User:Nweil/sandbox/Moses J. Church
Nweil/sandbox/Moses J. Church | |
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 Moses J. Church in 1880 | |
| Born | March 27, 1819 Sinclairville, New York, U.S. |
| Died | March 20, 1900 (aged 80) Oakdale, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mountain View Cemetery (Fresno) |
| Other names | Father of Fresno Irrigation |
| Known for | Development of irrigation canals in the San Joaquin Valley |
| Relatives | Uncle of Denver S. Church |
Moses J. Church (1819–1900) was a nineteenth century blacksmith, agriculturalist and businessman. He pioneered and built a system of canals for irrigation in the San Joaquin Valley, turning it from arid land used for cattle, into a widely recognized hub for agriculture. His efforts greatly contributed to the rise of Fresno, California as a city.
Early Life
[edit]Career
[edit]In 1868, Church built a cabin on government land in the San Joaquin Valley and a corral for his 2000 sheep.[1] https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=PRP18930715.2.13.1&e=-------en--20--1--txt-txIN--------
Death
[edit]Personal life
[edit]Legacy
[edit]he helped introduce irrigation to the arid valley building it into an agricultural capital[2]
He and his family traveled by covered wagon from New York to California in the 1850s A blacksmith by trade he made tools for those who had been lured by the gold rush[2]
the Churches moved to the valley Moses Church said There they struck up a friendship with AY Easterby who owned land where Fresno is now The land was agriculturally promising Church told Easterby but it needed a dependable water supply.[2]
Seventh Day Adventist
Church reaffirmed that With Easterby he helped build a canal to bring water from the Kings River They (mined the Fresno Canal and Irrigation Co to oversee water distribution With hard work the canal grew to be 100 miles long making it the first big irrigation project in the valley he said Around it the crops flourished he continued making a “bright green spot in- the dry desert” The promising land attracted more settlers and even the Central Pacific Railroad[2]
Church Colony[3]
Paid by Capt A Y Easterby in 1868 to irrigate his wheat farm.[4]
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Champion Flour Mills
Donated land and water for Mountain View Cemetery[11][12]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ^ Thickens 1946, p. 20
- ^ a b c d Moore, Brenda (March 10, 1963). "'Moses Church' visits from past in school". Fresno Bee. p. 8. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thickens 1946, p. 169
- ^ Rehart 1996, p. 7
- ^ "Full of years". Fresno Morning Republican. March 21, 1900. p. 7. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ McFarland, Randy (September 30, 1970). "Fresno's father of irrigation". The Selma Enterprise. p. 13. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Anderson, John (January 4, 1942). "Father of Fresno Irrigation". Fresno Bee. p. 33. Retrieved November 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Vandor 1919, p. 32
- ^ Clough 1984, p. 117
- ^ Bos, Peg (January 27, 2016). "Let's Talk Clovis: Cattle, water and Colonies". Clovis Roundup. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
- ^ Rehart 1996, p. 32
- ^ Elliot 1882, p. 32
Books
[edit]- Angel, Myron (1892), A memorial and biographical history of the counties of Fresno, Tulare and Kern, California, Chicago, Illinois: Lewis publishing company, OCLC 2861404, OL 24832069M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Clough, Charles W.; Secrest, William B.; Temple, Bobbye Sisk (1984), Fresno County: The pioneer years, from the beginning to 1900, Fresno, California: Panorama West Books, ISBN 9780914330707, OCLC 11661147
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Elliot, Wallace W. (1882), History of Fresno County California, with illustrations descriptive of its scenery, farms, residences, public buildings, factories, hotels, business houses, schools, churches, and mines, from original drawings, with biographical sketches, San Francisco, California: Elliot & Co., OCLC 6401403
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Guinn, James Miller (1905), History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. A historical story of the states marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time, Chapman Publishing, OCLC 6833442
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Rehart, Catherine Morison (1996), The valley's legends and legacies I, Fresno, California: Quill Driver Books, ISBN 9781884995125, OCLC 228659229
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Rocq, Margaret Miller (1970), "Fresno County: Fresno", California local history: a bibliography (2 ed.), Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, ISBN 9780804707169, OCLC 86426
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Vandor, Paul E. (1919), History of Fresno County California with biographical sketches volume 1 & 2, Los Angeles, California: Historic Record Company, OCLC 904717704, OL 13493008M
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Walker, Ben Randal (1934), Fresno: 1872–1885, a municipality in the making, Fresno County Historical Society, OCLC 31139940
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: ref duplicates default (link) - Imperial Fresno: resources, industries and scenery, Fresno, California: Fresno Republican, 1897, OCLC 12092695
Journals
[edit]- Thickens, Virginia E. (June 1946). "Pioneer Agricultural Colonies of Fresno County". California Historical Society Quarterly. 25 (2): 171. Retrieved October 21, 2022.