Restored Southern Pacific Railroad Depot, Kingsburg, Ca,
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- Опубликовано: 9 янв 2019
- Kingsburg is located 20 miles south of Fresno on Highway 99. The SP Railroad pushed through the area in 1873. The depot was built in 1878 to meet the needs of the growing community and agricultural interests there.
As trucks began to siphon freight business and cars and cheap air fares did the same to passenger service, the depot was no longer needed and was donated to the city.
The Friends of the Historic Kingsburg Depot have done an outstanding job with the restoration. If you're in the area, check it out! The area was settled by Swedish immigrants and their influence is still visible there today.
e-mail at president@kingsburgdepot.org or call at 559-341-1978
Follow the links below for adventures on the Oil City Branch in Bakersfield and the Seguro Depot there.
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That was very cool. They did an awesome job with the restoration of that depot.
Sure would have been sad if a dozer came in and leaved it.
Nice job there Mark.
Great video! I railfan in Kingsburg regularly. Glad you were able to visit the depot and even see the upstairs portion that has been beautiful restored! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! They've done a magnificent job! Did you see my tour of the Bakersfield depot?
Thanks for checking out my channel!
Beautiful restoration. Here in Colfax,CA our SP depot has been restored. Sadly, another SP depot was destroyed Nov. 10, 2018 in the CAMP fire at Paradise, CA. The station destroyed was actually the Magalia depot which was being used as a restaurant. The Paradise depot on the western part of town survived the fire. It is restored as a museum.
I'd love to get up there and check them out! Thank you for the info and the compliment!
Dude, that's my home town! cool to see it done. you should do the museum behind the high school. Also do pioneer village over by cattleman's in Selma.
I'm not up that way much any more. I didn't know there was a museum but i have been to Pioneer Village. I'm retiring soon so maybe I'll make it a project. Thanks for checking it out!
Great video on a great restoration. I grew up in Fresno by the S.P. yard and I have many a photo of the S,P, in California. Seems like the old Kingsburg depot back in the 70's was a red color and was in a bad state of disrepair. It's great to see it restored. I hope something is done soon with the Bakersfield station.
You are correct about it being red (with white trim) and being in pretty bad shape. When SP gave the building to the city, they painted it then never did anything with it. Thanks for the compliment and for checking it out!
Do you know the history of wheat farmers 1800s Mussel Slough, near Hanford, CA? The settlers and Southern Pacific Railroad tragedy May 11, 1880
#MusselSlough
There were settlers on SP land along what became the Coalinga Branch and SP wanted them to vacate or buy. About 20 settlers met a US. Marshal, an SP land appraiser and two legal settlers to discuss postponing ongoing evictions and talk about SP selling certain lands at a reasonable price. Some of the settlers from each group began arguing and opened fire on each other which brought the other settlers into the fray. All three instigators were killed along with four other illegal settlers. Neither the marshal nor the SP agent were involved in the shooting and both survived.
Five settlers were convicted of interfering with a Marshal's duties and were sentenced to eight months in prison. History has made the SP out to be the bad guy in this event but they were not actually directly involved in it other than legally owning the properties in question and having one representative there who was unarmed.
@@MarkClayMcGowan Do you know the history of Dinuba's name change 1880s it's was Sibleyville, after James Sibley a engineer an land owner during the 1800s?
@@outdoorsbeyondnature1980 I was unaware of that. Thanks for the info!