Timeline of Fresno, California

Fresno is a city in the San Joaquin Valley of California, United States, founded in 1872 and incorporated in 1885. It is the county seat of Fresno County and the largest city in the greater Central Valley region.

19th century

1856 – Fresno County formed in 1856 with Millerton, a settlement along the San Joaquin River, as the county seat.{{sfn|Walker|1934|p=2}}
1865 – William Helm brings his wife and his sheep to the valley floor area south of Millerton.{{cite book |last=Guinn |first=J. M.|date= 1905|title= History of the State of California with Biographical Record

|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofstateofca00guin/page/668/mode/2up/search/William+Helm|location= Chicago

|publisher=The Chapman Publishing Co.|pages=669–670 }}

1870 - Weekly Expositor newspaper in publication.{{sfn|Vandor|1919|p=149}}
1872 – Fresno station founded by the Central Pacific Railroad Company{{cite web|author=|title=History of Fresno|url=https://www.fresno.gov/darm/history-of-fresno/|website=City of Fresno Planning and Development|access-date=January 3, 2023}}
1874 – County seat of Fresno County moves from Millerton to Fresno due to population growth.{{sfn|Nergal|1980}}
1875
Fresno County Courthouse built.
Central California Colony established south of Fresno, creating a successful model for attracting settlers.{{sfn|Painter|1994}}
1876 – Fresno Morning Republican newspaper in publication.{{sfn|Vandor|1919|p=150}}
1877 – Fresno Volunteer Fire Department organized.{{cite web |url=http://www.valleyhistory.org/index.php?id=29 |title=Collections: Manuscripts |author=Fresno Historical Society |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}
1881 - William Helm bought the block bounded by Fresno, R, Merced and S Streets from Louis Einstein.{{sfn|Eaton|1964}}
1882 – St. John Church built.
1884 – Big Fresno Fair begins.{{cite book |last=Laval |first=Elizabeth M. |date=October 20, 2004 |title=The Fresno Fair: As Seen Through the Lens of Claude C. Pop Laval |publisher=Word Dancer Press |isbn=9781884995484}}
1885 – Fresno incorporated.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
1889 – Meux Home built.{{cite web|title=Thomas R. Meux Home (1889)|url=http://www.historicfresno.org/lrhr/002.htm|website=Local Register of Historic Places|access-date=3 August 2016}}
1890
Barton opera house opens.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
Population exceeds 10,000.
1892 - Street cars introduced
1893 – Fresno Free Public Library opens.{{cite web |url=http://www.fresnolibrary.org/about/history.html |title=History of Fresno County Public Library |author= |website=Fresno County Public Library |access-date=December 5, 2022}}
1894
Fresno Parlor Lecture Club organized.{{cite book|author=California Federation of Women's Clubs |location=San Francisco |title=Club Women of California |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUIKAAAAIAAJ|year=1907}}
Fresno Water Tower built.
San Francisco-Fresno bike messenger service (during the Pullman Strike) initiated.{{cite book|author1=Jeroen Heijmans |author2=Bill Mallon|title=Historical Dictionary of Cycling|year= 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7175-5 |chapter=Chronology |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=ZdXCmwpk-SAC&pg=PR17 }}
1899 – Santa Fe Passenger Depot opens.
1900 – Population: 12,470.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}

20th century

=1900s–1940s=

1901
Fresno City Railway in operation.
Fresno Buddhist Temple founded.{{cite web | author=Diana Marcum | year=2011 | title=Closure of historic temple in Fresno dismays Japanese American community| work=Religion | publisher=Los Angeles Times | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-aug-01-la-me-temple-20110801-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927114613/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-aug-01-la-me-temple-20110801-story.html |archive-date=September 27, 2020| url-status=live | access-date=January 21, 2012}}
1904
Gottschalks shop in business.
First Butcher Shop Opened by Andrew David Green
1906 – Forestiere Underground Gardens begin developing.
1908 – Asparēz Armenian/English-language newspaper begins publication.
1909 – Raisin Day festival begins.{{cite web |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200424.2.18 |title=Raisin Day Excitement at Fresno |work=Pacific Rural Press |date=April 24, 1920 |via=California Digital Newspaper Collection }}
1910 – Fresno Junior College opens.
1911
Fresno State Normal School founded.{{cite web |url= http://www.fresnostate100.com/timeline.htm |type= Historical Timeline |year= 2010 |title= Fresno State Centennial |publisher= California State University, Fresno |access-date= March 13, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20140314134112/http://www.fresnostate100.com/timeline.htm |archive-date= March 14, 2014 }}
Sunnyside Country Club opens.
1913 – Commercial Club organized.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
1914 – Holy Trinity Church built.
1918
Sun-Maid raisin facility begins operating.
Bank of Italy building constructed.
1919 – Fresno Historical Society and Temple Beth Israel founded.
1921 – Fresno State College established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
1922
KMJ 580AM Radio begins broadcasting.
Fresno Bee newspaper begins publication.{{cite web |url= http://stateofthemedia.org/media-ownership/company-profile/?mediaid=66&id=88 |title=McClatchy Company |series=State of the News Media |work=Media Ownership Database |year=2012 |author= Project for Excellence in Journalism |publisher= Pew Research Center |location=Washington, D.C. |author-link=Project for Excellence in Journalism }}
1923
Fort Washington Country Club established.
San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building constructed.
1925 – Security Pacific Bank Building constructed.
1926 – Fresno State Stadium dedicated.
1928 – Pantages Theater opens.
1929
Roeding Park Zoo opens.
Z. S. Leymel becomes mayor.
Chandler Airport opens as area's primary airport.
1932 – Fresno Memorial Auditorium built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
1935 – Academy (social group) formed.{{cite web |url=http://libguides.csufresno.edu/content.php?pid=530599 |title=Local History |work=Research Guides |author=Madden Library |publisher=California State University, Fresno |access-date=March 13, 2014 |author-link=Madden Library }}
1939 – Tower Theatre opens.
1942 – U.S. Air Force Hammer Airfield and Japanese American internment camp in use.
1944 – Pacific Bible Institute founded.{{cite web |url= http://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/search?c_code%5Bid%5D=&ntee%5Bid%5D=&order=revenue&q=fresno&sort_order=desc&state%5Bid%5D=CA&utf8=✓ |publisher=ProPublica |location=New York |title=Fresno, California |work=Nonprofit Explorer |date=9 May 2013 |editor=Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}
1946 – Sierra Sky Park Airport residential aviation community established near city.
1947 – Hammer Field National Guard training area and Fresno Air Terminal established, becoming primary hub of commercial aviation instead of Chandler Airport.
1948 – Azteca Theater built.

=1950s–1990s=

1954 – Peoples Church and Fresno Philharmonic [https://web.archive.org/web/20000208045049/http://fresnophil.org/] founded.
1955 – Bernice F. Sisk becomes U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district.{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1958 |chapter=California |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |hdl=2027/mdp.39015024835871 }}
1960 – Mexican American Political Association founded.{{cite book|editor-link=Cordelia Candelaria|editor=Cordelia Candelaria |title=Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture |year=2004 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-33210-4 }}
1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service.
1962 – Farm Workers Association founding meeting held in Fresno.{{cite book|author=Marshall Ganz |title=Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement |year= 2010|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-975785-5|author-link=Marshall Ganz }}
1964 - Fulton Mall dedicated.
1966
Fresno Convention Center complex built.
Fresno County Courthouse rebuilt.
1967 – Catholic Diocese of Fresno established.
1968 - Woodward Park opened in north Fresno.
1969 – Kiddie Kinema movie theatre opens.{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/california/fresno?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Fresno, CA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= March 13, 2014 }}
1970
Fashion Fair Mall in business.
Population: 167,927.{{sfn|Nergal|1980}}
1973 – Good Company Players founded.{{cite web |url=http://www.aact2.org/ |title=American Association of Community Theatre |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}
1977 – KMTF television begins broadcasting.
1983 – Fresno Metronews begins publication.
1984
Nanaksar Gurdwara founded.
Fresno Metropolitan Museum established.
1989
Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill closes.
Karen Humphrey becomes mayor.
1990
Vida en el Valle Spanish/English-language newspaper begins publication.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24996480/nonenglish_readers_targeted_fresno/|title=Non-English readers targeted|work=Reno Gazette Journal|date=February 17, 1991|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=October 31, 2018|language=en}}
Population: 354,202.{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }}
1992 – Hmong Times newspaper in publication.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117886033/merced-sun-star/|title=Non-English readers targeted|work=Merced Sun Star|date=August 17, 1992|via=Newspapers.com|access-date=February 3, 2023|language=en}}
1993
Hmong Today (television program) begins broadcasting.
San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center established.[http://www.fresnolibrary.org/heritage/index.html]
Jim Patterson becomes mayor.
1996 – Tahoe Joe's restaurant in business.
1997
Community Food Bank active.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090324001056/http://www.communityfoodbank.net/about.html]{{cite web |url=http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx?state=CA |work=Food Bank Locator |title= California Food Banks |publisher=Feeding America |location=Chicago |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}
River Park shopping center in business.
1998
City website online.{{citation |work=Fresno Bee |date= May 10, 1998 |title= City Hall Gets Web Site }}{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000229123527/http://www.ci.fresno.ca.us// |url= http://www.ci.fresno.ca.us/ |archive-date= 2000-02-29 |title= City of Fresno |via= Internet Archive, Wayback Machine }}
Fresno Grizzlies baseball team formed.
Fresno Stadium 22 cinema opens.
2000
University High School established.
Mormon Fresno California Temple dedicated.

21st century

2001 - Alan Autry becomes mayor.
2002 - Grizzlies Stadium opens.
2003
Save Mart Center (arena) opens.
Ani-Jam anime convention begins.
2005
Woodward Shakespeare Festival and Artists' Repertory Theatre founded.
Jim Costa becomes U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district.{{cite web |url= http://www.govtrack.us/congress/members |title=Members of Congress |work=GovTrack |author=Civic Impulse, LLC |location=Washington, D.C. |access-date= March 13, 2014 }}
Coyle United States Courthouse built.
2008 – Neighborhood Thrift shop in business.{{cite web |url=http://www.ncclf.org/?s=fresno |title= (Fresno) |publisher=Northern California Community Loan Fund |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}
2009 – Ashley Swearengin becomes mayor.
2010
Fresno Metropolitan Museum closes.{{cite news |last1=Pogrebin|first1=Robin |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/arts/design/fresno-mets-closing-could-hold-a-lesson-for-detroit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808090107/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/arts/design/fresno-mets-closing-could-hold-a-lesson-for-detroit.html |archive-date=August 8, 2021|date=July 23, 2013 |title=Death of a Museum |work=The New York Times }}
Population: 494,665.{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0627000.html |title=Fresno (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427150655/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0627000.html |archive-date=April 27, 2012 }}
2012 - Fresno meat plant shooting.
2013
Poet laureate inaugurated.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/us/poets-laureate-proliferate-across-us.html |title=Recognition Grows for Poets of Streets, Main or Otherwise |date=May 7, 2013 |author=Norimitsu Onishi |work= The New York Times |author-link=Norimitsu Onishi }}
Bitwise Industries launches, bringing a technology and entrepreneur community together. Starts with Bitwise Mural District, and more Fresno campuses follow.
2014 - Fresno General Plan adopted, becoming the first one in decades to not expand the Sphere of Influence.
2015
On January 6, Governor Jerry Brown attends a groundbreaking ceremony for California High-Speed Rail in downtown Fresno at the future location of Fresno's High Speed Rail Station.{{cite web |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article5519280.html |title=Groundbreaking at Fresno for California high-speed rail |date=January 7, 2015 |author=David Siders |work= The Sacramento Bee }}
Fresno declares drought; worst recorded precipitation levels in 130 years. Water use reduction/conservation begins.
2017 – 2017 Fresno shootings.
2019 – 2019 Fresno shooting.
2020 - Population: 542,161.{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Fresno city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fresnocitycalifornia/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 24, 2022}}
2021 - Former Police Chief Jerry Dyer becomes Fresno's 26th mayor.

References

=Books=

;Published in the 19th century

{{Citation

| last1=Elliot| first1=Wallace W.

| title=History of Fresno County California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, farms, residences, public buildings, factories, hotels, business houses, schools, churches, and mines, from original drawings, with biographical sketches

| publisher=Elliot & Co.

| location=San Francisco, California

| date=1882

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nto4AQAAMAAJ

| oclc=6401403

| ref=CITEREFElliot1882

}}

{{citation

| author=

| title=California homes and industries, and representative citizens : a serial showing the improvements and progress of the state, and containing hundreds of beautiful etchings, photogravures, artotypes, and artistic colored lithographs

| date=1891

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D39FAQAAMAAJ

| magazine=California Homes and Industries and Representative Citizens |publisher=The Elliott Publishing Company

| oclc=10465177

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Thompson| first1=Thomas Hinkley

| title=Official historical atlas map of Fresno County

| publisher=Holmes Book Co.

| location=Tulare, California

| date=1891

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yY7RtgAACAAJ

| ol=22958136M

| ref=CITEREFThompson1891

}}

{{Citation

| author=

| title=Imperial Fresno: resources, industries and scenery

| publisher=Fresno Republican

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1897

| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067339051&view=1up&seq=7

| oclc=12092695

| ref=CITEREFRepublican1897

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Angel| first1=Myron

| author-link1=Myron Angel

| title=A memorial and biographical history of the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, California

| publisher=Lewis publishing company

| location=Chicago, Illinois

| date=1892

| url=https://archive.org/details/memorialbiograph00ange

| oclc=2861404

| ol=24832069M

| ref=CITEREFAngel1892

}}

;Published in the 20th century

{{Citation

| last1=Guinn| first1=James Miller

| title=History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. A historical story of the states marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time

| publisher=Chapman Publishing

| date=1905

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4O41AQAAMAAJ

| oclc=6833442

| ref=CITEREFGuinn1905

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Vandor| first1=Paul E.

| title=History of Fresno County California with biographical sketches volume 1 & 2

| publisher=Historic Record Company

| location=Los Angeles, California

| date=1919

| url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffresnoc01vand

| oclc=904717704

| ol=13493008M

| ref=CITEREFVandor1919

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Winchell| first1=Libourne Alsip

| title=History of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley: Narrative and Biographical

| publisher=Arthur H. Cawson

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1933

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6LInQEACAAJ

| oclc=12820630

| ref=CITEREFWinchell1933

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Walker| first1=Ben Randal

| title=Fresno: 1872–1885, a municipality in the making

| publisher=Fresno County Historical Society

| date=1934

| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4872267&view=1up&seq=1

| oclc=31139940

| ref=CITEREFWalker1934

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Walker| first1=Ben Randal

| title=Fresno County Blue Book

| publisher=Arthur H. Cawson

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1941

| oclc=16390173

| ref=CITEREFWalker1941

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Walker| first1=Ben Randal

| title=Fresno Community Book

| publisher=Arthur H. Cawson

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1946

| oclc=3454556

| ref=CITEREFWalker1946

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Eaton| first1=Edwin M.

| title=Vintage Fresno: pictorial recollections of a western city

| publisher=Huntington Press

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1964

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzISAQAAIAAJ

| oclc=2007613

| ref=CITEREFEaton1964

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Rocq| first1=Margaret Miller

| title=California local history: a bibliography

| publisher=Stanford University Press

| location=Stanford, California

| date=1970

| edition=2

| chapter=Fresno County: Fresno

| url=https://archive.org/details/californialocalh0000rocq

| isbn=9780804707169

| oclc=86426

| ref=CITEREFRocq1970

}}

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.
{{Citation

| last1=Clough| first1=Charles W.

| last2=Secrest| first2=William B.

| last3=Temple| first3=Bobbye Sisk

| title=Fresno County: The pioneer years, from the beginning to 1900

| publisher=Panorama West Books

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1984

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK06AQAAIAAJ

| isbn=9780914330707

| oclc=11661147

| ref=CITEREFCloughSecrestTemple1984

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Clough| first1=Charles W.

| last2=Secrest| first2=William B.

| last3=Temple| first3=Bobbye Sisk

| title=Fresno County in the 20th century: from 1900 to the 1980s

| publisher=Panorama West Books

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1986

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq46AQAAIAAJ

| isbn=9780914330974

| oclc=15023778

| ref=CITEREFCloughSecrestTemple1986

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Rehart| first1=Schylar

| last2=Patterson| first2=William K.

| title=M. Theo Kearney: prince of Fresno

| publisher=The Fresno City and County Historical Society

| date=January 1988

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M8bYoQEACAAJ

| asin=B0042GN0HI

| ref=CITEREFRehartPatterson1988

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Garcia| first1=Joseph G.

| title=Kearney Park: How did my garden grow?

| publisher=Unknown

| date=1988

| isbn=9780962049101

| oclc=19508645

| ref=CITEREFGarcia1988

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Painter| first1=John

| title=Central California Colony: marvel of the desert

| publisher=The Fresno City and County Historical Society

| date=1994

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZcQHQAACAAJ

| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624031826/http://www.valleyhistory.org/pandp.pdf

| archive-date=June 24, 2016

| oclc=31139940

| ref=CITEREFPainter1994

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Rehart| first1=Catherine Morison

| title=The valley's legends and legacies I

| publisher=Quill Driver Books

| location=Fresno, California

| date=1996

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCpk_P3d-h0C

| isbn=9781884995125

| oclc=228659229

| ref=CITEREFRehart1996

}}

;Published in the 21st century

{{Citation

| last1=Rehart| first1=Catherine Morison

| title=The heartland's heritage: an illustrated history of Fresno County

| publisher=Heritage Media

| location=Carlsbad, California

| date=2000

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_C5AAAACAAJ

| isbn=9781886483323

| oclc=45554593

| ref=CITEREFRehart2000

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Smith| first1=Wallace

| last2=Secrest| first2=William B.

| title=Garden of the Sun: A History of the San Joaquin Valley, 1772-1939

| publisher=Linden Publishing

| location=Fresno, California

| date=2004

| edition=2

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBESAQAAIAAJ

| isbn=9780941936774

| oclc=53131400

| ref=CITEREFSmithSecrest2004

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Hunter| first1=Pat

| last2=Stevens| first2=Janice

| title=Fresno's architectural past: volume I

| publisher=Craven Street Books

| date=2006

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTP9wQEACAAJ

| isbn=9780941936972

| ref=CITEREFHunterStevens2006

}}

{{Citation

| last1=Hunter| first1=Pat

| last2=Stevens| first2=Janice

| title=Fresno's architectural past: volume II

| publisher=Craven Street Books

| date=September 2007

| edition=

| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifvdAQAACAAJ

| isbn=9781933502137

| ref=CITEREFHunterStevens2007

}}

=Periodicals=

{{cite journal

| last1=Thickens |first1=Virginia E.

| date=June 1946

| title=Pioneer Agricultural Colonies of Fresno County

| url=https://doi.org/10.2307/25155973

| journal=California Historical Society Quarterly

| volume=25

| number=2

| pages=171

|doi=10.2307/25155973

|jstor=25155973

| access-date=October 21, 2022| url-access=subscription

}}

"Fresno Past and Present", Quarterly Journal of the Fresno City and County Historical Society. Fresno: The Society, 1959-
{{cite news |date=March 25, 2009 |title=Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26tents.html }}
{{cite news |url=http://www.psmag.com/environment/rescuing-the-rural-edge-—-it-takes-a-village-34304/ |title=Rescuing the Rural Edge — It Takes a Village |date= September 6, 2011 |work=Pacific Standard |publisher=Miller McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy |location=Santa Barbara, California }} (about Fresno's Southeast Growth Area)
{{citation |work=The Atlantic |year=2015 |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/03/welcome-to-american-futures-30/387265/ |author=James Fallows |title=Welcome to American Futures 3.0 |author-link=James Fallows }} ([https://www.theatlantic.com/national/category/fresno-ca series] of articles about Fresno)
{{cite journal

|last=Jangian |first=Aris

|date=2016

|title=Come See California's Future: In beautiful Fresno

|journal=Boom: A Journal of California

|volume=6

|number=1

|pages=102–107

|doi=10.1525/boom.2016.6.1.102

|jstor=26413157

|issn=

|doi-access=free}}

=Travel guides=

{{cite book |title=California State Gazetteer and Business Directory |year=1888 |publisher=R.L. Polk & Co. |location=San Francisco |chapter=Fresno City |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/californiastateg1888rlpo#page/282/mode/2up }}
{{cite book |chapter=Fresno |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lskNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA398 |year=1919 |title=Automobile Blue Book |location=USA |title-link = Automobile Blue Book}}
{{Citation |author = Federal Writers' Project |publisher=Hastings House |location=New York |series= American Guide Series |title=California: Guide to the Golden State |year= 1939 |chapter=Fresno |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/californiaguidet00federich#page/188/mode/1up

| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}

|author-link=Federal Writers' Project }}

{{Cite book |publisher = St. Martin's Press |location = New York |series = Let's Go |title=California |date = 1998 |ol=10387102M |chapter=San Joaquin Valley: Fresno |page=510+ }}
{{Cite book |publisher = Lonely Planet |title = California |year= 2003 |ol = 8647775M |chapter=San Joaquin Valley: Fresno }}
{{Citation |publisher = E.P. Dutton |location = New York |title = Encyclopedia of American Cities |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofam00unib#page/131/mode/1up |date = 1980 |ol=4120668M |editor=Ory Mazar Nergal |chapter= Fresno, CA

| ref = {{harvid|Nergal|1980}}

}}

External links

{{cite web |url=http://libguides.csufresno.edu/content.php?pid=525298 |title=Fresno Research |work=Research Guides |author=Madden Library |publisher=California State University, Fresno |author-link=Madden Library }}
[http://dp.la/search?utf8=✓&page_size=100&q=Fresno+California Items related to Fresno], various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
[https://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?q=Fresno%20California Materials related to Fresno, California], various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)

Category:History of Fresno, California

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Timeline of Fresno, California

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20th century

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See also

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