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<h2>#0344 Arroyo de Cantua</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
Site is three large rocks in foothills SW of Cantua Creek Bridge. They can be seen from many places in the valley. Nothing historic remains at the site, though I have not made the trip there myself.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B019'02.9%22N+120%C2%B027'00.3%22W/@36.317477,-120.450082,1040m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">36.317477,-120.450082</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
State plaque located on State Hwy 198, 500 ft W of Hwy 33<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B014'50.5%22N+120%C2%B018'49.2%22W/@36.247371,-120.313668,1041m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">36.247371,-120.313668</a>
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Arroyo de Cantua<br /><br />Headquarters of notorious bandit Joaquin Murieta, killed here July 25, 1853 by posse of state rangers led by Captain Harry Love. Terrored mining camps and stage operations during his career.<br /><br />Department of Public Works - Division of Highways
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Registered 8/8/1939
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Fresno County
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<h2>#0488 Fresno City</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
On Fresno Slough, 0.8 mi N of James Rd, from Tranquillity, then 1.3 mi NW on levee rd (dirt), Tranquillity <br /><br />With no plaque at the site and no physical evidence of the city, I'm not sure if the photos are of the exact place. But it is 1.3 miles down the dirt road, so it's close. Nothing historic remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B039'55.0%22N+120%C2%B015'39.3%22W/@36.665286,-120.26092,1035m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">~36.665286,-120.26092</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
The plaque was missing for many years. A new state plaque was added in the Summer of 2021, at this location:<br />
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<p><strong>Plaque text:</strong><br /><br />Five miles southwesterly from this point, on both sides of Fresno Slough, is the site of Fresno City. Fresno City gradually arose at the head of navigation of Fresno Slough and existed from approximately 1855 to 1875. The town served as a station for the Butterfield Overland Mail Stages that carried the first overland mail on a regular schedule between St. Louis and San Francisco. today there are no traces of Fresno City. In 1872, the current city of Fresno, later the county seat, was established about thirty miles to the southwest, on the newly built Central Pacific Railroad. <br /><br />Plaque placed by California State Parks in cooperation with the Fresno County Historical Society, May 4, 1952. Rededicated by the Bill Beaver Project and the California Landmark Foundation, June 19, 2021.</p>
Registered 8/7/1951
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<h2>#0584 Fort Miller</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
South shore of Millerton Lake State Recreation Area, adjacent to Millerton historical courthouse, Friant<br /><br />Site and plaque are located on State Park land and gated. Fee required for entry and limited hours. The courthouse remains, but the original site of Fort Miller is underwater.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/37%C2%B003'02.7%22N+122%C2%B004'16.6%22W/@37.050753,-122.071268,1030m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">36.996206,-119.697606</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
Private plaque
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Millerton<br /><br />Due north of here, now covered by the waters of the lake, was the site of Millerton, first county seat of Fresno County 1856-1874.<br /><br />Jim Savage Chapter 1852 E Clampus Vitus
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4>
Now inundated by Millerton Lake, Fort Miller was established in 1852 as a temporary headquarters for the Commissioners during the latter part of the Mariposa Indian War. The peace treaty was signed there April 29, 1851. The first recorded religious services in the Fresno area were performed here on October 21, 1855 by Right Reverend William Ingraham Kip, first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of California. The village of Rootville grew into the town of Millerton and became the first seat of Fresno County in 1856.
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Registered 5/22/1957
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<h2>#0803 Site of First Junior College in California</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
NE corner of intersection of Stanislaus and 'O' Sts, Fresno<br /><br />The school remains, but the original buildings have been replaced.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B044'31.8%22N+119%C2%B047'23.0%22W/@36.742178,-119.789732,1034m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">36.742178,-119.789732</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
Private plaque
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Having served our community for 90 years Fresno Adult School opened this site, our first official home. <br /><br />January 3, 2000. <br />"Our commitment ... lifelong learning"
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4>
Constructed in 1895, the school was known as Fresno High School from 1895-1921. Established as the first junior college of California in 1910, in 1911 it became a normal school, forerunner to Fresno State College. From 1921 to 1948 it was called Fresno Technical High School, and Fresno Junior College from 1948 to 1959. Plaque placed by the Fresno Tech Alumni Association.
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Registered 6/28/1965
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<h2>#0873 Site of the Fresno Free Speech Fight of the Industrial Workers of the World</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
In planter, 100 ft S of clock tower, Mariposa and Fulton Sts, Fresno
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
State plaque
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Site of the Fresno Free Speech Fight<br /><br />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 fight for free speech in California, and the first attempt to organize the valley's unskilled workers.<br /><br />Plaque Placed by the California Department of Parks and Recreation In Cooperation with Fresno Parlor #25 N.S.G.W. October 18 1974
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Registered 7/19/1974
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<h2>#0916 Forestiere Underground Gardens</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
5021 W Shaw Ave, Fresno<br /><br />Plaque is visible from the street. Site is privately owned and gated. Tours available for a fee.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B048'28.8%22N+119%C2%B052'53.8%22W/@36.808002,-119.881623,1033m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">36.808002,-119.881623</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
State plaque
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Forestiere Underground Gardens<br /><br />Here, beneath the hot, arid surface of the San Joaquin Valley, Baldasare Forestiere (1879-1946) began in the early 1900s to sculpt a fantastic retreat. Excavating the hardpan by hand, he created a unique complex of underground rooms, passages, and gardens which rambled throughout a ten-acre parcel. His work is being preserved as a living monument to a creative and individualistic spirit unbounded by conventionality.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation witht he Rick Forestiere family. October 12, 1979.
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Registered 1/31/1978
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Fresno County
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<h2>#0934 Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans - Fresno Assembly Center</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
Fresno District Fairgrounds, front of Commerce Bldg, Chance Ave entrance, Fresno<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B043'53.7%22N+119%C2%B045'02.6%22W/@36.731574,-119.750714,1035m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">36.731574,-119.750714</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
State plaque is located inside the Fresno County Fairgrounds and access is only during fairground events. It can just be seen from outside the gates.<br />
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Fresno Assembly Center<br /><br />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 pursuant to Executive Order 9066. They were detained without charges, trial or establishment of guilt. May such injustice and suffering never recur.<br /><br />Plaque placed by the State Department of Parks and Recreation in cooperation with the Fresno District Fair, Japanese American Citizens League and the Central California Nikkei Foundation, February 19, 1992.
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Registered 5/13/1980
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<h2>#0934 Temporary Detention Camps for Japanese Americans - Pinedale Assembly Center</h2>
<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Site information:</span></h4>
W Alluval Ave, 1 block west of N Ingram Ave, Pinedale<br /><br />Nothing remains of this site, as far as I know.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/36%C2%B050'39.5%22N+119%C2%B048'15.6%22W/@36.844299,-119.804323,1033m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en">36.844299,-119.804323</a>
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Plaque information:</span></h4>
State plaque, as well as numerous informational signs.
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<h4>Plaque text:</h4>
Pinedale Assembly Center<br /><br />This memorial is dedicated to over 4,800 Americans of Japanese ancestry who were confined at the Pinedale Assembly Center from May to July 1942. This was an early phase of the mass incarceration of over 120,000 Japanese Americans during World War II pursuant to Executive Order 9066. They were detained without charges, trial or establishment of guilt. May such injustice and suffering never recur.<br /><br />Plaque placed by California State Parks in cooperation with the City of Fresno, Japanese American Citizens League and the Central California Nikkei Foundation, February 19, 2007.
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<h4><span style="text-decoration: underline;">OHP description:</span></h4>
The temporary detention camps (also known as 'assembly centers') represent the first phase of the mass incarceration of 97,785 Californians of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Pursuant to Executive Order 9066 signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942, thirteen makeshift detention facilities were constructed at various California racetracks, fairgrounds, and labor camps. These facilities were intended to confine Japanese Americans until more permanent concentration camps, such as those at Manzanar and Tule Lake in California, could be built in isolated areas of the country. Beginning on March 30, 1942, all native-born Americans and long-time legal residents of Japanese ancestry living in California were ordered to surrender themselves for detention.
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Registered 5/13/1980