Clovis’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 4 old photos of Clovis. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The city of Clovis began as a freight stop along the San Joaquin Valley Railroad. Organized on January 15, 1890, by Fresno businessmen Thomas E. Hughes, Fulton Berry, Gilbert R. Osmun, H.D. Colson, John D. Gray, and William M. Williams, in partnership with Michigan railroad speculator Marcus Pollasky, the SJVRR began construction in Fresno on July 4, 1891, and reached the farmlands of Clovis M. Cole and George Owen by October of that year. The railroad purchased right-of-way from both farmers, half from each – the east side from Cole and the west side from Owen – and ran tracks up the borderline between the two properties. The railroad agreed to establish a station on the west side of the tracks and to call it "Clovis." The Clovis station, which was named after Clovis Cole, was positioned on the Owen side of the track.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Clovis’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Clovis’s history is told.
3 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCalifornia - Catalina Island thro…, 1917: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Clovis
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Clovis, decade by decade
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as California - Catalina Island through (1917) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15From Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.