Green Bush Spring - E Clampus Vitus Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

This is a story about Fresno that I hadn't heard before. One usually hears that the Town of Fresno was founded in the Sinks of Big Dry Creek after Leland Stanford visited the area and has been credited with saying "Here we must build a town." I just happened upon this marker after visiting a state historical marker a few hundred feet away.

The text of the plaque reads as follows.

"GREEN BUSH SPRING
ON THIS SPOT IN THE EARLY DAYS WAS A FLOWING SPRING
BESIDE WHICH STOOD A LARGE GREEN BUSH.
WILD HORSE DEER ELK AND ANTELOPE WATERED HERE AND
LATER IT SERVED AS A WATERING PLACE FOR SHEEP AND CATTLE.

THE PRESENCE OF THIS WATER CAUSED THE RAILROAD IN 1872
TO LOCATE ITS STATION AND TOWNSITE HERE.

THE NAME SHOWN ON THE FIRST MAP OF THE PROPOSED
TOWN WAS GREEN BUSH.

BECAUSE OF ITS CENTRAL LOCATION IN FRESNO COUNTY
LELAND STANFORD CHANGED THE NAME TO FRESNO STATION.

IN 1873 WHEN THE OFFICIAL MAP WAS FILED IT WAS ENTITLED
TOWN OF FRESNO

JIM SAVAGE CHAPTER NO. 852 E CLAMPUS VITUS
NOVEMBER 15, 1964"

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Date Logged Log User Rating   04/19/2008 fresgo visited it