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Well drilling operations of L.P. Mullikin, a Reedley, California well borer. Reedley is located approximately 25 miles southeast of Fresno and named after Civil War hero Thomas Law Reed who settled here to provide wheat to the Gold Rush miners.

The entire business district of Reedley was destroyed in a disastrous fire the morning of 11 August 1902. The Fresno Morning Republican newspaper reported the following day how the fire broke out at approximately 12:45 in the morning starting in a…

A scene of destruction after the 1902 Reedley fire. W.W. Green's drug store pictured here was one of the fifteen businesses destroyed in the early morning blaze. Mr. W.W. Green was Reedley's first druggist establishing his business in 1889. The…

A 1926 photograph of the Pinedale, California, Post Office and service station. Shows fuel pump of the era as well as Shell Oil Company signs.

A 15 April 1926 photograph of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company office located in Pinedale, California. This multimillion-dollar operation existed from 1921 until 1933 using some of the most modern sawmill and logging equipment in the United States at…

A 1923 photograph of the townsite office for Pinedale, California. In June 1923 the Sugar Pine Lumber Company mill was completed on property donated to the lumber company on the south bluff of the San Joaquin River north of Fresno in the Fig Garden…

Horseback rider leading pack mules down the Muir Trail near Mono Creek. The John Muir Trail is 211 miles long and runs from Yosemite Valley to Mount Whitney. Named after John Muir, the 19th century naturalist and conservationist who was…

A log bath house at Mono Hot Springs, California located 86 miles northeast of Fresno on the South Fork of the San Joaquin River at the far eastern edge of the county. The town developed around the hot mineral springs famous for healing effects on…

Frontal view of the Laton Public Library located at 6313 DeWoody Street in Laton, California. Dedicated in the spring of 1904 this library is the oldest in Fresno County and one of the oldest in California. The Laton Library is a mission…

The flooded Traver Road Bridge located one mile south of Kingsburg, California. Photo taken 26 January, 1914 during Kings River overflow. The Fresno Morning Republican of this date reported the "Kings River at the highest point in 50 years" and…