Bell, Alexander D. Fresno, California. Great Progress of the Town, Colonies, and County. San Francisco: Merchant Publishing Company, April 1884.

8vo (229 x 152 mm). Folding map, publisher's booklet (marginal toning, minor dampstaining along top edge). Original printed yellow wrappers (chipping along extremities, front cover mostly detached, lower portion of spine mostly rubbed away). Provenance: Isaac Newton Hoag (1838-1904), California agriculturist and promoter of California immigration (rubber stamp to front cover).

FIRST EDITION. The county of Fresno was formed in 1856, with Millerton the original county seat until 1874, when the establishment of the Central Pacific Railroad in the town of Fresno Station led to residents voting to make it the new county seat. The present work was printed in order to advertise the region's agricultural and economic opportunities, including raisin and wine vineyards. The town was officially incorporated one year later.

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Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Bell, Alexander D. Fresno, California. Great Progress of the Town, Colonies, and County. San Francisco: Merchant Publishing Company, April 1884.

Printed Books & Early American Photography, including Selections from the Larry Ness Collection

Bell, Alexander D. Fresno, California. Great Progress of the Town, Colonies, and County. San Francisco: Merchant Publishing Company, April 1884.

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