FRESNO  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city and the See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county-seat of Fresno county, See also:

• CALIFORNIA
• CALIFORNIA, LOWER (Baja California)
• CALIFORNIA, UNIVERSITY OF

California, U.S.A., situated in .the See also:

• SAN

San Joaquin valley (See also:

• ALTITUDE (Lat. altitudo, from altus, high)

altitude about 300 ft.) near the See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical centre of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state . Pop . (188o) 1112; (1890) 10,818; (1900) 12,470, of whom 3299 were See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born and 1279 were Asiatics; (1910 See also:

• CENSUS (from Lat. censere, to estimate or assess; connected by some with centum, i.e. a count by hundreds)

census) 24,892 . The city is served by the See also:

• SOUTHERN

Southern Pacific and the See also:

• ATCHISON

Atchison, See also:

• TOPEKA

Topeka & See also:

• SANTA

Santa Fe See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways . The county is mainly a vast expanse of naturally arid plains and mountains . The valley is the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of an extensive See also:

• IRRIGATION (Lat. in, and rigare, to water or wet)

irrigation See also:

• SYSTEM

system, See also:

• WATER

water being brought (first in 1872—1876) from See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King's See also:

• RIVER

river, 20 M. distant; in 1905 500 sq. m. were irrigated . Fresno is in a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich farming See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, producing grains and See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit, and is the only See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in See also:

• AMERICA

America where See also:

• SMYRNA (Ismir)

Smyrna See also:

• FIGS

figs have been grown with success; it is the centre of the finest See also:

• RAISIN (Fr. raisin, grape; Lat. racemes)

raisin country of the state, and has extensive See also:

• VINE

vine-yards and See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine-making establishments . The city's See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal manufacture is preserved (dried) fruits, particularly raisins; the value of the fruits thus preserved in 1905 was $6,942,440, being 70.5% of the See also:

• TOTAL

total value of the factory product in that See also:

• YEAR

year (89,849,001) . In 1900—1905 the factory product increased 257.9 /o, a ratio of increase greater than that of any other city in the state . In the mountains, lumbering and See also:

• MINING

mining are important See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries; See also:

• LUMBER

lumber is carried from Shaver in the mountains to See also:

• CLOVIS [Chlodovech] (c. 466-511)

Clovis on the plains by a V-shaped See also:

• FLUME (through an O. Fr. word glum, from the Lat. "lumen, a river)

flume 42 M. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, the See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste water from which is ditched for irrigation . The See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field of the county is one of the richest in California . Fresno is the business and See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping centre of its county and of the surrounding region .

The county was organized in 1856 . In 1872 the railway went through, and Fresno was laid out and incorporated . It became the county-seat in 1894 and was chartered as a city in 1885 .