Picture of the flooded railroad yard taken from H Street looking west towards Kern Street. Floods threatened to wipe out Fresno every winter because of its location between four creeks.
On 16 February 1884, flood waters covered every street in Fresno. Floods threatened to wipe out Fresno every winter because Fresno was located in the sink of four creeks: Dry Creek ran just to the north of town ; Red Banks and Dog Creek merged in theā¦