The town began as a real-estate-speculation in 1884. The investors Darwin C. Allen, and William B. Bradbury knew their project would succeed only if the town was connected to the mainline of the Southern Pacific. They contacted Frank Pixley; a man whom they knew was a friend of Leland Stanford. In 1886, Pixley joined with the original investors as a partner in the Pixley Townsite Company. The company purchased additional land in the vicinity. When The Southern Pacific extended its tracks to the Townsite, the town prospered. The terms of sale for the land was 25% down, the rest to be carried back for three years by the owners at 8 percent interest. The partners made a handsome profit.
Special railroad fares were offered to people in other areas of California and as far away as Boston in order to bring potential customers to see the new lands and the investment possibilities near Pixley.
The first house built in Pixley was for Emma, William Pixley’s widow, the late brother of Frank Pixley. Her three sons and daughter lived in the home. Emma bought a quarter section of an adjoining piece of land where she farmed until they moved back to San Francisco.
Frank Pixley advertised the town named after him in his biweekly journal “The Argonaut.”
Hooterville is a fictional farming community that is the setting for the American situation comediesPetticoat Junction and Green Acres, two rural-oriented television shows created or commissioned by Paul Henning for Filmways and CBS in the 1960s. Hooterville is a town, a valley, and a county, and has been described as "a place simultaneously Southern and Midwestern, but in a vague sort of way." Little concrete or reliable information can be gleaned from the two shows about the place, as references in individual episodes are rife with inconsistencies, contradictions, geographic impossibilities and continuity errors. The writers of the two shows often changed the details about the Hooterville community at will for the purpose of cracking a joke, and they left certain details (such as its home state) purposely vague and unexplained.
Citizens
Citizens include Oliver Wendell Douglas and Lisa Douglas, the new residents from New York City; Eb Dawson, the handyman for the Douglas family; Newt Kiley, who farms over 80 acres (32 ha); Ben Miller, the apple farmer; Mr. Haney (first name disputed, Eustace or Charlton), the county antiques dealer and con man; Hank Kimball, the idiotic county agent; Sam Drucker, owner of Sam Drucker's General Store; Sarah Hotchkiss Trendell, the telephone operator; the Monroe Brothers, Alf and Ralph (despite Ralph's name and status as a brother, Ralph is a woman— seemingly, only Oliver Wendell Douglas questions the bizarre contradiction); Fred Ziffel, a pig farm owner; Doris "Ruthie" Ziffel, Fred's loud and nosey wife; Arnold Ziffel, Fred and Doris's porcine "son"; and Charley Pratt and Floyd Smoot, the engineer and conductor, respectively, of the local train, the Hooterville Cannonball. Kate Bradley and her Uncle Joe Carson and her three daughters, Betty Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Billie Jo reside at the Shady Rest Hotel on the outskirts of Hooterville.
I Must Be the First Tourist Ever to Visit This Town...Pixley, CA
As part of my continuing Central Valley unique travels, I stopped at the town of Pixley, CA, 40 miles South of Fresno, on Highway 99. No tourists ever visit this town, but it made me aware of how hard farm work is for the average worker. I also discuss the California Cotton Strikes of 1933. One of the worst riots was located right here, in Pixley, as ranchers and workers battled in October 1933, for survival in the depths of the Great Depression. #travel #history #greatdepression
published: 22 Nov 2022
Major upgrades coming to water systems in Pixley
Water systems in many small communities across Central California are due for improvements to meet new standards and deal with the drought. For more Central California news, visit abc30.com.
published: 18 Nov 2021
Parque de pixley ca
published: 19 Mar 2021
Pixley California
published: 23 Nov 2021
On The Map: Pixley
On The Map
published: 19 Mar 2021
Main st & Pixley Park. Pixley,CA
In this video we take a drive through Main St in Pixley and take a stroll through the Pixley Park.
published: 12 Dec 2020
accidente en pixley California
published: 10 Nov 2017
2238 N Park Dr. Pixley, Ca 93258
For sale 5 acre ranch in Pixley California with 2 homes
As part of my continuing Central Valley unique travels, I stopped at the town of Pixley, CA, 40 miles South of Fresno, on Highway 99. No tourists ever visit thi...
As part of my continuing Central Valley unique travels, I stopped at the town of Pixley, CA, 40 miles South of Fresno, on Highway 99. No tourists ever visit this town, but it made me aware of how hard farm work is for the average worker. I also discuss the California Cotton Strikes of 1933. One of the worst riots was located right here, in Pixley, as ranchers and workers battled in October 1933, for survival in the depths of the Great Depression. #travel #history #greatdepression
As part of my continuing Central Valley unique travels, I stopped at the town of Pixley, CA, 40 miles South of Fresno, on Highway 99. No tourists ever visit this town, but it made me aware of how hard farm work is for the average worker. I also discuss the California Cotton Strikes of 1933. One of the worst riots was located right here, in Pixley, as ranchers and workers battled in October 1933, for survival in the depths of the Great Depression. #travel #history #greatdepression
Water systems in many small communities across Central California are due for improvements to meet new standards and deal with the drought. For more Central Cal...
Water systems in many small communities across Central California are due for improvements to meet new standards and deal with the drought. For more Central California news, visit abc30.com.
Water systems in many small communities across Central California are due for improvements to meet new standards and deal with the drought. For more Central California news, visit abc30.com.
As part of my continuing Central Valley unique travels, I stopped at the town of Pixley, CA, 40 miles South of Fresno, on Highway 99. No tourists ever visit this town, but it made me aware of how hard farm work is for the average worker. I also discuss the California Cotton Strikes of 1933. One of the worst riots was located right here, in Pixley, as ranchers and workers battled in October 1933, for survival in the depths of the Great Depression. #travel #history #greatdepression
Water systems in many small communities across Central California are due for improvements to meet new standards and deal with the drought. For more Central California news, visit abc30.com.
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