1956 Map of Guijarral Hills

About this map

Anticline Ridge and the Guijarral Hills dominate this mid-century view of Fresno County, a landscape defined by industrial expansion and large-scale agricultural operations. The extensive Oil Field and its accompanying Oil Field Extension are marked by a dense network of wells and sumps, supported by the Caliola Pumping Station. This industrial activity is woven into a grid of long agricultural avenues like Mitchell Avenue and Gale Avenue, where the Southern Pacific railroad served the rural community of Turk and the local Cotton Gin.