The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Fresno, California, USA.
1872 – Founded by the Central Pacific Railroad Company
1874 – Fresno becomes seat of Fresno County.
1875
Fresno County Courthouse built.
Fresno Expositor newspaper in publication.
Central California Colony established south of Fresno, creating a successful model for attracting settlers.
1876 – Fresno Morning Republican newspaper in publication.
1877 – Fresno Volunteer Fire Department organized.
1882 – St. John Church built.
1884 – Big Fresno Fair begins.[1]
1885 – Fresno incorporated.
1889 – Meux Home built.
1890
Barton opera house opens.
Population exceeds 10,000.
1892 - Street cars introduced
1893 – Fresno Free Public Library opens. [2]
1894
Fresno Parlor Lecture Club organized.
Fresno Water Tower built.
San Francisco-Fresno bike messenger service (during the Pullman Strike) initiated.
1899 – Santa Fe Passenger Depot opens.
1900 – Population: 12,470.
1901
Fresno City Railway in operation.
Fresno Buddhist Temple founded.[3]
1904 – Gottschalks shop in business.
1906 – Forestiere Underground Gardens begin developing.
1908 – Asparēz Armenian/English-language newspaper begins publication.
1909 – Raisin Day festival begins.
1910 – Fresno Junior College opens.
1911 – Fresno State Normal School founded.
1913 – Commercial Club organized.
1914 – Holy Trinity Church built.
1918
Sun-Maid raisin facility begins operating.
Bank of Italy building constructed.
1919 – Fresno Historical Society and Temple Beth Israel founded.
1921 – Fresno State College established.
1922 – Fresno Bee newspaper begins publication.
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 Stadium dedicated.
1928 – Pantages Theater opens.
1929
Roeding Park Zoo opens.
Z. S. Leymel becomes mayor.
1932 – Fresno Memorial Auditorium built.
1935 – Academy (social group) formed.
1939 – Tower Theatre opens.
1942 – U.S. Air Force Hammer Airfield and Japanese American internment camp in use.
1944 – Pacific Bible Institute founded.
1946 – Sierra Sky Park Airport established near city.
1947 – Hammer Field National Guard training area and Fresno Air Terminal established.
1948 – Azteca Theater built.
1953
Association for Retarded Children of Fresno founded.
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.
1960 – Mexican American Political Association founded.
1961 – City of Fresno Takes over municipal bus service.
1962 – Farm Workers Association founding meeting held in Fresno.
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.
1970
Fashion Fair Mall in business.
Population: 167,927.
1973 – Good Company Players founded.
1977 – KMTF television begins broadcasting.
1978 – Fresno Metropolitan Museum established.
1983 – Fresno Metronews begins publication.
1984 – Nanaksar Gurdwara founded.
1989
Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill closes.
Karen Humphrey becomes mayor.
1990
Vida en el Valle Spanish/English-language newspaper begins publication.
Population: 354,202.
1992 – Hmong Times newspaper in publication.
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]
River Park shopping centre in business.
1998
City website online.
Fresno Grizzlies baseball team formed.
Fresno Stadium 22 cinema opens.
2000
University High School established.
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
Woodward Shakespeare Festival and Artists' Repertory Theatre founded.
Jim Costa becomes U.S. representative for California's 20th congressional district.
Coyle United States Courthouse built.
2008 – Neighborhood Thrift shop in business.
2009 – Ashley Swearengin becomes mayor.
2010
Fresno Metropolitan Museum closes.
Population: 494,665.
2011 – Downtown Fresno Partnership formed.[10]
2012 – Community Media Access Collaborative established.
2013 – Poet laureate inaugurated.
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.
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