Let’s Talk Clovis: The Harwell Family
Jasper M. Harwell, a farmer and native of Tennessee, married Mary Logan in Murfreesboro, Arkansas on Oct. 24, 1876. They…
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Clovis History
Let’s Talk Clovis: Maude Kirkpatrick Bell, 1895-1959
Albert and Ella Kirkpatrick arrived in Clovis in 1895. They rented the upstair rooms of the 1891 Southern Pacific Railroad…
7 years ago
Let’s Talk Clovis: ‘Clovis Rodeo Memories’
By Elaine Bell & Peg Bos, Clovis Museum Elaine Bell is the granddaughter of Maude Kirkpatrick Bell, who was born…
7 years ago
Let’s Talk Clovis: Family of Francis Smith Estill
The spelling of the Estill name has been changed many times. The first record of the family name was “d’Estelle”…
7 years ago
Let’s Talk Clovis: The Williams’ 1910 ‘house’ wagon trip to Monterey
We are sharing portions from a diary of a 1910 “house” wagon trip from Clovis to Monterey that was recorded…
8 years ago
Let’s Talk Clovis: 1919 Clovis High School ‘Argus’
We believe the first Clovis High “Argus” was published in 1910 and ended in 1929. The school began publishing it’s…
8 years ago
Let’s Talk Clovis: 1924 Clovis First State Bank robbery
The First State Bank in Clovis was established in 1903 by Richard Norrish (1844-1939) a wealthy immigrant from England. The…
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Let’s Talk Clovis: Board of Trustees and Clovis Ordinances of 1912
The City of Clovis was incorporated on Feb. 27, 1912. Local merchants, civic leaders and churches had begun passionate civic…
8 years ago
Let’s Talk Clovis: ‘Humor in Sunday School’ by Arthur Chedister
Arthur Chedister wrote about the early history of Clovis. His articles were printed in the Clovis Independent from 1953-1954. He…
8 years ago
Let’s Talk Clovis: 1917 Fresno County and Clovis
We want to share information that was published by the Fresno County Chamber of Commerce in 1917. It was titled,…
8 years ago