“Let’s Talk Clovis” Honoring all Veterans and fifty-nine Clovis Gold Star Heroes
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
The Clovis Museum will continue its tradition of honoring 59 Clovis Gold Star Heroes by reading their names and honoring...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – Pioneer Widow Waite and Family
By Peg Bos | Clovis Museum
We are sharing information about the life of Widow Waite which was authored by local historian Ernestine Winchell (date...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – The Clovis Independent, June 21, 1932
By Peg Bos | Clovis Museum
We are sharing information that was printed in the above Clovis Independent edition. S.S. Case and May Case were...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – Stephen H. Cole, father of Clovis M. Cole
By Peg Bos | Clovis Museum
We are sharing information from of the biography of Stephen H. Cole (printed 1891) in the “Memorial and Biographical...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – Ken “Festus” Curtis and wife Torrie
By Peg Bos | Clovis Museum
Ken (1916-1991) and Torrie (1929-1997) Curtis moved here in 1980. He was born in Lamar, Colorado and served in...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – Celebrating Seferina Herrera Franco’s 100th Birthday
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum | Contributed
Seferina Herrera Franco was born on August 26, 1916. See the ad adjacent to this article for your...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – First City of Clovis Marshall, 1912-1914, Jacob Calvin Horschman
By Peg Bos | Clovis Museum
Portions of this article are based on a letter written by Luella and Donald Horschman sharing the life of...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – Dee Douglas, Clovis Wagon Master
By Peg Bos | Clovis Museum
Dee Douglas (born 1922) continues to achieve personal and professional goals that inspire and challenge all who know her....
“Let’s Talk Clovis” The Mayo and Redford Families
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
Charles Mayo was born on September 11, 1849 in Waterville, Maine. Waterville, located on the Kennebec River, was a terminus...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” – July 4th, 1982, The Clovis Way
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
We are reviewing Clovis’ Independence Day Celebration, which was held at the Clovis High football field in 1982. The joint...
Let’s Talk Clovis: Ike Herrera, 1925-2016, Man of honor, dedication and service
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
It was “cotton season” in Mendota (November 18, 1925) when Demetrio and Maria Herrera welcomed their son Ike (birthed in...
Let’s Talk Clovis: Lewis Willis Gibson, President 1912 Clovis Board of Trustees
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
Lewis Wills Gibson, 1857-1937, became our first President of the Board of Trustees (City Council) when Clovis incorporated in 1912....
Let’s Talk Clovis: Remembering 1936-2006 reunions
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
The ninth Clovis High all school reunion will be held on June 3, 4, and 5, 2016. The activities will...
Let’s Talk Clovis: Clovis Union High School, 1915
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
The following story is based on the 1915 “Manual and course of study of Clovis Union High School.” The opening...
Let’s talk Clovis: “You can’t see the town for the people” Prose by William...
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
We continue to quote the article (prose) composed by William W. Wamsley that was printed by the Clovis Independent in...
Let’s Talk Clovis: “You can’t see the town for the people” Prose by William...
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
William W. Wamsley (Grandfather of Dwayne Wamsley) arrived here in the early 1910’s. He was noted for his talent to...
Let’s Talk Clovis: The 1896 Clovis Hotel and McCord’s Hall
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
The arrival of the San Joaquin Valley railroad in 1891 and the Fresno Flume and Irrigation in 1893 created jobs...
Let’s Talk Clovis: The first 50 years of Clovis
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
The Clovis Chamber of Commerce, Clovis City and a citizen committee published “The History of Clovis, 50 years of progress”...
Let’s Talk Clovis: Clovis Men at the 1924 First State Bank Robbery
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
We have written a melodrama about the 1924 Clovis historic bank robbery. Tomas Griffin (The Owl) and his moll Catherine...
Let’s Talk Clovis: The Sweethearts of Clovis
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
We have selected a few sweethearts of Clovis to review their courting, marriage and accomplishments that contributed to our rich...
Let’s Talk Clovis: Cattle, water and Colonies
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
When mining for gold became too laborious and unprofitable in the early 1850’s, pioneers turned to the vast open range...
“Let’s Talk Clovis” 1975 Clovis Citizens’ Hall of Fame
By Peg Bos, Clovis Museum
In 1975 Russell Mazzei was the publisher of the Clovis Independent and Tribune. Mazzei initiated the first Clovis Hall of...
Let’s Talk Clovis: 1870 & 1880 Christmas at Academy
We share two Academy Christmas stories as remembered by sisters Jane Cole Estill, Harriet Cole Blasingame and Emma Cole Heiskell. Their parents, William T....
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