Dos Palos’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold only 2 old photos of Dos Palos. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗In one of his expeditions during the 1820s along the west side of the San Joaquin Valley, explorer Gabriel Moraga reported the location of two large isolated poplar trees, which he called "Dos Palos". In 19th-century Spanish usage, palos was used to describe tall pole-like trees or "timbers". 21st-century usage often translates it as "sticks". The "Rancho Sanjon de Santa Rita" Mexican land grant cites "Los Dos Palos" or "The Two Trees" as a boundary marker.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Dos Palos’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Dos Palos’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewSunday morning revival of the Vic…, 1938: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Dos Palos
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Dos Palos, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Dos Palos is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Dos Palos has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Bank of Los Banos Building in Los Banos, 12.9 miles away.
Dos Palos and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Sunday morning revival of the Victory through Christ Society. Dos Palos, California (1938) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (2). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.