1922 Map of Round Mountain

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Redbank Cemetery and several community hubs anchor this rural landscape east of Fresno in the early 1920s. The map illustrates a transitional zone where the foothills of the Sierra Nevada meet the irrigated valley floor, dominated by the prominent elevation of Round Mountain. An intricate network of water management features, including the Enterprise Canal, Stoughton Ditch, and Fresno East Branch Canal, reveals the area's intensive agricultural development. Transportation corridors like the Fresno and Tollhouse Road and the Fresno Interurban rail line provided essential links between remote hill country and urban markets. The placement of local institutions such as Redbank School, Gray Colony School, and Lindsay School reflects a well-established rural social structure during this period of California's Central Valley expansion.