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Berrenda En Colorado
Berenda (Spanish: ''Berrenda'', meaning "female antelope") was an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the north bank of Berenda Creek southeast of Fairmead, and northwest of Madera, at an elevation of . Berenda is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Berendo post office opened in 1873, closed for a period in 1881, changed its name to Berenda in 1919, and closed in 1935. The town was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1907, but was rebuilt. Once described as the "gateway to Yosemite", Berenda once was the terminus of a branch rail line to Raymond (the San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad) for tourists visiting the park. It also had a store, service station, saloon, hotel, and tourist cabins. The town's importance for access to Yosemite declined greatly after 1907, when the highly-successful Yosemite Valley Railroad opened from Merced, just to the north. The town was mostly destroyed in 1949 when US 99 U.S. Route 99 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unincorporated Area
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have no unincorporated areas at all or these are very rare: typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or List of uninhabited regions, uninhabited areas. By country Argentina In Argentina, the provinces of Chubut Province, Chubut, Córdoba Province (Argentina), Córdoba, Entre Ríos Province, Entre Ríos, Formosa Province, Formosa, Neuquén Province, Neuquén, Río Negro Province, Río Negro, San Luis Province, San Luis, Santa Cruz Province, Argentina, Santa Cruz, Santiago del Estero Province, Santiago del Estero, Tierra del Fuego Province, Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, and Tucumán Province, Tucumán have areas that are outside any municipality or commune. Australia Unlike many other countries, Australia has only local government in Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Pacific Railroad
The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Railroad classes#Class I, Class I Rail transport, railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the names Southern Pacific Railroad, Southern Pacific Company and Southern Pacific Transportation Company. The original Southern Pacific began in 1865 as a land holding company. The last incarnation of the Southern Pacific, the Southern Pacific Transportation Company, was founded in 1969 and assumed control of the Southern Pacific system. The Southern Pacific Transportation Company was acquired in 1996 by the Union Pacific Corporation and merged with their Union Pacific Railroad. The Southern Pacific legacy founded hospitals in San Francisco, Tucson, Arizona, Tucson, and Houston. In the 1970s, it also founded a telecommunications network with a state-of-the-art microwave and fiber optic backbone. This ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
US 99
U.S. Route 99 (US 99) was a main north–south United States Numbered Highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California, on the US–Mexico border to Blaine, Washington, on the U.S.-Canada border. It was assigned in 1926 and existed until it was replaced for the most part by Interstate 5. Known also as the "Golden State Highway" and "The Main Street of California", US 99 was important throughout much of the 1930s as a route for Dust Bowl immigrant farm workers to traverse the state. Large portions are now California State Route 99 (SR 99), Oregon's Routes 99, 99W, and 99E, and Washington's SR 99. The highway in Washington connected to British Columbia Highway 99, whose number was derived from that of US 99, at the Canada–US border. Route description California The basic former route of U.S. Route 99 in California started at the Mexico–United States border in Calexico, and then ran north throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merced, California
Merced (; Spanish for "Mercy") is a city in, and the county seat of, Merced County, California, United States, in the San Joaquin Valley. As of the 2020 Census, the city had a population of 86,333, up from 78,958 in 2010. Incorporated on April 1, 1889, Merced is a charter city that operates under a council–manager government. It is named after the Merced River, which flows nearby. Merced, known as the "Gateway to Yosemite", is less than two hours by automobile from Yosemite National Park to the east and Monterey Bay, the Pacific Ocean, and multiple beaches to the west. The community is served by the passenger rail service Amtrak, a minor, heavily subsidized airline through Merced Regional Airport, and three bus lines. It is approximately from Sacramento, from San Francisco, from Fresno, and from Los Angeles. In 2005, the city became home to the 10th University of California campus, University of California, Merced (UC Merced), the first research university built in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosemite Valley Railroad
The Yosemite Valley Railroad (YVRR) was a short-line railroad operating from 1907 to 1945 in the state of California, mostly following the Merced River from Merced to Yosemite National Park, carrying a mixture of passenger and freight traffic. Contrary to the name of the railroad, rail service did not extend to Yosemite Valley itself, but rather ended at the park boundary as the construction of railroads is prohibited in the National Parks. Passengers would disembark at the park boundary in El Portal, California and either stay at the Hotel Del Portal or take a stage coach, and starting in 1913 a motor coach, to Yosemite Valley itself. With closure of the Yosemite Sugar Pine Lumber Company in 1942 and the sale of the Yosemite Portland Cement Company to the Henry J. Kaiser Company and subsequent suspension of all operations in 1944 led to a loss of most of the freight track on the railroad. This in addition to the increased competition for passengers from use along the Yosemit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Joaquin Valley And Yosemite Railroad
The San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad, operational from 1886 to 1888, was a pioneering route providing the earliest rail access to Yosemite Valley. This short-lived line laid the groundwork for subsequent transportation developments in the region. History Incorporation and Early Operations The railroad was officially established by the Southern Pacific Company on February 15, 1886. It spanned a stretch from Berenda to Raymond, California. On May 14, 1888, the San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad merged into the Southern Pacific Railroad. During its time, the line was an essential component of the Southern Pacific's expanding network, enhancing access to California's interior. Route to Yosemite The railroad offered an innovative travel option for visitors to Yosemite, connecting with stagecoaches at Raymond for the onward journey to the park. From 1887, this service allowed for an integrated travel experience from major cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond, California
Raymond (formerly, Wildcat Station) is an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located north-northeast of Madera, at an elevation of 948 feet (289 m). Raymond has fewer than 1,000 residents. It is located approximately north of Madera at Green Mountain Road and Road 600. The community is part of the Madera–Chowchilla Metropolitan Statistical Area. The ZIP Code is 93653. The community is inside area code 559. History The area was named either for Israel Ward Raymond, a park commissioner who urged the preservation of Yosemite Valley, or for T. Raymond of Raymond & Whitcomb Travel Association in San Francisco, or for Walter Raymond of Raymond & Whitcomb Travel Association in Boston. Walter Raymond founded the Raymond Hotel in Pasadena in 1886. He planned the hotel and received money for its construction from his father Emmons Raymond, who was a stockholder in the Santa Fe Railroad. When the town of Raymond was dedicated, its residents approached W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park ( ) is an American national park in California, surrounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park is managed by the National Park Service and covers an area of and sits in four countiescentered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera County. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. Almost 95 percent of the park is designated wilderness. Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals. The geology of the Yosemite area is characterized by granite rocks and remnants of older rock. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and tilted to form its unique s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madera, California
Madera (Spanish for "Wood") is a city and county seat of Madera County, California. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 66,224. Located in the San Joaquin Valley, Madera is the principal city of thMadera Metropolitan Statistical Area which is part of thFresno-Madera-Hanford Combined Statistical Area The city is home to the Madera Unified School District. History The town was named after the Spanish term for lumber. The town was laid out by the California Lumber Company in 1876. From 1876 to 1931, a water flume carried lumber from the mountains to Madera where the lumber was shipped by train. The first post office at Madera opened in 1877. On May 16, 1893, Madera County officially became a county of the state of California and the town incorporated as the City of Madera on March 27, 1907. One of the city's first African Americans to hold an elected office was Rev. Naaman N. Haynes, who was voted in as a Madera Unified School District school board tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine United States Minor Outlying Islands, Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in Compact of Free Association, free association with three Oceania, Pacific Island Sovereign state, sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Palau, Republic of Palau. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders Canada–United States border, with Canada to its north and Mexico–United States border, with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fairmead, California
Fairmead is a census-designated place in Madera County, California, United States. It is located northwest of Madera, at an elevation of , and bordered to the northwest by Chowchilla. The population was 1,235 at the 2020 census. A post office operated at Fairmead from 1913 to 1940. The community is impacted by the California High-Speed Rail, as the planned route will dislocate residents. Demographics At the 2010 census Fairmead had a population of 1,447. The population density was . The racial makeup of Fairmead was 764 (52.8%) White, 88 (6.1%) African American, 23 (1.6%) Native American, 7 (0.5%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 497 (34.3%) from other races, and 68 (4.7%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 984 people (68.0%). The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized. There were 360 households, 192 (53.3%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 216 (60. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berenda Creek
Berenda ( Spanish: ''Berrenda'', meaning "female antelope") was an unincorporated community in Madera County, California. It is located on the north bank of Berenda Creek southeast of Fairmead, and northwest of Madera, at an elevation of . Berenda is located on the Southern Pacific Railroad. The Berendo post office opened in 1873, closed for a period in 1881, changed its name to Berenda in 1919, and closed in 1935. The town was almost completely destroyed by fire in 1907, but was rebuilt. Once described as the "gateway to Yosemite", Berenda once was the terminus of a branch rail line to Raymond (the San Joaquin Valley and Yosemite Railroad) for tourists visiting the park. It also had a store, service station, saloon, hotel, and tourist cabins. The town's importance for access to Yosemite declined greatly after 1907, when the highly-successful Yosemite Valley Railroad opened from Merced, just to the north. The town was mostly destroyed in 1949 when US 99 U.S. Route 9 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
