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{{short description|Timeline of the history of Fresno, California, United States}}
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The following is a timeline of the [[Fresno, California#History|history]] of the city of [[Fresno, California]], USA.
The following is a timeline of the [[Fresno, California#History|history]] of the city of [[Fresno, California]], USA.
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==19th century==
==19th century==
{{California history sidebar}}
{{California history sidebar}}
* 1856 – [[Fresno County]] formed in 1856 with [[Millerton, Madera County, California|Millerton]], a settlement along the San Joaquin River, as the [[county seat]].{{sfn|Walker|1934|p=2}}
* 1865 - [[William Helm]] brings his wife and his sheep to Fresno.<ref name=History_California>{{cite book |last=Guinn |first=J. M.|date= 1905|title= History of the State of California with Biographical Record
* 1865 – [[William Helm]] brings his wife and his sheep to the valley floor area south of Millerton.<ref name=History_California>{{cite book |last=Guinn |first=J. M.|date= 1905|title= History of the State of California with Biographical Record
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|publisher=The Chapman Publishing Co.|pages=669–670 }}</ref>
* 1870 - ''Weekly Expositor'' newspaper in publication.{{sfn|Vandor|1919|p=149}}
* 1872 – [[Southern Pacific Depot (Fresno, California)|Fresno station]] founded by the [[Central Pacific Railroad|Central Pacific Railroad Company]]<ref name="City of Fresno">[{{cite web|title=History of Fresno|url=https://www.fresno.gov/darm/history-of-fresno/}}]</ref>
* 1872 – [[Southern Pacific Depot (Fresno, California)|Fresno station]] founded by the [[Central Pacific Railroad|Central Pacific Railroad Company]]<ref name="City of Fresno">{{cite web|author=<!--Not stated-->|title=History of Fresno|url=https://www.fresno.gov/darm/history-of-fresno/|website=City of Fresno Planning and Development|access-date=January 3, 2023}}</ref>
* 1874 – Fresno becomes seat of [[Fresno County]].{{sfn|Nergal|1980}}
* 1874 – County seat of Fresno County moves from Millerton to Fresno due to population growth.{{sfn|Nergal|1980}}
* 1875
* 1875
** Fresno County Courthouse built.
** Fresno County Courthouse built.
** Central California Colony established south of Fresno, creating a successful model for attracting settlers.<ref name="City of Fresno" />{{sfn|Painter|1994}}
** ''Fresno Expositor'' newspaper in publication.<ref name=LOC>{{cite web |url= http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/titles/results/?city=Fresno&rows=50&state=California&page=1&sort=date |title=US Newspaper Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |work=Chronicling America |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1876 – ''[[Fresno Morning Republican]]'' newspaper in publication.{{sfn|Vandor|1919|p=150}}
** Central California Colony established south of Fresno, creating a successful model for attracting settlers.<ref name="City of Fresno" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Panter|first1=John|title=Central California Colony: Marvel of the Desert|url=http://www.valleyhistory.org/pandp.pdf|publisher=The Journal of the Fresno City and County Historical Society|access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1876 – ''Fresno Morning Republican'' newspaper in publication.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Fresno Republican Newspaper|url=http://www.fresnorepublican.com/about_fre.html|website=The Fresno Republican|access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1877 – Fresno Volunteer Fire Department organized.<ref name=HistoricalSociety>{{cite web |url=http://www.valleyhistory.org/index.php?id=29 |title=Collections: Manuscripts |author=Fresno Historical Society |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1877 – Fresno Volunteer Fire Department organized.<ref name=HistoricalSociety>{{cite web |url=http://www.valleyhistory.org/index.php?id=29 |title=Collections: Manuscripts |author=Fresno Historical Society |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1881 - William Helm bought the block bounded by Fresno, R, Merced and S Streets from Louis Einstein.<ref>Vintage Fresno, Pictorial Recollections of a Wester City, Edwin M. Eaton, The Hungington Press, Fresno, California, 1965.</ref>
* 1881 - William Helm bought the block bounded by Fresno, R, Merced and S Streets from Louis Einstein.{{sfn|Eaton|1964}}
* 1882 – [[St. John Cathedral (Fresno, California)|St. John Church]] built.
* 1882 – [[St. John Cathedral (Fresno, California)|St. John Church]] built.
* 1884 – [[Big Fresno Fair]] begins.<ref name="poplaval">{{cite book |last=Laval |first=Elizabeth M. |date=October 20, 2004 |title=The Fresno Fair: As Seen Through the Lens of Claude C. Pop Laval |publisher=Word Dancer Press |isbn=9781884995484}}</ref>
* 1884 – [[Big Fresno Fair]] begins.[http://fresnofair.com/about-us]
* 1885 – Fresno incorporated.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
* 1885 – Fresno incorporated.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
* 1889 – [http://www.meux.mus.ca.us/about.html Meux Home] built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas R. Meux Home (1889)|url=http://www.historicfresno.org/lrhr/002.htm|website=Local Register of Historic Places|access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1889 – [[Meux Home]] built.<ref>{{cite web|title=Thomas R. Meux Home (1889)|url=http://www.historicfresno.org/lrhr/002.htm|website=Local Register of Historic Places|access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref>
* 1890
* 1890
** Barton opera house opens.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
** Barton opera house opens.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
** Population exceeds 10,000.<ref name="City of Fresno"/>
** Population exceeds 10,000.<ref name="City of Fresno"/>
* 1892 - Street cars introduced <ref name="City of Fresno"/>
* 1892 - Street cars introduced <ref name="City of Fresno"/>
* 1893 – Fresno Free Public Library opens. [http://www.fresnolibrary.org/about/history.html]
* 1893 – Fresno Free Public Library opens.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fresnolibrary.org/about/history.html |title=History of Fresno County Public Library |author=<!--Not stated--> |website=Fresno County Public Library |access-date=December 5, 2022}}</ref>
* 1894
* 1894
** Fresno Parlor Lecture Club organized.<ref>{{cite book|author=California Federation of Women's Clubs |location=San Francisco |title=Club Women of California |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUIKAAAAIAAJ|year=1907}}</ref>
** Fresno Parlor Lecture Club organized.<ref>{{cite book|author=California Federation of Women's Clubs |location=San Francisco |title=Club Women of California |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XUIKAAAAIAAJ|year=1907}}</ref>
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* 1901
* 1901
** Fresno City Railway in operation.
** [[Fresno Traction Company|Fresno City Railway]] in operation.
** Fresno Buddhist Temple founded.<ref name="LATimes1">{{cite web | author=Diana Marcum | year=2011 | title=Closure of historic temple in Fresno dismays Japanese American community| work=Religion | publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] | url=https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-aug-01-la-me-temple-20110801-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927114613/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2011-aug-01-la-me-temple-20110801-story.html |archive-date=September 27, 2020| url-status=live | access-date=January 21, 2012}}</ref>
** Fresno Buddhist Temple founded.[http://www.fresnobuddhisttemple.org/about_us.html]<ref name=pluralism>{{cite web |url= http://www.pluralism.org/directory/index/country:US/state:CA/city:fresno/tag:-1 |title=Fresno, California |work=Directory of Religious Centers |author=Pluralism Project |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1904 – [[Gottschalks]] shop in business.
* 1904
** [[Gottschalks]] shop in business.
* 1904 - [[First Butcher Shop]] Opened by Andrew David Green
** First Butcher Shop Opened by Andrew David Green
* 1906 – [[Forestiere Underground Gardens]] begin developing.
* 1906 – [[Forestiere Underground Gardens]] begin developing.
* 1908 – ''Asparēz'' Armenian/English-language newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC />
* 1908 – ''[[Asbarez|Asparēz]]'' Armenian/English-language newspaper begins publication.
* 1909 – Raisin Day festival begins.<ref name=fresnostate100 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200424.2.18 |title=Raisin Day Excitement at Fresno |work=Pacific Rural Press |date=April 24, 1920 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] }}</ref>
* 1909 – Raisin Day festival begins.<ref name=fresnostate100 /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=PRP19200424.2.18 |title=Raisin Day Excitement at Fresno |work=Pacific Rural Press |date=April 24, 1920 |via=[[California Digital Newspaper Collection]] }}</ref>
* 1910 – [[Fresno City College|Fresno Junior College]] opens.
* 1910 – [[Fresno City College|Fresno Junior College]] opens.
* 1911
* 1911 – [[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State Normal School]] founded.<ref name=fresnostate100>{{cite web |url= http://www.fresnostate100.com/timeline.htm |type= Historical Timeline |year= 2010 |title= Fresno State Centennial |publisher= California State University, Fresno |access-date= March 13, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20140314134112/http://www.fresnostate100.com/timeline.htm |archive-date= March 14, 2014 }}</ref>
**[[California State University, Fresno|Fresno State Normal School]] founded.<ref name=fresnostate100>{{cite web |url= http://www.fresnostate100.com/timeline.htm |type= Historical Timeline |year= 2010 |title= Fresno State Centennial |publisher= California State University, Fresno |access-date= March 13, 2014 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://archive.today/20140314134112/http://www.fresnostate100.com/timeline.htm |archive-date= March 14, 2014 }}</ref>
**[[Sunnyside Country Club]] opens.
* 1913 – Commercial Club organized.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
* 1913 – Commercial Club organized.{{sfn|Vandor|1919}}
* 1914 – [[Holy Trinity Church, Fresno|Holy Trinity Church]] built.
* 1914 – [[Holy Trinity Church, Fresno|Holy Trinity Church]] built.
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* 1919 – Fresno Historical Society<ref name=HistoricalSociety /> and [[Temple Beth Israel (Fresno, California)|Temple Beth Israel]] founded.
* 1919 – Fresno Historical Society<ref name=HistoricalSociety /> and [[Temple Beth Israel (Fresno, California)|Temple Beth Israel]] founded.
* 1921 – [[Fresno State College]] established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
* 1921 – [[Fresno State College]] established.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
* 1922
* 1922 - [[KMJ (AM)#:~:text=KMJ first signed on in,daily newspaper The Fresno Bee.|KMJ 580AM Radio begins broadcasting.]]
** [[KMJ (AM)#:~:text=KMJ first signed on in,daily newspaper The Fresno Bee.|KMJ 580AM Radio begins broadcasting.]]
* 1922 – ''[[The Fresno Bee|Fresno Bee]]'' newspaper begins publication.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stateofthemedia.org/media-ownership/company-profile/?mediaid=66&id=88 |title=McClatchy Company |series=State of the News Media |work=Media Ownership Database |year=2012 |author= Project for Excellence in Journalism |publisher= Pew Research Center |location=Washington, D.C. |author-link=Project for Excellence in Journalism }}</ref>
** ''[[The Fresno Bee|Fresno Bee]]'' newspaper begins publication.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://stateofthemedia.org/media-ownership/company-profile/?mediaid=66&id=88 |title=McClatchy Company |series=State of the News Media |work=Media Ownership Database |year=2012 |author= Project for Excellence in Journalism |publisher= Pew Research Center |location=Washington, D.C. |author-link=Project for Excellence in Journalism }}</ref>
* 1923
* 1923
** Fort Washington Golf and Country Club established.
** [[Fort Washington Country Club]] established.
** [[San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building]] constructed.
** [[San Joaquin Light and Power Corporation Building]] constructed.
* 1925 – [[Fresno Pacific Towers|Security Pacific Bank Building]] constructed.
* 1925 – [[Fresno Pacific Towers|Security Pacific Bank Building]] constructed.
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** [[Fresno Chaffee Zoo|Roeding Park Zoo]] opens.
** [[Fresno Chaffee Zoo|Roeding Park Zoo]] opens.
** [[Z. S. Leymel]] becomes mayor.
** [[Z. S. Leymel]] becomes mayor.
** [[Fresno Chandler Executive Airport|Chandler Airport]] opens as area's primary airport.
* 1932 – Fresno Memorial Auditorium built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
* 1932 – Fresno Memorial Auditorium built.{{sfn|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
* 1935 – Academy (social group) formed.<ref name=madden530599>{{cite web |url=http://libguides.csufresno.edu/content.php?pid=530599 |title=Local History |work=Research Guides |author=Madden Library |publisher=California State University, Fresno |access-date=March 13, 2014 |author-link=Madden Library }}</ref>
* 1935 – Academy (social group) formed.<ref name=madden530599>{{cite web |url=http://libguides.csufresno.edu/content.php?pid=530599 |title=Local History |work=Research Guides |author=Madden Library |publisher=California State University, Fresno |access-date=March 13, 2014 |author-link=Madden Library }}</ref>
* 1939 – [[Tower Theatre (Fresno, California)|Tower Theatre]] opens.
* 1939 – [[Tower Theatre (Fresno, California)|Tower Theatre]] opens.
* 1942 – U.S. Air Force [[Fresno Yosemite International Airport|Hammer Airfield]] and [[Japanese American internment]] [[Fresno Assembly Center|camp]] in use.
* 1942 – U.S. Air Force [[Fresno Yosemite International Airport|Hammer Airfield]] and [[Japanese American internment]] [[Fresno Assembly Center|camp]] in use.
* 1944 – [[Fresno Pacific University|Pacific Bible Institute]] founded.<ref name=NonprofitExplorer>{{cite web |url= http://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/search?c_code%5Bid%5D=&ntee%5Bid%5D=&order=revenue&q=fresno&sort_order=desc&state%5Bid%5D=CA&utf8=✓ |publisher=[[ProPublica]] |location=New York |title=Fresno, California |work=Nonprofit Explorer |editor=Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1944 – [[Fresno Pacific University|Pacific Bible Institute]] founded.<ref name=NonprofitExplorer>{{cite web |url= http://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/search?c_code%5Bid%5D=&ntee%5Bid%5D=&order=revenue&q=fresno&sort_order=desc&state%5Bid%5D=CA&utf8=✓ |publisher=[[ProPublica]] |location=New York |title=Fresno, California |work=Nonprofit Explorer |date=9 May 2013 |editor=Mike Tigas and Sisi Wei |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1946 – [[Sierra Sky Park Airport]] established near city.
* 1946 – [[Sierra Sky Park Airport]] residential aviation community established near city.
* 1947 – [[Fresno Air National Guard Base|Hammer Field National Guard training area]] and [[Fresno Yosemite International Airport|Fresno Air Terminal]] established.
* 1947 – [[Fresno Air National Guard Base|Hammer Field National Guard training area]] and [[Fresno Yosemite International Airport|Fresno Air Terminal]] established, becoming primary hub of commercial aviation instead of Chandler Airport.
* 1948 – [[Azteca Theater (California)|Azteca Theater]] built.
* 1948 – [[Azteca Theater (California)|Azteca Theater]] built.


===1950s–1990s===
===1950s–1990s===


* 1953
** [[Association for Retarded Children]] of Fresno founded.<ref name=NonprofitExplorer />
** ''Valley Labor Citizen'' newspaper headquartered in Fresno.[http://www.worldcat.org/title/valley-labor-citizen/oclc/10647793]
* 1954 – [[Peoples Church]] and Fresno Philharmonic [https://web.archive.org/web/20000208045049/http://fresnophil.org/] founded.
* 1954 – [[Peoples Church]] and Fresno Philharmonic [https://web.archive.org/web/20000208045049/http://fresnophil.org/] founded.
* 1955 – [[Bernice F. Sisk]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[California's 12th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1958 |chapter=California |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |hdl=2027/mdp.39015024835871 }}</ref>
* 1955 – [[Bernice F. Sisk]] becomes [[U.S. representative]] for [[California's 12th congressional district]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Official Congressional Directory |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Government Printing Office |year=1958 |chapter=California |title-link=Official Congressional Directory |hdl=2027/mdp.39015024835871 }}</ref>
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** [[Fulton Mall (Fresno)|Fulton Mall]] dedicated.
** [[Fulton Mall (Fresno)|Fulton Mall]] dedicated.
* 1966
* 1966
** Fresno County Legal Services established.[https://web.archive.org/web/20140314164700/http://www.centralcallegal.org/index.php/about-ccls/history]
** [[Fresno Convention Center]] complex built.
** [[Fresno Convention Center]] complex built.
** [[Fresno County Courthouse]] rebuilt.
** [[Fresno County Courthouse]] rebuilt.
* 1967 – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno|Catholic Diocese of Fresno]] established.
* 1967 – [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno|Catholic Diocese of Fresno]] established.
* 1968 - [[Woodward Park (Fresno)|Woodward Park]] opened in north Fresno.
* 1969 – Kiddie Kinema movie theatre opens.<ref name=cinema>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/california/fresno?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Fresno, CA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1969 – Kiddie Kinema movie theatre opens.<ref name=cinema>{{cite web |url= http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/united-states/california/fresno?status=all |title=Movie Theaters in Fresno, CA |work=CinemaTreasures.org |publisher= Cinema Treasures LLC |location=Los Angeles |access-date= March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1970
* 1970
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* 1973 – [[Good Company Players]] founded.<ref name=AACT>{{cite web |url=http://www.aact2.org/ |title=American Association of Community Theatre |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1973 – [[Good Company Players]] founded.<ref name=AACT>{{cite web |url=http://www.aact2.org/ |title=American Association of Community Theatre |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
* 1977 – [[KVPT|KMTF]] television begins broadcasting.
* 1977 – [[KVPT|KMTF]] television begins broadcasting.
* 1978 – [[Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science|Fresno Metropolitan Museum]] established.<ref name=aaslh2002>{{cite book |title=Directory of Historical Organizations in the United States and Canada |year=2002 |edition=15th |isbn=0759100020 |author= American Association for State and Local History |chapter=California: Fresno |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LY0Q5Rv4O3YC&pg=PA64 |page=64 }}</ref>
* 1983 – ''[[Fresno Metronews]]'' begins publication.
* 1983 – ''[[Fresno Metronews]]'' begins publication.
* 1984
* 1984 – Nanaksar Gurdwara founded.<ref name=pluralism />
**Nanaksar Gurdwara founded.
**[[Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science|Fresno Metropolitan Museum]] established.<ref name="met" />
* 1989
* 1989
** [[Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill]] closes.
** [[Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill]] closes.
** [[Karen Humphrey]] becomes mayor.
** [[Karen Humphrey]] becomes mayor.
* 1990
* 1990
** ''[[Vida en el Valle]]'' Spanish/English-language newspaper begins publication.<ref name=LOC />
** ''[[Vida en el Valle]]'' Spanish/English-language newspaper begins publication.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24996480/nonenglish_readers_targeted_fresno/|title=Non-English readers targeted|work=Reno Gazette Journal|date=February 17, 1991|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=October 31, 2018|language=en}}</ref>
** Population: 354,202.<ref name=census1998>{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }}</ref>
** Population: 354,202.<ref name=census1998>{{citation |title=Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 |year=1998 |url=https://www.census.gov/library/working-papers/1998/demo/POP-twps0027.html |publisher=US Census Bureau }}</ref>
* 1992 – ''Hmong Times'' newspaper in publication.<ref name=LOC />
* 1992 – ''Hmong Times'' newspaper in publication.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/117886033/merced-sun-star/|title=Non-English readers targeted|work=Merced Sun Star|date=August 17, 1992|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|access-date=February 3, 2023|language=en}}</ref>
* 1993
* 1993
** ''[[Hmong Today (television program)|Hmong Today]]'' (television program) begins broadcasting.
** ''[[Hmong Today (television program)|Hmong Today]]'' (television program) begins broadcasting.
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* 1997
* 1997
** Community Food Bank active.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090324001056/http://www.communityfoodbank.net/about.html]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx?state=CA |work=Food Bank Locator |title= California Food Banks |publisher=[[Feeding America]] |location=Chicago |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
** Community Food Bank active.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090324001056/http://www.communityfoodbank.net/about.html]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://feedingamerica.org/foodbank-results.aspx?state=CA |work=Food Bank Locator |title= California Food Banks |publisher=[[Feeding America]] |location=Chicago |access-date=March 13, 2014 }}</ref>
** [[River Park (Fresno, California)|River Park]] shopping centre in business.
** [[River Park (Fresno, California)|River Park]] shopping center in business.
* 1998
* 1998
** City website online.<ref>{{citation |work=Fresno Bee |date= May 10, 1998 |title= City Hall Gets Web Site }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000229123527/http://www.ci.fresno.ca.us// |url= http://www.ci.fresno.ca.us/ |archive-date= February 2000 |title= City of Fresno |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref>
** City website online.<ref>{{citation |work=Fresno Bee |date= May 10, 1998 |title= City Hall Gets Web Site }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20000229123527/http://www.ci.fresno.ca.us// |url= http://www.ci.fresno.ca.us/ |archive-date= 2000-02-29 |title= City of Fresno |via= Internet Archive, [[Wayback Machine]] }}</ref>
** [[Fresno Grizzlies]] baseball team formed.
** [[Fresno Grizzlies]] baseball team formed.
** Fresno Stadium 22 cinema opens.<ref name=cinema />
** Fresno Stadium 22 cinema opens.<ref name=cinema />
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*2001
*2001
** [[Alan Autry]] – 23rd Mayor of Fresno, California – In office, January 5, 2001 – January 6, 2009
** [[Alan Autry]] becomes Mayor
* 2002
* 2002
** [[Grizzlies Stadium]] opens.
** [[Grizzlies Stadium]] opens.
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* 2009 – [[Ashley Swearengin]] becomes mayor.
* 2009 – [[Ashley Swearengin]] becomes mayor.
* 2010
* 2010
** [[Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science|Fresno Metropolitan Museum]] closes.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/arts/design/fresno-mets-closing-could-hold-a-lesson-for-detroit.html |date=July 23, 2013 |title= Death of a Museum |work=The New York Times }}</ref>
** [[Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art and Science|Fresno Metropolitan Museum]] closes.<ref name="met">{{cite news |last1=Pogrebin|first1=Robin |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/arts/design/fresno-mets-closing-could-hold-a-lesson-for-detroit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808090107/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/arts/design/fresno-mets-closing-could-hold-a-lesson-for-detroit.html |archive-date=August 8, 2021|date=July 23, 2013 |title=Death of a Museum |work=The New York Times }}</ref>
** Population reaches 494,665 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0627000.html |title=Fresno (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427150655/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0627000.html |archive-date=April 27, 2012 }}</ref>
** Population reaches 494,665 people.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0627000.html |title=Fresno (city), California |work=State & County QuickFacts |publisher=U.S. Census Bureau |access-date=March 13, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427150655/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06/0627000.html |archive-date=April 27, 2012 }}</ref>
* 2013
* 2011 – [[Downtown Fresno Partnership]] formed.[http://downtownfresno.org/about/what-we-do]
* 2013 – Poet laureate inaugurated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/us/poets-laureate-proliferate-across-us.html |title=Recognition Grows for Poets of Streets, Main or Otherwise |date=May 7, 2013 |author=Norimitsu Onishi |work= The New York Times |author-link=Norimitsu Onishi }}</ref>
**Poet laureate inaugurated.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/08/us/poets-laureate-proliferate-across-us.html |title=Recognition Grows for Poets of Streets, Main or Otherwise |date=May 7, 2013 |author=Norimitsu Onishi |work= The New York Times |author-link=Norimitsu Onishi }}</ref>
** [[Bitwise Industries]] launches, bringing a technology and entrepreneur community together. Starts with Bitwise Mural District, and more Fresno campuses follow.
* 2014
* 2014
**Fresno General Plan adopted, becoming the first one in decades to not expand the [[Sphere of Influence]].
** [[Bitwise Industries]] launches, bringing a technology and entrepreneur community together. Starts with [[Bitwise Mural District]], and more Fresno campuses follow.
**Fresno General Plan adopted, becoming the first one in decades to not expand the Sphere of Influence.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fresno.gov/Government/DepartmentDirectory/DARM/AdvancedPlanning/About+Project.htm |title=Current Planning |work= www.fresno.gov |location=Fresno, California |access-date=2020-05-14 }}</ref>
* 2015
* 2015
** On January 6, Governor [[Jerry Brown]] attends a groundbreaking ceremony for [[California High-Speed Rail]] in [[Downtown Fresno]] at the future location of Fresno's High Speed Rail Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article5519280.html |title=Groundbreaking at Fresno for California high-speed rail |date=January 7, 2015 |author=David Siders |work= The Sacramento Bee |author-link=David Siders }}</ref>
** On January 6, Governor [[Jerry Brown]] attends a groundbreaking ceremony for [[California High-Speed Rail]] in downtown Fresno at the future location of Fresno's High Speed Rail Station.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article5519280.html |title=Groundbreaking at Fresno for California high-speed rail |date=January 7, 2015 |author=David Siders |work= The Sacramento Bee }}</ref>
** Fresno Declares Drought; worst recorded precipitation levels; 130 years. Water Use Reduction/Conservation Begins.
** Fresno Declares Drought; worst recorded precipitation levels; 130 years. Water Use Reduction/Conservation Begins.
* 2017 – [[2017 Fresno shootings|Fresno shootings]].
* 2017 – [[2017 Fresno shootings|Fresno shootings]].
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** Population reaches 542,161 people.<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Fresno city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fresnocitycalifornia/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 24, 2022}}</ref>
** Population reaches 542,161 people.<ref name="QuickFacts">{{cite web |title=QuickFacts: Fresno city, California |url=https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/fresnocitycalifornia/POP010220 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=October 24, 2022}}</ref>
* 2021
* 2021
** Former [[Police Chief]] [[Jerry Dyer]] becomes Fresno's 26th mayor.
** Former [[Police Chief]] [[Jerry Dyer]] becomes Fresno's 26th mayor.<ref>{cite web |url=https://www.fresno.gov/mayor/about-the-mayor/|work= www.fresno.gov |location=Fresno, California |access-date=2022-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024065754/https://www.fresno.gov/mayor/about-the-mayor/ |archive-date= October 24, 2022}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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==Bibliography==
==Further reading==
===Books===
{{Refbegin}}
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;Published in the 19th century
;Published in the 19th century
* {{Citation
* {{cite book |title=California State Gazetteer and Business Directory |year=1888 |publisher=[[R.L. Polk & Co.]] |location=San Francisco |chapter=Fresno City |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/californiastateg1888rlpo#page/282/mode/2up }}
| last1=Elliot| first1=Wallace W.
| title=History of Fresno County California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, farms, residences, public buildings, factories, hotels, business houses, schools, churches, and mines, from original drawings, with biographical sketches
| publisher=Elliot & Co.
| location=San Francisco, California
| date=1882
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nto4AQAAMAAJ
| oclc=6401403
| ref=CITEREFElliot1882
}}
* {{citation
| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
| title=California homes and industries, and representative citizens : a serial showing the improvements and progress of the state, and containing hundreds of beautiful etchings, photogravures, artotypes, and artistic colored lithographs
| date=1891
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=D39FAQAAMAAJ
| magazine=California Homes and Industries and Representative Citizens |publisher=The Elliott Publishing Company
| oclc=10465177
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Thompson| first1=Thomas Hinkley
| title=Official historical atlas map of Fresno County
| publisher=Holmes Book Co.
| location=Tulare, California
| date=1891
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yY7RtgAACAAJ
| ol=22958136M
| ref=CITEREFThompson1891
}}
* {{Citation
| author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->
| title=Imperial Fresno: resources, industries and scenery
| publisher=Fresno Republican
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1897
| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067339051&view=1up&seq=7
| oclc=12092695
| ref=CITEREFRepublican1897
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* {{Citation
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| last1=Angel| first1=Myron
| author-link1=Myron Angel
| title=A memorial and biographical history of the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, California
| publisher=Lewis publishing company
| location=Chicago, Illinois
| date=1892
| url=https://archive.org/details/memorialbiograph00ange
| oclc=2861404
| ol=24832069M
| ref=CITEREFAngel1892
}}


;Published in the 20th century
;Published in the 20th century
* {{Citation
* {{Cite book |publisher = Franklin Printing House |location = Fresno |title = Charter and Ordinances of the city of Fresno, California |date = 1911 |ol = 7124979M }}
| last1=Guinn| first1=James Miller
* {{Cite book |publisher = California state printing office |location = Sacramento |author = State Commission of Immigration and Housing of California |title = Report on Fresno's immigration problem |date = 1918 |ol = 24362705M }}
| title=History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. A historical story of the states marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time
* {{cite book |chapter=Fresno |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lskNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA398 |year=1919 |title=Automobile Blue Book |location=USA |title-link = Automobile Blue Book}}
| publisher=Chapman Publishing
* {{Citation |publisher = Historic Record Company |location = Los Angeles |author = Paul E. Vandor |title = History of Fresno County, California |date = 1919
| date=1905
| ref = {{harvid|Vandor|1919}}
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4O41AQAAMAAJ
|ol = 13493008M }}
| oclc=6833442
* Ben Randal Walker, "Fresno: 1872–1885, A Municipality in the Making", ''Fresno County Historical Society Publications'', Vol. 1, No. 2, 1934.
| ref=CITEREFGuinn1905
* {{Citation |author = Federal Writers' Project |publisher=Hastings House |location=New York |series= [[American Guide Series]] |title=California: Guide to the Golden State |year= 1939 |chapter=Fresno |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/californiaguidet00federich#page/188/mode/1up
}}
| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
* {{Citation
|author-link=Federal Writers' Project }}
| last1=Vandor| first1=Paul E.
* "Fresno Past and Present", ''Quarterly Journal of the Fresno City and County Historical Society''. Fresno: The Society, 1959-
| title=History of Fresno County California with biographical sketches volume 1 & 2
* Eaton, Edwin M. ''Vintage Fresno: Pictorial Recollections of a Western City'. Fresno: Huntington Press, 1964.
| publisher=Historic Record Company
* {{cite book|editor=Margaret Miller Rocq|title=California Local History: A Bibliography |year= 1970 |edition=2nd |publisher=Stanford University Press|isbn=978-0-8047-0716-9 |chapter=Fresno County: Fresno |page=54 |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=tBurAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54 }}
| location=Los Angeles, California
* {{Citation |publisher = E.P. Dutton |location = New York |title = Encyclopedia of American Cities |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofam00unib#page/131/mode/1up |date = 1980 |ol=4120668M |editor=Ory Mazar Nergal |chapter= Fresno, CA
| date=1919
| ref = {{harvid|Nergal|1980}}
| url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffresnoc01vand
| oclc=904717704
| ol=13493008M
| ref=CITEREFVandor1919
}}
*{{Citation
| last1=Winchell| first1=Libourne Alsip
| title=History of Fresno County and the San Joaquin Valley: Narrative and Biographical
| publisher=Arthur H. Cawson
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1933
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6LInQEACAAJ
| oclc=12820630
| ref=CITEREFWinchell1933
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Walker| first1=Ben Randal
| title=Fresno: 1872–1885, a municipality in the making
| publisher=Fresno County Historical Society
| date=1934
| url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4872267&view=1up&seq=1
| oclc=31139940
| ref=CITEREFWalker1934
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Walker| first1=Ben Randal
| title=Fresno County Blue Book
| publisher=Arthur H. Cawson
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1941
| oclc=16390173
| ref=CITEREFWalker1941
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Walker| first1=Ben Randal
| title=Fresno Community Book
| publisher=Arthur H. Cawson
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1946
| oclc=3454556
| ref=CITEREFWalker1946
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Eaton| first1=Edwin M.
| title=Vintage Fresno: pictorial recollections of a western city
| publisher=Huntington Press
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1964
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DzISAQAAIAAJ
| oclc=2007613
| ref=CITEREFEaton1964
}}
*{{Citation
| last1=Rocq| first1=Margaret Miller
| title=California local history: a bibliography
| publisher=Stanford University Press
| location=Stanford, California
| date=1970
| edition=2
| chapter=Fresno County: Fresno
| url=https://archive.org/details/californialocalh0000rocq
| isbn=9780804707169
| oclc=86426
| ref=CITEREFRocq1970
}}
}}
* 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.
* 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.
*{{Citation
* {{Cite book |publisher = St. Martin's Press |location = New York |series = [[Let's Go travel guides|Let's Go]] |title=California |date = 1998 |ol=10387102M |chapter=San Joaquin Valley: Fresno |page=510+ }}
| last1=Clough| first1=Charles W.
| last2=Secrest| first2=William B.
| last3=Temple| first3=Bobbye Sisk
| title=Fresno County: The pioneer years, from the beginning to 1900
| publisher=Panorama West Books
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1984
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK06AQAAIAAJ
| isbn=9780914330707
| oclc=11661147
| ref=CITEREFCloughSecrestTemple1984
}}
*{{Citation
| last1=Clough| first1=Charles W.
| last2=Secrest| first2=William B.
| last3=Temple| first3=Bobbye Sisk
| title=Fresno County in the 20th century: from 1900 to the 1980s
| publisher=Panorama West Books
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1986
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Mq46AQAAIAAJ
| isbn=9780914330974
| oclc=15023778
| ref=CITEREFCloughSecrestTemple1986
}}
*{{Citation
| last1=Rehart| first1=Schylar
| last2=Patterson| first2=William K.
| title=M. Theo Kearney: prince of Fresno
| publisher=The Fresno City and County Historical Society
| date=January 1988
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=M8bYoQEACAAJ
| asin=B0042GN0HI
| ref=CITEREFRehartPatterson1988
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Garcia| first1=Joseph G.
| title=Kearney Park: How did my garden grow?
| publisher=Unknown
| date=1988
| isbn=9780962049101
| oclc=19508645
| ref=CITEREFGarcia1988
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Painter| first1=John
| title=Central California Colony: marvel of the desert
| publisher=The Fresno City and County Historical Society
| date=1994
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jZcQHQAACAAJ
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624031826/http://www.valleyhistory.org/pandp.pdf
| archive-date=June 24, 2016
| oclc=31139940
| ref=CITEREFPainter1994
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Rehart| first1=Catherine Morison
| title=The valley's legends and legacies I
| publisher=Quill Driver Books
| location=Fresno, California
| date=1996
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cCpk_P3d-h0C
| isbn=9781884995125
| oclc=228659229
| ref=CITEREFRehart1996
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;Published in the 21st century
;Published in the 21st century
*{{Citation
* {{Cite book |publisher = [[Lonely Planet]] |title = California |year= 2003 |ol = 8647775M |chapter=San Joaquin Valley: Fresno }}
| last1=Rehart| first1=Catherine Morison
| title=The heartland's heritage: an illustrated history of Fresno County
| publisher=Heritage Media
| location=Carlsbad, California
| date=2000
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n_C5AAAACAAJ
| isbn=9781886483323
| oclc=45554593
| ref=CITEREFRehart2000
}}
* {{Citation
| last1=Smith| first1=Wallace
| last2=Secrest| first2=William B.
| title=Garden of the Sun: A History of the San Joaquin Valley, 1772-1939
| publisher=Linden Publishing
| location=Fresno, California
| date=2004
| edition=2
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZBESAQAAIAAJ
| isbn=9780941936774
| oclc=53131400
| ref=CITEREFSmithSecrest2004
}}
*{{Citation
| last1=Hunter| first1=Pat
| last2=Stevens| first2=Janice
| title=Fresno's architectural past: volume I
| publisher=Craven Street Books
| date=2006
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vTP9wQEACAAJ
| isbn=9780941936972
| ref=CITEREFHunterStevens2006
}}
*{{Citation
| last1=Hunter| first1=Pat
| last2=Stevens| first2=Janice
| title=Fresno's architectural past: volume II
| publisher=Craven Street Books
| date=September 2007
| edition=
| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ifvdAQAACAAJ
| isbn=9781933502137
| ref=CITEREFHunterStevens2007
}}
{{refend}}

===Periodicals===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite journal
| last1=Thickens |first1=Virginia E.
| date=June 1946
| title=Pioneer Agricultural Colonies of Fresno County
| url=https://doi.org/10.2307/25155973
| journal=California Historical Society Quarterly
| volume=25
| number=2
| pages=171
|doi=10.2307/25155973
|jstor=25155973
| access-date=October 21, 2022}}
* "Fresno Past and Present", ''Quarterly Journal of the Fresno City and County Historical Society''. Fresno: The Society, 1959-
* {{cite news |date=March 25, 2009 |title=Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26tents.html }}
* {{cite news |date=March 25, 2009 |title=Cities Deal With a Surge in Shantytowns |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/26/us/26tents.html }}
* {{cite news |url=http://www.psmag.com/environment/rescuing-the-rural-edge-—-it-takes-a-village-34304/ |title=Rescuing the Rural Edge — It Takes a Village |date= September 6, 2011 |work=[[Pacific Standard]] |publisher=Miller McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy |location=Santa Barbara, California }} (about Fresno's Southeast Growth Area)
* {{cite news |url=http://www.psmag.com/environment/rescuing-the-rural-edge-—-it-takes-a-village-34304/ |title=Rescuing the Rural Edge — It Takes a Village |date= September 6, 2011 |work=[[Pacific Standard]] |publisher=Miller McCune Center for Research, Media and Public Policy |location=Santa Barbara, California }} (about Fresno's Southeast Growth Area)
* {{citation |work=[[The Atlantic]] |series=American Futures |year=2015 |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/03/welcome-to-american-futures-30/387265/ |author=James Fallows |title=Welcome to American Futures 3.0 |author-link=James Fallows }} ([https://www.theatlantic.com/national/category/fresno-ca series] of articles about Fresno)
* {{citation |work=[[The Atlantic]] |year=2015 |url= https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2015/03/welcome-to-american-futures-30/387265/ |author=James Fallows |title=Welcome to American Futures 3.0 |author-link=James Fallows }} ([https://www.theatlantic.com/national/category/fresno-ca series] of articles about Fresno)
* {{cite journal
|last=Jangian |first=Aris
|date=2016
|title=Come See California's Future: In beautiful Fresno
|journal=Boom: A Journal of California
|volume=6
|number=1
|pages=102–107
|doi=10.1525/boom.2016.6.1.102
|jstor=26413157
|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26413157
|issn=
|access-date=November 9, 2022|doi-access=free}}
{{refend}}


===Travel guides===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |title=California State Gazetteer and Business Directory |year=1888 |publisher=[[R.L. Polk & Co.]] |location=San Francisco |chapter=Fresno City |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/californiastateg1888rlpo#page/282/mode/2up }}
* {{cite book |chapter=Fresno |chapter-url= https://books.google.com/books?id=lskNAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA398 |year=1919 |title=Automobile Blue Book |location=USA |title-link = Automobile Blue Book}}
* {{Citation |author = Federal Writers' Project |publisher=Hastings House |location=New York |series= [[American Guide Series]] |title=California: Guide to the Golden State |year= 1939 |chapter=Fresno |chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/californiaguidet00federich#page/188/mode/1up
| ref = {{harvid|Federal Writers' Project|1939}}
|author-link=Federal Writers' Project }}
* {{Cite book |publisher = St. Martin's Press |location = New York |series = [[Let's Go travel guides|Let's Go]] |title=California |date = 1998 |ol=10387102M |chapter=San Joaquin Valley: Fresno |page=510+ }}
* {{Cite book |publisher = [[Lonely Planet]] |title = California |year= 2003 |ol = 8647775M |chapter=San Joaquin Valley: Fresno }}
* {{Citation |publisher = E.P. Dutton |location = New York |title = Encyclopedia of American Cities |chapter-url = https://archive.org/stream/encyclopediaofam00unib#page/131/mode/1up |date = 1980 |ol=4120668M |editor=Ory Mazar Nergal |chapter= Fresno, CA
| ref = {{harvid|Nergal|1980}}
}}
{{refend}}
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References

  1. ^ Walker 1934, p. 2.
  2. ^ Guinn, J. M. (1905). History of the State of California with Biographical Record. Chicago: The Chapman Publishing Co. pp. 669–670.
  3. ^ Vandor 1919, p. 149.
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