Author: McGroarty, John Steven,
Title: Fresno County: the geographical hub of California.
Description: Fresno, CA, Fresno County Expositions, (1915). G PB. Color frontis "Where the water comes from". "In the golden heart of California lies the great sun-swept Valley of the. San Joaquin. In the heart of that Valley - lies Fresno, a name sung from the melody of the old Castilian dreams." Tan binding with round color photo insert with embossed edging on front cover. Slight edge wear, small crease to lower corner. Laid in clipping from Life magazine, "They said it couldn't be done.you couldn't turn a barren wild erness into a garden paradise. But today, modern engineering miracles like the Grand Coulee Dam.make it possible, through irrigation, to transform many thousands of acres of aris desolation into fertile farms and orchards." (Two drawings and picture of crops harvested on clipping.).

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