First WEDNESDAY Lecture: The History of Roads in Madera County and the Surrounding Areas

Name: First WEDNESDAY Lecture: The History of Roads in Madera County and the Surrounding Areas
Start: 2025-05-07T18:30:00-07:00
Location: 49777 Road 427, Oakhurst, CA, United States, California 93644

Schedule

Wed, 07 May, 2025 at 06:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

49777 Road 427, Oakhurst, CA, United States, California 93644 | Oakhurst, CA

Tom Fearer (local highway history enthusiast from Gibblenation.org) will be sharing his wealth of knowledge about our local highways system.
Since the establishment of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road in 1853 the Sierra Nevada foothills of what is now Madera County has been a hub of highway development. Much of the existing infrastructure in the area was established by the late 1880s with the plotting of the Fresno-Fresno Flats Road and Yosemite Stage Road. The area was of great interest during the early State Highway era due to the desirable access it could provide for logging interests and automotive based recreational travel to Yosemite National Park. Even Minaret Summit was briefly considered for a proposed extension of Interstate 70 into California before the era of environmental impact assessment began. Doors open at 5:30pm for snacks and for meeting our speaker. The lecture starts at 6:30pm sharp. Note our new meeting day, Wednesday! See you soon!