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Located at the corner of I (later, Broadway) and Tulare streets, Fresno. Erected in 1887, in Victorian architectural style by a local real estate developer Thomas E. Hughes at a total cost of $300,000. Consisted of a four-story brick structure…

Located at the corner of Mariposa and J (Fulton) streets, Fresno. Erected in 1889-1890 by John D. Fiske, at a total cost of $100,000. The Victorian-style brick structure consisted of three stories with a basement, and occupied a 50' x 150' footprint.…

Located at Forsyth Vineyard property, 3 1/2 miles NE of Fresno. Forsyth (1850-1910), a native of Toronto, Canada, arrived in California in 1875 and became a prominent hotelier in Sacramento. He purchased and first planted the Fresno vineyard property…

Picture of an irrigation canal, near the headgate of the Kings River.

A picture showing the point where water is taken out of the North Fork of the San Joaquin river into a canal which leads to the storage reservoir from which the San Joaquin Electrical Power Co. will pipe the water down to the power house.

Fresno Water Works, located on Fresno and O Streets, which has engine rooms, tanks and tower. The water is supplied by eight 8-inch wells, of a depth ranging from 400 to 500 feet. The pumping apparatus is known as the Holly-Gaskill system, with a…

Hobbs & Parsons, established in April 1888, as a retail business soon moving into wholesale. In 1892 they ventured into the dried fruit trade. The fruit and raisin pack is sent out under the brand, "Union Packing Co." the business being jointly…

Interior View of the Packing house of Hobbs & Parsons, established in April 1888. In 1892 they ventured into the dried fruit trade. The fruit and raisin pack is sent out under the brand, "Union Packing Co." the business being jointly conducted with…

Kings River, running through eastern Fresno County.

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.