Timeline of Fresno, California
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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fresno, California, USA.
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19th century
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- 1874 – Town becomes seat of Fresno County.[1]
- 1875
- Fresno County Courthouse built.
- Fresno Expositor newspaper in publication.[2]
- 1877 – Fresno Volunteer Fire Department organized.[3]
- 1882 – St. John Church built.
- 1884 – Big Fresno Fair begins.[1]
- 1885 – Fresno incorporated.[4]
- 1888 – Meux House built.[1]
- 1890 – Barton opera house opens.[4]
- 1893 – Fresno Free Public Library opens. [2]
- 1894
- Fresno Parlor Lecture Club organized.[5]
- Fresno Water Tower built.
- San Francisco-Fresno bike messenger service initiated.[6]
- 1899 – Santa Fe Passenger Depot opens.
20th century
1900s–1940s
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- 1900 – Population: 12,470.[7]
- 1901
- 1904 – Gottschalks shop in business.
- 1906 – Forestiere Underground Gardens begin developing.
- 1908 – Asparēz Armenian/English-language newspaper begins publication.[2]
- 1909 – Raisin Day festival begins.[9][10]
- 1910 – Fresno Junior College opens.
- 1911 – Fresno State Normal School founded.[9]
- 1913 – Commercial Club organized.[4]
- 1914 – Holy Trinity Church built.
- 1918
- Sun-Maid raisin facility begins operating.
- Bank of Italy building constructed.
- 1919 – Fresno Historical Society[3] and Temple Beth Israel founded.
- 1921 – Fresno State College established.[7]
- 1922 – Fresno Bee newspaper begins publication.[11]
- 1923
- Fort Washington Golf and Country Club established.
- San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building constructed.
- 1925 – Security Pacific Bank Building constructed.
- 1926 – Fresno State Stadim dedicated.[9]
- 1928 – Pantages Theater opens.
- 1929
- Roeding Park Zoo opens.
- Z. S. Leymel becomes mayor.
- 1932 – Fresno Memorial Auditorium built.[7]
- 1935 – Academy (social group) formed.[12]
- 1939 – Tower Theatre opens.
- 1942 – U.S. Air Force Hammer Airfield and Japanese American internment camp in use.
- 1944 – Pacific Bible Institute founded.[13]
- 1946 – Sierra Sky Park Airport established near city.
- 1947 – Hammer Field National Guard training area and Fresno Air Terminal established.
- 1948 – Azteca Theater built.
1950s–1990s
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- 1953
- Association for Retarded Children of Fresno founded.[13]
- Valley Labor Citizen newspaper headquartered in Fresno.[4]
- 1954 – Peoples Church and Fresno Philharmonic [5] founded.
- 1955 – Bernice F. Sisk becomes U.S. representative for California's 12th congressional district.[14]
- 1960 – Mexican American Political Association founded.[15]
- 1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service.
- 1962 – Farm Workers Association founding meeting held in Fresno.[16]
- 1964
- Fulton Mall dedicated.
- Golden State County Plaza built.
- 1966
- Fresno County Legal Services established.[6]
- Fresno Convention Center complex built.
- Fresno County Courthouse rebuilt.
- 1967 – Catholic Diocese of Fresno established.
- 1969 – Kiddie Kinema movie theatre opens.[17]
- 1970
- Fashion Fair Mall in business.
- Population: 167,927.[1]
- 1973 – Good Company Players founded.[18]
- 1977 – KMTF television begins broadcasting.
- 1978 – Fresno Metropolitan Museum established.[19]
- 1983 – Fresno Metronews begins publication.
- 1984 – Nanaksar Gurdwara founded.[8]
- 1989
- Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill closes.
- Karen Humphrey becomes mayor.
- 1990
- 1992 – Hmong Times newspaper in publication.[2]
- 1993
- Hmong Today (television program) begins broadcasting.
- San Joaquin Valley Heritage & Genealogy Center established.[7]
- Jim Patterson becomes mayor.
- 1996 – Tahoe Joe's restaurant in business.
- 1997
- Community Food Bank active.[8][21]
- River Park shopping centre in business.
- 1998
- City website online.[22][23]
- Fresno Grizzlies baseball team formed.
- Fresno Stadium 22 cinema opens.[17]
21st century
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- 2000
- University High School established.[13]
- Mormon Fresno California Temple dedicated.
- 2001
- Alan Autry – 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California – In office, January 5, 2001 – January 6, 2009
- 2002
- Grizzlies Stadium opens.
- 2025 Fresno General Plan adopted.[9]
- 2003
- Save Mart Center (arena) opens.
- Ani-Jam anime convention begins.
- 2005
- 2008 – Neighborhood Thrift shop in business.[25]
- 2009 – Ashley Swearengin becomes mayor.
- 2010
- Fresno Metropolitan Museum closes.[26]
- Population: 494,665.[27]
- 2011 – Downtown Fresno Partnership formed.[10]
- 2012 – Community Media Access Collaborative established.
- 2013 – Poet laureate inaugurated.[28]
- 2015 – Governor Brown; High-Speed Rail Project Signing Ceremony, Downtown Fresno. Future Location: HSR Station-Fresno.
- 2015 – Fresno Declares Drought; worst recorded precipitation levels; 130 years. Water Use Reduction/Conservation Begins.
See also
- History of Fresno
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Fresno County, California
- Timeline of California[29]
- Other cities in California
- Timeline of Anaheim, California
- Timeline of Bakersfield, California
- Timeline of Long Beach, California
- Timeline of Los Angeles
- Timeline of Mountain View, California
- Timeline of Oakland, California
- Timeline of Riverside, California
- Timeline of Sacramento, California
- Timeline of San Bernardino, California
- Timeline of San Diego
- Timeline of San Francisco
- Timeline of San Jose, California
- Timeline of Santa Ana, California
References
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Bibliography
- Published in the 19th century
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- Ben Randal Walker, "Fresno: 1872–1885, A Municipality in the Making", Fresno County Historical Society Publications, Vol. 1, No. 2, 1934.
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- "Fresno Past and Present", Quarterly Journal of the Fresno City and County Historical Society. Fresno: The Society, 1959-
- Eaton, Edwin M. Vintage Fresno: Pictorial Recollections of a Western City'. Fresno: Huntington Press, 1964.
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- Waiczis, Michael R., and William B. Secrest, Jr. A Portrait of Fresno, 1885–1985: A Publication of the Centennial History Committee. Fresno: Centennial History Committee, 1985.
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- Published in the 21st century
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External links
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- Items related to Fresno, various dates (via Digital Public Library of America)
- Materials related to Fresno, California, various dates (via US Library of Congress, Prints & Photos Division)
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