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In the late 1800s, Clovis M. Cole purchased large tracts of land in Californias San Joaquin Valley with the intent to farm wheat. Marcus Pollasky, a businessman from the East with a keen eye for a profit, proposed building a railroad that would bring more people and gains to the area. The two struck a deal. Cole sold key landholdings to Pollasky, and the town was given Coles first name. Businesses grew along Front Street, and families purchased nearby 20-acre parcels where they built homes and grew abundant crops. Living in ...

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Clovis 2011, Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

ISBN-13: 9781531650315

Hardcover

Clovis 2011, Arcadia Publishing (SC)

ISBN-13: 9780738576138

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