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1924 Map of Tranquillity

Name: 1924 Topographic Map of Tranquillity
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1924
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1924

About this map

The Kings River Slough snakes through the central San Joaquin Valley in this 1922 survey, reflecting a landscape defined by water management and early twentieth-century agriculture. At the southern edge of this grid, the town of Tranquillity serves as a local hub near an industrial Oil Pumping Sta. The presence of large landholdings like the Herminghaus Ranch and Borland Ranch highlights the era of massive ranching estates that once dominated Fresno County before smaller-scale irrigation districts fully transformed the terrain.

Transportation is anchored by the Southern Pacific railroad, which cuts through the northern section past the settlement of Ingle. Landmarks like Whites Bridge provide critical crossing points over the winding waterway, illustrating the early infrastructure necessary to navigate the slough's marshy environment. The map captures a moment of transition where the raw valley landscape was being systematically organized into the productive agricultural basin it would eventually become.