C.: Pew Research Center.
- ^ Madden Library. "Local History". Research Guides. California State University, Fresno. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ a b c Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei (ed.). "Fresno, California". Nonprofit Explorer. New York: ProPublica. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "California". Official Congressional Directory. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1958. hdl:2027/mdp.39015024835871.
- ^ Cordelia Candelaria, ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-33210-4.
- ^ Marshall Ganz (2010). Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-975785-5.
- ^ a b "Movie Theaters in Fresno, CA". CinemaTreasures.org. Los Angeles: Cinema Treasures LLC. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "American Association of Community Theatre". Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ American Association for State and Local History (2002). "California: Fresno". Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada (15th ed.). p. 64. ISBN 0759100020.
- ^ Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990, US Census Bureau, 1998
- ^ "California Food Banks". Food Bank Locator. Chicago: Feeding America. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "City Hall Gets Web Site", Fresno Bee, May 10, 1998
- ^ "City of Fresno". Archived from the original on February 2000 – via Internet Archive, Wayback Machine.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help) - ^ Civic Impulse, LLC. "Members of Congress". GovTrack. Washington, D.C. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "(Fresno)". Northern California Community Loan Fund. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ "Death of a Museum". The New York Times. July 23, 2013.
- ^ "Fresno (city), California". State & County QuickFacts. U.S. Census Bureau. Archived from the original on April 27, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
- ^ Norimitsu Onishi (May 7, 2013). "Recognition Grows for Poets of Streets, Main or Otherwise". The New York Times.
- ^ "Current Planning". www.fresno.gov. Fresno, California. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Chronology", California: Guide to the Golden State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House – via Open Library
Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
- "Fresno City". California State Gazetteer and Business Directory. San Francisco: R.L. Polk & Co. 1888.
- Published in the 20th century
- Charter and Ordinances of the city of Fresno, California. Fresno: Franklin Printing House. 1911. OL 7124979M.
- State Commission of Immigration and Housing of California (1918). Report on Fresno's immigration problem. Sacramento: California state printing office. OL 24362705M.
- "Fresno". Automobile Blue Book. USA. 1919.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Paul E. Vandor (1919), History of Fresno County, California, Los Angeles: Historic Record Company, OL 13493008M
- Ben Randal Walker, "Fresno: 1872–1885, A Municipality in the Making", Fresno County Historical Society Publications, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1934.
- Federal Writers' Project (1939), "Fresno", California: Guide to the Golden State, American Guide Series, New York: Hastings House
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - "Fresno Past and Present", Quarterly Journal of the Fresno City and County Historical Society. Fresno: The Society, 1959-
- Eaton, Edwin M. Vintage Fresno: Pictorial Recollections of a Western City'. Fresno: Huntington Press, 1964.
- Margaret Miller Rocq, ed. (1970). "Fresno County: Fresno". California Local History: A Bibliography (2nd ed.). Stanford University Press. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-8047-0716-9.
- Ory Mazar Nergal, ed. (1980), "Fresno, CA", Encyclopedia of American Cities, New York: E.P. Dutton, OL 4120668M
- Waiczis, Michael R., and William B. Secrest, Jr. A Portrait of Fresno, 1885–1985: A Publication of the Centennial History Committee. Fresno: Centennial History Committee, 1985.
- "San Joaquin Valley: Fresno". California. Let's Go. New York: St. Martin's Press. 1998. p. 510+. OL 10387102M.
- Published in the 21st century
- "San Joaquin Valley: Fresno". California. Lonely Planet. 2003. OL 8647775M.
- "Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns". The New York Times. March 25, 2009.
- "Rescuing the Rural Edge — It Takes a Village". Pacific Standard. Santa Barbara, California: Miller McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy. September 6, 2011. (about Fresno's Southeast Growth Area)
- James Fallows (2015), "Welcome to American Futures 3.0", The Atlantic, American Futures (series of articles about Fresno)
External links
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- Madden Library. "Fresno Research". Research Guides. California State University, Fresno.
- Items related to Fresno, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- Materials related to Fresno, California, various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
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