Eastern Fresno County History
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1) Where is Eastern Fresno County?
North of Sacramento by the American River.
In the San Joaquin River Delta.
It's in the middle of the San Joaquin Valley.
Along California's Sierra Nevada western foothills.
West of Bakersfield and just before Paso Robles.
It's southwest of Placerville by Lake Tahoe.
It borders San Diego County on the north.
2) In 1885, what school stood where Sierra Elementary is today?
Pineridge School
Burrough Valley School
Tollhouse School
Morgan Canyon School
Welton Elementary
Hobes Ridge School
Pleasant Vale School
3) What was a major source of revenue in the early years?
Automobile manufacturing.
The logging industry.
The Eastern Fresno Country Rodeo Association.
The fishing industry.
The coal mining industry.
The production of hydro electric power.
Real estate investments.
4) The Flemming Ranch was originally started in what year?
1875
1864
1896
1775
1901
1492
1967
5) What is the oldest building presently standing in Auberry?
The Ponderosa Market
Java Time
Figgs Auto and Tire Service
The General Store
The U.S. Post Office
The old water tower
The Auberry Garage
6) Who owned the blacksmith shop in Auberry?
Mr. Blister
Mr. McGoo
Mr. Mom
Mr. Pinnell
Mrs. Fields
Martha Stewart
Mr. Taylor
7) When was the first store in Auberry built?
1790
1908
1880
1874
1965
1620
1928
8) What was the name of this store?
WW Woolworth, Inc.
JC Penny
Sears
True Value Hardware
The Auberry General Store
F.F. Witham Store
Ponderosa Market
9) What was the significance of the Tollhouse Grade?
It was the hardest for most boys to pass.
If you beef passed this, they tasted good.
It led to the coal mines near Dinkey Creek.
It was the route of the famous twenty mule races.
It was the route the lumber passed down to the valley.
It was used to haul cement to build Edison Dam.
It protected the early settlers from Indians.
10) Where was the first bridge built across the San Joaquin River?
Near Highway 99
Below Squaw leap
It crossed the river at Italian Bar.
By the Wishon Power Plant on Powerhouse Road
Just above the town of Friant
Across Winchell Cove at Millerton Lake
At the site of Mono Hot Springs entrance
11) What company built the Kerckhoff Power House?
Pacific Gas & Electric
Northern Fresno County Hydro Co.
Southern California Edison
San Joaquin Light and Power Co.
Middle California Power and Light
Shaver Lake Power Co.
Burlington Northern
12) When was the Wish-I-Ah Care Center Built?
1978
1865
1928
1898
1542
1945
1862
13) What railroad was in the Eastern Fresno County area?
Santa Fe Railroad
Union Pacific Railroad
Amtrack Passenger Railroad
Yosemite-Sugar Pine Railroad
The Huntington Express
Western County Railroad
SJ&E Railroad
14) Who took many pictures of early mountain history in Eastern Fresno County?
Mathew Brady
Frederick Polaroid
C. Pennyinton Riddlesworth
W.C. Fields
Ima Fotographer
Melvin Lensclicker
John Rod Riggs
15) Why did Max Yancey close his Tollhouse Bar in the early 1900s?
Prohibition brought the business to an end.
A lady fell into a fire built in front of the bar and died.
Cowboys no longer came in to buy drinks.
It was too expensive to ship liquor to the area.
The building was destroyed by a snowstorm.
A brawl brought the end to the old place.
The Ladies Aide Society demanded it be closed.
16) Which is older, Auberry or New Auberry?
Auberry
Both are the same age
Who cares
No one knows for sure
The records were destroyed in 1867
All of the above
New Auberry
17) What year was the New Auberry Hotel built?
1867
1954
1896
1932
1915
1888
1899
18) Where was the original Millerton Courthouse?
In Friant, north of the Shell Service Station
At a site now under Millerton Lake
At the corner of Millerton and Auberry Roads
It was in Beaverton, Oregon
Originally, it was in Sanger
Records place it along the San Joaquin by Mono Hot Springs
On the bluffs where many new houses now stand
19) Who was the head of the Edison Big Creek Project?
David Redinger
Chief Big Creek Johnson
Thomas Edison
Judge Burton Jones
Thornton Ford
Edgar Bittlesworth
Dr. Morton Salt
20) What's the Sierra High School nickname?
The Cowboys
The Indians
The Lumberjacks
The Rough Riders
The Screaming Eagles
The Chieftains
The Fighting Monos
21) Early Indians usually did this.
Traded with the Eastern Sierra Indians.
Met with everyone peacefully.
All of these!
Used acorns in their diet.
Spend their summers in the higher elevations.
Spent their winters in the lower elevations.
Created beautiful baskets.
22) A staple in the early settler's diet was?
Mutton
Beef
Fish
Vension
Bear
Squirrel
Posseum
23) A typical stagecoach ride from the Valley to Shaver Lake took how long?
Sixteen hours
One day
Seven days
About eight hours
More than twelve hours
Depended upon the Indian problem
Two days
24) The foothills are covered by these trees.
Pinyon Pine
Cottonwoods
Willows
Bristlecone Pine
Acacia
Oak
Lodge Pole Pine
25) Early settlers could take which waterway to the delta?
The Tule River
The Friant-Kern Canal
The Mendota Slough
San Joaquin River
The Dinkey Creek
The Kings River
Dry Creek
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