Ennis Road is an approximately four-mile-long rural cutoff through Shannon Valley the Sierra Nevada foothills of Fresno County. Ennis Road connects Ruth Hill Road (former California State Route 180) southward to Sand Creek Road. What is now Ennis Road was originally developed by Fresno County in the 1910s as the Squaw Valley Cutoff. The modern roadway name first appears on 1930-era highway maps of Fresno County. Part 1; the history of Ennis Road Ennis Road serves as a cutoff between Sand Creek Road and Ruth Hill Road (former California State Route 180) in community of Yokuts Valley (previously Squaw Valley). Ennis Road passes through Shannon Valley and the lands of Rector Ranch. What is now Yokuts Valley was originally the home to a Yokut tribal village called Múshtihnau. At one point the valley where Múshtihnau was located in was called "Woman's Land." Around 1873 American settlers co-opted the name as "Squaw Valley...
Citrus Cove is a small canyon located east of Cove Road in Fresno County which California State Route 180 passes through. Modern California State Route 180 climbs above the orange groves in this canyon via a modern two-lane highway. The original alignment of California State Route 180 is located within the canyon which is now a switchback road passing through the orange groves. This older alignment was in service as California State Route 180 until 1952 and was for years a major barrier for traffic reaching destinations in the Sierra Nevada foothills. The original alignment of California State Route 180 from Cove Road east to Squaw Valley via Citrus Cove can be seen on the 1950 United States Geological Survey map. Part 1; the history of California State Route 180 in Citrus Cove Citrus Cove is a small canyon in which is located on California State Route 180 immediately east of Cove Road. As the name suggests, this canyon is lined with a citrus grove. C...