local history

Minna Eshleman ran the Minnewawa Ranch and was a pioneer in her scientific approach to agriculture.

This neighborhood in Southeast Fresno was home many of Fresno's agricultural pioneers.

The obelisk along Highway 140 at Arboleda Road is one of the most unusual roadside landmarks in the Central Valley.

The park has a rich history, but is still infamous for its unusual orientation, with batters facing into the setting sun.

Today's Fresno Yosemite International Airport began as Army Air Corps training base during World War II.

To this day, the Lakeview Gusher No 1 is the largest oil spill in U.S. history.

The deadly gunfight near Hanford in 1880 inspired novels and anti-railroad sentiments.

A look at the history of a geographic oddity in the Fresno and Clovis area.

Today you can take Highway 168 from Fresno and Clovis and all the way to Huntington Lake. But at one time Fresno leaders dreamed of the highway crossing the Sierra Nevada.

Spanish Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga named the Kings River in January 1805. But he wasn't the only one to give the mighty river a name.