On Divisadero Street at Broadway, on the right when traveling east on Divisadero Street. Reported missing.
Fresno means ash tree in Spanish. For many years, this section of California was known as the "Fresno Country” because of the ash trees that grew along its waterways. One of its rivers was named Fresno. Fresno City was established on the west side . . . — — Map (db m229390) HM
On M Street, 0.2 miles west of Ventura Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
This Monument is dedicated May 30, 1956, by the citizens of Fresno to the memory of Fresno's own Billy Vukovich, who met his death while leading the Indianapolis 500 Mile race May 30, 1955.
Billy Vukovich, who lived all his life in Fresno, won . . . — — Map (db m47249) HM
On Kern Street at China Alley, on the right when traveling south on Kern Street.
In 1874 600 people moved to what is now Fresno. Of those, 200 were Chinese, who made the brick and helped start the building of Fresno. A short time later, they were persuaded to settle west of the train tracks. They built an area of shops, which . . . — — Map (db m52981) HM
On North Van Ness Boulevard, 0.2 miles east of Palm Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
In June of 1919, William "Billy" Winning, age 14 died in a tragic accident at his family home on Van Ness Boulevard. In December of 1920, Billy's mother, Mae, decorated the deodur cedar in front of the home as a memorial to Billy, who had loved . . . — — Map (db m242281) HM
On Tulare Street at M Street, on the right when traveling west on Tulare Street.
[Upper Marker:]
Donated to
the County of Fresno
by the People of Armenian Descent
of the San Joaquin Valley
August 11, 1970
Varaz Samuelian, Sculptor
[Lower Marker:]
David of Sassoon is the legendary folk-hero . . . — — Map (db m41005) HM
On Shaw Avenue near Forestiere Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Here, beneath the hot, arid surface of the San Joaquin Valley, Baldasare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900's to sculpt a fantastic retreat. Excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages and . . . — — Map (db m41003) HM
Approximately 2 miles north of this point, Fort Washintgon was built in the spring of 1850 by Wiley B Cassity (Cassady or Cassidy), Charls D. Gibbes, Major Lane and others. This fort, probably the first building erected in Fresno County, served as . . . — — Map (db m28013) HM
On Ventura Avenue, 0.1 miles east of Cedar Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Located at this corner was a 20-acre baseball field named for the legendary Frank Chance. Constructed in 1935, the park served as the spring training grounds for the San Francisco Seals as well as for games played by Fresno's Twilight League. Frank . . . — — Map (db m47337) HM
This is one of the French boxcars of the French Merci Train sent to the United States. in 1949 as a thank you token to the American people for the Freedom Ship of food and clothing sent to France in 1948. The car was filled with many articles of . . . — — Map (db m197216) HM WM
This French Merci Train Boxcar cover is dedicated to all veterans, past, present, and future, as a symbol of tribute to those who have, are now, and will in the future, borne the battle of war and conflict in the preservation of our nation. May the . . . — — Map (db m198102) WM
"Fresno" is the Spanish word for "Ash Tree." The first settlement to which the name was applied was "Fresno City," a station on the old Butterfield Stage Route located on Fresno Slough about one and one-half miles northwesterly from the present . . . — — Map (db m41007) HM
Near South Chance Avenue, 0.2 miles Kings Canyon Road, on the left when traveling south.
This memorial is dedicated to over 5,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined at the Fresno Fairgrounds from May to October 1942. This was an early phase of the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II . . . — — Map (db m165490) HM
On Fresno Street at O Street, on the right when traveling east on Fresno Street.
Dedicated To Honor
All Veterans of Fresno
———————
This plaque dedicated to all
who served in the military
and especially those who gave
their lives in service to God
and Country for the . . . — — Map (db m41098) WM
On Van Ness Avenue, 0.2 miles Tulare Street, on the right when traveling west.
A temporary rough board building, containing county offices, was erected near the spot in the fall of 1874, about the time the cornerstone was laid for the original permanent courthouse. Fresno was selected by the voters in a previous spring . . . — — Map (db m27940) HM
Historical landmark
commemorating
Fresno Technical School,
constructed 1895.
Known as the Fresno High School
from 1895 - 1921.
Established as the First Junior College
of California, 1910.
Normal School - forerunner to
Fresno . . . — — Map (db m241689) HM
On Huntington Boulevard near First Street, on the left when traveling east.
During the year 1903, streetcars began to rattle along the city streets from the San Joaquin River through the fig garden area to downtown Fresno and east along Huntington Boulevard to Sunnyside.
Providing a reliable, entertaining, even . . . — — Map (db m27830) HM
On Fresno Street at O Street, on the right when traveling east on Fresno Street.
This Water Tower is dedicated to George M. Bowman in recognition for thirty-six years of dedicated service to the City of Fresno and for his accomplishments as a naval officer. He was the city's first chief engineer and became general manager of . . . — — Map (db m41071) HM
On this spot in the early days was a flowing spring beside which stood a large green bush. Wild horses, deer, elk and antelope watered here and it served as a watering place for sheep and cattle.
The presence of this water caused the . . . — — Map (db m242667) HM
On Tulare Street near Van Ness Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
During and after World War II, nearly 5,000,000
contracted braceros came to work in agriculture
and on the railroads, the majority in California and
the San Joaquin Valley, under U.S. and Mexican Treaty,
demonstrating their patriotism . . . — — Map (db m41067) HM
Near West Kearney Boulevard, 0.3 miles west of South Bryan Avenue.
Fremont passed within sight of this spot on April 7, 1844. He was crossing from the San Joaquin River to the Kings River with his mountain men guides, Thomas "Broken Hand" Fitzpatrick, Kit Carson and Alex Godey. Fremont described a vast prairie with . . . — — Map (db m229460) HM
On F Street, 0.1 miles west of Kern Street, on the right when traveling west.
Kogetsu-Do
A Fresno landmark. Confectioner Kogetsu - Do has survived in the same location it has occupied for 99 Years. Sugimatsu Ikeda and his wife Sakino started the business in 1915 and were able to purchase this building on "F" Street in . . . — — Map (db m101863) HM
On N First Street, on the right when traveling south.
On June 25, 1950, the five-year old peace of World War II was shattered when the North Korean People's Army poured across the 38th parallel invading South Korea. They moved quickly down the Korean peninsula, but United States President Harry . . . — — Map (db m197753) WM
On Van Ness Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
From 1961 to 1975 the Hmong and other Lao people of the highlands of Laos helped the United States fight against Communism in Laos and Vietnam. On December 31, 1960, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared, "We cannot let Laos fall to the . . . — — Map (db m41022) HM
Near South Maple Avenue south of East Edgar Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
The Father of Fresno Irrigation. He was born in New York State in 1819, became a blacksmith and emigrated to California in 1852. He came to Fresno County in 1868 and employed by A. Y. Easterby, built the first irrigation system for lush fields of . . . — — Map (db m127909) HM
On Tulare Street near Van Ness Street, on the right when traveling west.
Dedicated to the recipients of this nation's oldest military decoration
"The Purple Heart"
1782 The Military Order of the Purple Heart 1932
My stone is red for the blood they shed.
The medal I bear is my country’s way
to show they . . . — — Map (db m41059) HM
On North Doolittle Drive, 0.1 miles north of West Spaatz Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Established October 23, 1946 as America's first aviation community. Through the efforts of Wm. and Doris Smilie, 130 acres of rolling "hog-wallow" and hardpan were transformed into a public use airport, with a sod runway, connecting taxi-way and . . . — — Map (db m235393) HM
On Fresno Street, 0.1 miles north of O Street, on the right when traveling north.
Built in 1883 by Moses J. Church, Fresno's first flour mill operated with Fancher Creek water run through Mill Ditch and down Fresno Street. The original wooden structure was replaced in 1892 by a brick building and was sold to the Sperry Flour . . . — — Map (db m69808) HM
At the corner of Mariposa and I streets, from
October 1910 to March 1911, the Industrial
Workers of the World fought for the right
of free speech in their efforts to organize
Fresno's unskilled labor force. This was the
first free speech . . . — — Map (db m241573) HM
On Mariposa Street at F Street, on the left when traveling north on Mariposa Street. Reported missing.
[Marker mounted to the left of the entrance door.]
This building is the first Basque Hotel built near the Central Pacific Railroad lines that brought many new immigrants to Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley.
It was one of several . . . — — Map (db m101868) HM
On East Heaton Avenue at Los Angeles Street, on the left when traveling east on East Heaton Avenue.
Ernst Eilert, a European trained Brewmaster and his son William established the Fresno Brewing Company on this site in 1899. They built a six story brewery, a laboratory, a racking room, stable and other structures. Five kinds of beer were brewed . . . — — Map (db m26298) HM
On Fresno Street near O Street, on the right when traveling east.
Designed by architect George S. Mayer of Chicago, Illinois. It was completed in November 1894, replacing two wooden tanks erected on this site in 1887. The Tower stands 100 feet high with a tank capacity of 250,000 gallons. This facility, modeled . . . — — Map (db m41069) HM
On Fresno Street near L Street, on the right when traveling east.
La Ville d'Etamps
a l'Amerique
This monument from General Patton's Route of Liberation is a gift of the people [of] Cannes, France to the people of California, sent via La Train de la Reconnaisance Francaise (Merci Train) and dedicated . . . — — Map (db m131236) HM
On Van Ness Avenue at Tulare Street, on the right when traveling west on Van Ness Avenue.
Born in Fresno, California at 621 Broadway
Son of Armenian immigrants
Writer - Playwright
First American playwright to win both the
Pulitzer Prize and
Drama Critics' Circle Award
in the same year:
"The Time of Your . . . — — Map (db m41060) HM
On Griffith Way east of Marks Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
This was the Fresno home of William Saroyan for the last 17 years of his life. In that time he wrote:
1964 — One Day in the Afternoon of the World
1966 — Short Drive, Sweet Chariot
1968 — I Used to Believe I had Forever, Now I’m Not So . . . — — Map (db m125022) HM
Born Ralph Capabianca Giordano on May 27, 1905, in Rionero In Vulture, Italy.
Young Corbett III embarked on his successful boxing career in Fresno, California in 1919, winning the Welterweight Championship of the world on February 22, 1933. — — Map (db m47250) HM