Let’s Talk Clovis: Clovis Oil Fields, 1909 & 1916
Fortune hunters turned their interest from gold nuggets to “liquid gold” in Fresno County in the late 1860s. The City…
Fortune hunters turned their interest from gold nuggets to “liquid gold” in Fresno County in the late 1860s. The City…
Water, timber, mineral and the scenic beauty of the Sierra Nevada provided a significant economic base for early day Clovis.…
We shared information in our last article on the talented Harwell family. In addition to being a talented musician and…
Jasper M. Harwell, a farmer and native of Tennessee, married Mary Logan in Murfreesboro, Arkansas on Oct. 24, 1876. They…
Albert and Ella Kirkpatrick arrived in Clovis in 1895. They rented the upstair rooms of the 1891 Southern Pacific Railroad…
The spelling of the Estill name has been changed many times. The first record of the family name was “d’Estelle”…
We are sharing portions from a diary of a 1910 “house” wagon trip from Clovis to Monterey that was recorded…
We believe the first Clovis High “Argus” was published in 1910 and ended in 1929. The school began publishing it’s…
The First State Bank in Clovis was established in 1903 by Richard Norrish (1844-1939) a wealthy immigrant from England. The…
We want to share information that was published by the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce in 1917. It was titled,…
The Clovis Museum will continue its tradition of honoring 59 Clovis Gold Star Heroes and all veterans at its monthly…
We are sharing an undated article Alfred Biglione wrote regarding the history of his family and his early life here…
James Wiggins Cate, the 10th of 12 children, was born in 1828 in New Hampshire. In 1838, his family relocated…
Herbert’s parents Samuel Johnson (1831-1893) and Hannah Hall Johnson (1842-1877) lived in New York state when he was born in…
We are sharing Esther Jessie Keller Benschoter’s story that was written in the 1950s about her remembrance of Old Town…
Thomas “Tommy” Higgason was born in Tennessee in 1923. His family moved to Clovis in 1925. We are sharing information…
Eleanor Swenson (1914-2006) was born to Louis and Ida Swenson in the Scandinavian Colony near Sierra Vista and Dakota in…
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum We are sharing information published in 1957 by the Clovis Chamber of Commerce that was…
In 1903, Myrtle Howison’s family left Warrensburg, Ohio and arrived in Clovis. Their relative John Cadwallader (1863-1938), a large landowner…
Of the original 40 students in the 1910 Clovis High School freshman class, only 17 (three men) graduated in 1914.…
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum Printed words define us, motivate us, preserve our past and often challenge us. Historically, autograph…
We begin to experience an anticipation of something historical and special happening in Clovis as the last week end of…
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum Alma Lemmon celebrated her 80th birthday party on Oct. 7, 1970. We will share a…