Fresno Fun Facts

Fresno County is near the Center of the San Joaquin Valley.

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Fresno is the fifth largest city in California and is the County seat.

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Fresno County is 6,011 square miles in size.

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Fresno’s population includes more than 100 different nationalities.

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An ash tree is on the City of Fresno’s flag. Fresno means ash tree in Spanish.

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Fresno is located in the middle of California-south of San Francisco and north of Los Angeles.

Easton Series

Don't miss your chance to pick up a little summer reading and discover the S. West Avenue investigative team.

EASTON SUMMER - Pre-teens Jason Bonham, Eric Lane and Kati McClellan, affectionately known as the angels, have known personal tragedy, Jason, recently orphaned, Eric abandoned by his mother, and Kati, left with strangers, are thrown together at the Sanders Ranch in Easton, California.  While spending the summer together and guided by Shelley Sanders, the angels explore Easton and work together to solve S. West Avenue mystery. They learn about friendship and love while making a home during the long, hot Easton Summer.

 

EASTON HARVEST - Jason Bonham, Eric Lane and Sonja Bettencourt, affectionately referred to as “angels” by the Sanders, make friends with the new “kid on the block,” 14 year old Lauren Russell and her widowed father, Alan.  Strange things are happening in the South West Avenue neighborhood: mysterious black cats, changing scarecrows, and a missing green car. Follow the angels, Lauren and new friends to work through the mysteries.

EASTON HOLIDAY - Jason, Eric and Jonathan were on their best behavior; after all, Christmas was only a month away. What were they going to do? Every time something happened at school, one of them was called into the Principal’s office because you know, guilt by association. If one of the angels was causing mischief, they all were. Someone was going out of their way to frame the angels. They knew they weren’t the ones vandalizing the school, but the Principal, the Vice Principal, well, all the teachers thought they were the school bandits. And now Aunt Marian and Uncle Mike were beginning to believe the lies. Their only hope was that Deputy Jerry and Shelley would discover the truth and unmask the West Fresno Middle School Bandit.

Fresno Fun Facts

The Fresno Police Dept. earned National Accreditation in 2005 and has maintained it since. Fresno is 1 of only 16 accredited police depts. in California.

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Washington Union High School in Easton, CA was founded in 1892 and is the oldest high school in Fresno County.

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Hippos have always been a favorite. Fresno’s last Hippo named Bulgy died in 2005. Plans are underway to bring Hippos back to Fresno.

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Ross Laird’s Winged Wonders Bird Show began in 1992.

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Beloved Nosey the elephant passed away in 1993 at the age of 47.

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A name-the-elephant contest was held and “Nosey” was the winning name.

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The Fresno Chaffee Zoo’s most famous resident, an elephant was purchased by donations from the Fresno Rotary and school children in 1949.

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The zoo has had many names: Roeding Park Zoo, Fresno Zoo, Chaffee Zoological Gardens of Fresno and currently Fresno Chaffee Zoo.

Fresno Fun Facts

Fresno Chaffee Zoo began as the Roeding Park Zoo in 1907. The first animals were unwanted pets.