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In 1891, W.R. Hampton sold his site and store holdings of the town called Hamptonville near San Joaquin River to a railroad developer named Marcus Pollasky. Mr. Pollasky who was building a 27 mile railroad from Tulare Street in Fresno to this…

An unusual scene of snow on the ground in Fresno, looking at the courthouse up Mariposa Street, from Van Ness, the Water Tower in the background.

The First Methodist Episcopal Church located on the southeast corner of M and Tuolumne Streets. It was a grey cement building with black roof and buff trim. There are multiple stain glass windows.

M. Theo Kearney and his driver at Kearney's property, Superintendent's house is in background.

Thanks to a 30,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie this library branch served downtown Fresno from 1904-1959 at 1330 Broadway Street near Fresno Street. The building was demolished in 1959.

The Boy with the Leaking Boot Fountain was dedicated on August 21, 1895 at the Van Ness and Mariposa Street entrance to the Fresno Courthouse. The seven foot tall pewter statute originally had 8 cups with chains that served as a drinking fountain…

3 women sitting on benches with a little girl and a pram underneath the arbor in Recreation Park. Recreation Park was located at Maple and Ventura (Now Kings Canyon)

Auberry School House with children on porch, a dog and horse and buggy out front. Picture noted Miss Lorena Brewer teacher (later Mrs. William Clingan)

In 1923 local fliers organized an event to raise funds for an aviation field. Six years later, local State Senator Wilbur Chandler decided to give 100 acres to the city of Fresno to build an air field now known as Chandler Field. Fresno and Mariposa…

A picture of Fresno Traction Co. 53 (?) New York designed "stepless" cars, shows engineer, conductor and mechanic.