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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.

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…

A view of the Shaver Lake Sawmill site. Railroad tracks and the Shaver Flume can be seen in the picture.

A wintertime scene of Barnes's Service Station and the Big Creek Post Office and Store early 1920's rebuilt after a fire.

Looking up the road in Big Creek, California 1923. On the left side of the road is a dentist office and Murphy's Art Shop on the right various structures and the wooden school buildings in the center at a distance.

C.J. Aggergaard Department store and residence, Big Creek, CA.

The Big Creek Garage and Big Creek Parlor with a few locals on the front porch and a horse team and 2 men in the foreground. Taken in the winter time with snow on the ground.

Thomas Fowler, Kings River Cattle King and owner of the famous "76" brand. Town of Fowler is located where his loading corrals were and is named for him.

This lobby view of the Hughes Hotel shows the check in desk, the elevator and looks into the dining room. The Hughes Hotel was built in 1887 by Thomas Hughes. It was on two lots at Tulare and I Street (now Broadway). It was a four story brick…