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Fresno City was a small town and ferry crossing which was located along Fresno Slough near the modern-day town of Tranquility in Fresno County.  Fresno City was established in 1855 to serve as part of the wider Pacheco Pass Road which then connected directly to Visalia.  The community was short lived as it was functionally replaced by White's Bridge which was constructed several miles to the north in the late 1870s.  Fresno City can be seen on the blog cover as depicted on 1873 Bancroft's map of California on the Pacheco Pass Road.  The history of Fresno City The site of Fresno City lies on Fresno Slough approximately seven miles southeast of the confluence with the San Joaquin River.  The general corridor near confluence of Fresno Slough and San Joaquin River has been part overland highways since El Camino Viejo Los Angeles of Spanish Las Californians.  El Camino Viejo was the first European route from Los Angeles to San Joaquin Valley.  From Los Ange...

County Route E16 is a rural highway found in the Sierra Nevada range of El Dorado County and Amador County.   This highway is 33.21 miles long and was designated in 1967 between California State Route 49 in Plymouth east to US Route 50 in Pollock Pines. The corridor functionally acts as a continuation of California State Route 16 east of the Plymouth area. The portion north of Mormon Emigrant Trail is part of US Route 50 Alternate. This alternate route was commissioned during the winter of 1997/1998 following slide closures on mainline US Route 50. Part 1; the history of County Route E16 Modern County Route E16 is comprised of what is now Shenandoah Road, Mount Aukum Road and Sly Park Road.  The portion of County Route E16 on Sly Park Road north of Jenkinson Lake has connections to the Gold Rush era of California.  The corridor is roughly aligned over what was the westernmost segment of the Morman Emigrant Trail over Carson Pass which terminated at the Lake Tahoe ...