About Clovis. Pages Pages. Close Menu. There, you can find stores, cafes and restaurant with so many options. Another amazing place to visit is the Wild Water Park. This is ideal for families or a group of friends who loves water slides and wave pools. Do you enjoy hiking, fishing or skiing?
If you do, check out the Sierra National Forest which is known for its mountain scenery and natural resources. Or you can have a complete fun event at the AMF Rodeo lanes for the ones who enjoy bowling. A dam was built across Stevenson Creek to create a lake that would enable them to move freshly cut timber to a mill beside the lake. They then constructed a mile 68 km , foot 7. As lumber was rough-cut at the mill, it was loaded into the flume and propelled by water to a planing mill east of the Clovis railroad station.
The lumber mill and yard had its own network of rails to move lumber around the yard and to connect with the SJVRR just south of Clovis station. The completion in of the lumber flume and commencement of mill operations provided the impetus for further development of the area around the Clovis Station. The town began to take shape as lumber yard employees built homes close to their employment. Service businesses, churches, and schools became necessary, and the town was begun.
Clovis's first post office opened in Clovis was incorporated as a city in February Principal streets in the town center are still named for the railroad's officers, except Fulton Street, which was later named Front Street, then Main Street, and is now Clovis Avenue.
He was inducted into the Clovis Hall of Fame in On May 28, , he was the first African-American to be hired by Clovis. Louis shared vital information with Elvey, who is now one of the most informed historians of Clovis. Elvey was born an only child of Elvey Sr. His father worked in a saw mill making 11 cents per hour prior to joining the U. Army during WWII. His parents divorced when Elvey was 4 years old and he was raised by his paternal grandmother.
Elvey arrived in Clovis in after his mother married Jack Eaton the couple came to Clovis in Soon after, the couple built a home at 4th St. Elvey graduated from Clovis High School in Elvey attended Reedley College as a music major, and lettered in football. Shortly thereafter he was drafted into the U. Army for service in the Korean War. Elvey married Geraldine Gerrie Bryant in and had sons Lonnell, Kim, and Andre; all excelling in in sports and their chosen professions.
Lonnell and Andre remain in the Clovis area. Gerrie and Elvie were tireless, talented civic and church leaders at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church. Elvey remembers when Gerrie volunteered their garage for Salvation Army storage space; he stated: "it didn't matter that I had to park my car outside. Nobody was stealing at that time anyway.
The door to our house was never locked, even when we were out of town. Gerrie passed away in , at age The Clovis Police Dept, in full dress uniforms and vehicles, escorted her funeral procession. Elvey also received a commendation from the Calif. State Dept. Elvey had always been a loyal and active leader in Clovis. He was a board member of the Clovis Museum. He and his family have enriched our heritage.
People of Clovis. Academy : Not a family name; it is derived from the school academy that was built in the Big Dry Creek area in to accommodate the 12 children in that district, located about 12 miles northeast of Clovis along Highway Member Clovis Rodo Assn. Graduated Clovis High School, ; swim team 4 years, acapella choir, spark-plug for the Class of '54 re-union committee. Married to Vern Barkman. Jesse's wife asked for a houseboy to help at their ranch, so Jesse brought Fong along.
Charley perfomed many of the ranch chores, learning the ropes, and eventually becoming the ranch forman, or steward. He was helper to the mother, general supervisor to the father, friend and companion to the older boys, and guardian and nurse to to the smaller children. He befriended most that he met, learned 9 of the Indian dialects between Mono Hot Springs and Dunlop.
He befriended John Muir and other naturalists along the way, entertaining them with tall tales and jugs of whiskey. Charley married Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lawrenson, and produced one son, Sam - Charley and Sam are buried in the Blasingame plot at the I.
Fresno Cemetary. He summered his cattle and sheep in the Dinkey Creek and Shaver area. Jesse passed away in and is burried in the Blasingame plot at the I. His animal stock brand is B. See :. Arrived in Fresno in He hauled freight to Pine Ridge before working for Mr. Blasingame in the stock business. He served two years as the Academy Constable. He later owned acres for cattle, producing yearly for sale.
He married Jane Elizabeth Perry in Family members invested in large land tracts in the Clovis, Fresno, and Madera area.
Starting with a few acres of wheat, he built his holdings to incorporate land from Centerville about 50, acres almost to Madera, to become the Wheat King of America.
He retired to Clovis in later years. Cole, Steven : Father of Clovis Cole. Cole, William T : A sheep baron and father to ten daughters. He summered his sheep in the Shaver area at the time. In he was elected to the Calif. State Assembly and served one term. He was elected Fresno County Sheriff twice to He also farmed in the Lone Star and Dry Creek area until his death.
Collins was a sheepman until he switched to cattle. DeWitt, H. Drury, Frank: A local realtor of Clovis for many years; he developed, sold, managed the DeWitt Bld , and bought many Clovis properties. He was most noted for riding his horse, Ranger, to the downtown Clovis Postoffice, which was then located just west of the alleyway on 4th Street, south side; Ranger would then walk to a local cafe around the corner where Frank would walk to for a breakfast cup of coffee.
Fergusen, Cathy: Olympic Gold Medalist twice , at the Tokyo games, at 16 years of age, she set the record for the meter backstroke; the second medal followed this feat as the lead leg of the meter medley for the USA swimming team. Born in Stockton, raised in Burbank, CA. Forty Niners: Those immigrants to California that arrived after ; they were seeking their golden fortune and came from all over the world.
Gold was found nearby in the San Joaquin and the Kings River basins. Franco, Sepherina Herrera: August 26, - A restaurant proprietor on the block of Pollasky Avenue; she began her business with a push-cart in the neighborhood, selling tacos and tamales. Sister to Ike Herrera, a race car driver and plumbing contrator. She was inducted to the Clovis Hall of Fame in Humphrey - Mock : Families that established the Humphrey-Mock Saw Mill in the Shaver Ranch area in ; this was among the first of nearly 50 sawmills to follow.
She has 2 daughters and five grandchildren. Mussick brothers: See Swift, L.
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