Picture of Big Sandy Elementary school, constructed in 1924 with the expenditure of $53,000. The Big Sandy District was formed in 1875, was united with the Auberry Union Elementary School District in 1947, which in turn united with the Sierra Unified…
U. S. Army Sgt. Bill Ishida (center) interrogates Japanese POW Army officers (far left and right) in the Phiippines in 1945. The man in the white shirt is a newspaper man. The officer on the far right surrendered his "very sharp" Samurai sword to…
Bill Wake (age 20) in front of the family home. The farm was located on Parlier Ave. east of Buttonwillow near Reedley. He is pulling blocks of wood in his wagon.