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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGS_dr-martin-luther-king-jr_Fresno-CA.html
"I have a dream..."
Nobel Peace Prize 1964
Dedicated January 18, 1988
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGO_fresno_Fresno-CA.html
"Fresno" is the Spanish word for "Ash Tree." The first settlement to which the name was applied was "Fresno City," a station on the old Butterfield Stage Route located on Fresno Slough about one and one-half miles northwesterly from the present to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGM_david-of-sassoon_Fresno-CA.html
[Upper Marker:]
Donated tothe County of Fresnoby the People of Armenian Descentof the San Joaquin ValleyAugust 11, 1970
Varaz Samuelian, Sculptor
[Lower Marker:]David of Sassoon is the legendary folk-hero of the Armenians, who rid their l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGL_viva-liberation_Fresno-CA.html
La Ville d'Etampsa l'AmeriqueThis monument from General Patton's Route of Liberation is a gift of the people [of] Cannes, France to the people of California, sent via La Train de la Reconnaisance Francaise (Merci Train) and dedicated Armistice Day…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGK_forestiere-underground-gardens_Fresno-CA.html
Here, beneath the hot, arid surface of the San Joaquin Valley, Baldasare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900's to sculpt a fantastic retreat. Excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMP4I_the-basque-hotel_Fresno-CA.html
[Marker mounted to the left of the entrance door.]This building is the first Basque Hotel built near the Central Pacific Railroad lines that brought many new immigrants to Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley.
It was one of several establishments …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIN2_fort-washington_Fresno-CA.html
Approximately 2 miles north of this point, Fort Washintgon was built in the spring of 1850 by Wiley B Cassity (Cassady or Cassidy), Charls D. Gibbes, Major Lane and others. This fort, probably the first building erected in Fresno County, served as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIN1_green-bush-spring_Fresno-CA.html
On this spot in the early days was a flowing spring beside which stood a large green bush. Wild horses, deer, elk and antelope watered here and it served as a watering place for sheep and cattle.
The presence of this water caused the railroad i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIN0_easton-washington-union-high-school-district_Fresno-CA.html
[Side A:]EastonIn 1878, O.W. Easton and J.P. Whitney, San Francisco entrepreneurs, bought a total of 12 sections of land in this area (7680 acres), formed the Washington Irrigated Colony and began selling 20-acre farms. Allen T. Covell was the sup…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMILA_fresno-county-courthouse_Fresno-CA.html
A temporary rough board building, containing county offices, was erected near the spot in the fall of 1874, about the time the cornerstone was laid for the original permanent courthouse. Fresno was selected by the voters in a previous spring elect…