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1900
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First
Japanese arrive; Volunteer Fire Department started;
Reedley Culture Club formed; New Post Office built;
First transcontinental train rolls through the San
Joaquin Valley on the Santa Fe tracks.
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1902
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Reedley
Chamber of Commerce started. T.L. Reed is
elected first president; "Main Street"
(current downtown area) destroyed by disastrous
fire - rebuilding begins using brick.
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1903
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Water
lines are laid; The first Swiss Mennonite settles
in Reedley; Reedley State Bank built.
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1904
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Santa
Fe RR Spur tracks built to Piedra; The first vehicle
is driven in Reedley.
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1905
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The
first Finnish farmer locates in Reedley; Reedley
High School is built.
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1907
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Electricity
arrives in Reedley; Farmers, Merchants' and First
National Banks are built; the Reedley Ledger newspaper
is created;.
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1908
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Cemetary
Bridge (now Olson Avenue bridge) is built over the
Kings River;
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1910
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Town
defeats incorporation; Reedley Library becomes a
Fresno branch.
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1911
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Founder
T.L. Reed dies; Branch Line of S.F.R.R. built to
Minkler and Piedra; Finnish Hall started; Lincoln
Grammar School built; Reedley Hotel finished; Reedley
Grand Theatre opened; Reedley Y.M.C.A. organized.
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1912
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First
telephone directory issue for Reedley; Reedley's
L.B. Cary is elected and serves the California Assembly
for two terms.
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1913
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February
18 - Reedley becomes incorporated; J.J. Eymann is
the first mayor; the first fire station is built;
J.W. Shipe becomes the Town Marshall; wooden sidewalks
are replaced by cement; sewer bond passes 7 to 1;
City buys Reedley Water Works from private citizen;
First City steel water tower is constructed.
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1915
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Gas
comes to Reedley.
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1916
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First
troop of boy scouts organized; Street numbering
started.
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1917
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First
City Hall building built; American Red Cross - Reedley
Branch organized; Study & Civic Clubhouse built;
Reedley joins the County Farm Bureau.
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1918
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Spanish
Influenza outbreak in Reedley; American Legion Post
organized; Permanent paved streets were being laid.
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1920
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Pioneer
Park is established.
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1921
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The
sidewalk clock on G Street is installed; Chamber
of Commerce incorporated.
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1922
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City
adopts zoning map; Planning Commission organized
by ordinance; Legion hall dedicated; Reedley Lions
Club organized.
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1923
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Dedication
of new Reedley High School (present location); City
Band Shell erected; General Grant Junior High School
built; First fruit packing shed built in Reedley;
Second steel water tower erected.
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1926
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Reedley
Junior College started with classes being held at
Reedley High School.
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1927
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City's
first stop signs installed.
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1928
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First
City fire truck purchased; Girl Scout troops organized.
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1930
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First
City swimming pool built by American Legion on City
property; The first all-purpose fire truck carrier
with pump, tank, hose and ladders is purchased.
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1933
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Greyhound
Bus Service begins.
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1939
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Reedley
Hospital opens to the public; Natural gas arrives
in Reedley.
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1946
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Reedley
Fiesta is organized; Chamber gets patent pending
on slogan "The World's Fruit Basket".
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1947
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Work
begins on Pine Flat dam; Fire Department accepts
mutual aid agreement with Mid Valley Fire Department;
City joins Consolidated Mosquito Abatement District.
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1950
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National
Guard Armory dedicated; Kings River flood takes
out lower bridge; population listed as 4,135; Kings
View opens its psychiatric hospital.
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1951
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First
July 4th live fireworks show held by Eagles/Legion.
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1951
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New
City swimming pool opens; Disabled American Veterans
organized; Olson Avenue bridge replacement completed.
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1952
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St.
LaSalle School built.
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1953
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Sequoia
Safety Council organizes.
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1954
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City
purchases property that will eventually develop
into C.F. Mueller Park.
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1955
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Little
League instituted.
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1956
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Present
Reedley College campus opened.
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1959
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Reedley
Rotary Club chartered. Reedley's G.A. Garrigus
wins Assembly election.
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1960
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Department
of Motor Vehicles opens a Reedley office; Present
City hall is opened; Population listed at 5,850.
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1963
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Reedley
celebrates 50 years; Jefferson school is dedicated;
Reedley has over 326 businesses.
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1965
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Voters
pass unification and form Kings Canyon Unified School
District.
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1971
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City's sewer
plant expansion is dedicated. Population is
listed at 8,500.
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1973
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City's first
Industrial Park opens; Reedley's Community Center
is dedicated; Upper Manning Bridge is widened.
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1974
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Camacho Park
/ Drainage Basin Development starts; Reedley's police
department is the first in the County to have a
K-9 corp; A Senior Citizens group is organized;
The high school's auditorium is destroyed by fire.
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1976
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Olson Bridge
is rebuilt; Reedley Historical Society is formed.
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1978
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New Fire Station
opens; First Japanese Americans are elected to serve
on the Reedley City Council.
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1979
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Reedley Airport
is dedicated.
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1980
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Cable TV opens
their headquarters in Reedley.
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1981
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Reedley High's
Performing Arts Theatre is completed.
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1982
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Dial-A-Ride
City service begins.
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1985
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The 9-1-1 emergency
system goes into effect locally.
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1986
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The first woman
City treasurer is elected; the Reedley Downtown
Association is formed.
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1988
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The first woman
is elected to serve on the Reedley City Council.
The City celebrates its 75th and 100th anniversaries;
Overcrowding Ordinance is adopted.
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1989
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Reedley feels
the Bay Area's devastating Oct 17th earthquake;
Reedley Redevelopment Agency formation begins; Senior
Volunteer program initiated by the police department;
Rescue 5 pickup unit is added to the Fire Department's
EMT force.
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1990
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New Ladder/Pumper
truck arrives at the Fire Department; population
is at 15,791; City and Fresno County enter into
tax sharing agreements; Ground is broken for the
Senior Citizens multi-purpose room; Police Department
introduces reserve officers on bikes;
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1991
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The City adopts
a new logo, only to abandon it later; the Redevelopment
Agency becomes official; the City Council adopts
the Kings River Specific Plan.
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1993
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City Hall expands
with a million dollar remodeling job.
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1994
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Reedley's population
is now 18,885, third largest in Fresno County; the
City's first-ever bank robbery occurred with an
arrest the same day; Garbage service is automated;
the first woman was elected Mayor.
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1995
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Reedley forms
a sister city relationship with Toubu, Japan.
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1996
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Utility users
tax is voted down.
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1997
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The Rails to
Trails concept moves forward.
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1999
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Reedley High
School Marching Band will appear in the Rose Parade
on 1/1/2000; Groundbreaking ceremony for the Rails
to Trails project.
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