Fresno-Tulare-Kern County CA Archives History - Books .....Present Status 1892 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 10, 2007, 2:51 am Book Title: Memorial And Biographical History Of The Counties Of Fresno, Tulare, And Kern, California PRESENT STATUS. It was also in this decade that the viticultural interests of the State began to be developed, and - California was rapidly pushing her way into the front rank of the cereal and fruit producers. Exports grew to the enormous figures of 18,000,000 centals of wheat for the decade, to nearly 2,500,000 barrels of flour, to over 1,000,000 centals of barley and to 70,000,000 pounds of wool. In 1850 the population of the State was 92,597; in 1860 it was 379,994; in 1870 it had increased to 560,257, in 1880 to 864,694, and in 1890 the population is 1,204,002. So far as the State is concerned, California is again, as in 1849, the great attractive region of the world. The days of the "Argonauts" are over, but the enormous agricultural, horticultural, and viticultural interests, the extraordinary growth of her population; the wonderful impetus that is being given to enterprise in general; the appreciation of real estate and the marvelous new life that has struck the Southern San Joaquin Valley, as also the southern counties of the State; her climate, scenery, opportunities for solid investment and profitable returns; her standard of culture and educational advantages-all of these have again crowned California anew as the great Golden State. Additional Comments: Extracted from: Memorial and Biographical History OF THE COUNTIES OF Fresno, Tulare, and Kern, California Illustrated Containing a History of this Important Section of the Pacific Coast from the Earliest Period of its Occupancy to the Present Time, together with Glimpses of its Prospective Future: with Profuse Illustrations of its Beautiful Scenery, Full-page Portraits of Some of its most Eminent Men, and Biographical Mention of Many of its Pioneers, and also of Prominent Citizens of to-day. "A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants." -Macaulay. CHICAGO: The Lewis Publishing Company. Undated, but OCLC lists a publication date of 1892 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/fresno/history/1892/memorial/presents501nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb