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Col. William Forsyth purchased 160 acres about 4 miles northeast of Fresno in 1883. He had a rough start but by 1889 they were packaging 7,000 20 pound boxes of raisins a year. They also produced figs.

An Interior view of Forsyth's Packing House. During packing season 50 men are employed as well as the box makers. There is one superintendent, over 4 as well as the 70 women and girls employed in the packing department.

Fresno Gas and Electric Light Company's Gas Works was located on the corner of Mariposa and F Streets in Fresno.

The Electric plant of Fresno Gas and Electric Company was located at the corner of Tuolumne and I Streets in Fresno.

Two men standing on the main headgate of Kings River of the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Company canal. The water just above the gate will average about eight feet in depth for a width of sixty feet, with the pressure of fall sufficient to cause a…

Picture taken during the summer of 1895 when water was "low" Eight Mule team wagonners, checking the branch canal. The drops were put in for two purposes, to keep the banks from washing out and also to allow the water to be readily turned into…

Man standing on the gate of a canal where it both drops and branches off. The branch passing under the bridge at the left side of the view carries about three times the quantity of water falling over the drop. The body of water passing over the drop…

The Edgerly building at the corner of Tulare and J (Fulton) Streets. It is owned by A. Borel & Co of San Francisco. The postoffice department is housed here as well as, Noble Bros (raisin and fruit packers and shippers) as well as many real estate…

Fresno County Citrus Fair's first fruit exhibits, from Orangedale, F.M. Chittenden, Butler Vineyard, Fresno Nursery, E.R. Foster, and Crockett Douglas, a sampling of what was seen. It was put on by the Fresno Chamber of Commerce held the first week…