Andrew Davidson Firebaugh - Firebaugh's Ferry
Posted by: fresgo
N 36° 51.375 W 120° 26.990
10S E 727351 N 4081961
Located in A. D. Firebaugh Park, Firebaugh, CA. at the corner of Q and 15th Streets
Waymark Code: WM9RNX
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 09/25/2010
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Firebaugh was a Fresno Pioneer and man among men. Not only a founder of this town but pillar of several Fresno communities.
Andrew Davidson Firebaugh - Firebaugh's Ferry
Andrew Davidson Firebaugh was born in Virginia in
1823. He served with the Texas Mounted Riflemen in
the Mexican War. Coming to Californian in 1849, he
fought in the Mariposa Indian War under Major James
D. Savage on the expedition that discovered Yosemite
in 1854. He established a trading post and ferry on
the San Joaquin River one quarter mile due north of
here. Known as Firebaugh's Ferry, it was a station
on the great Butterfield Overland Stage Route. He
built the first road over Pacheco Pass. In 1872 he
was one of the founders of "The Academy", Fresno
County's first secondary school. When he died in
1875, he was buried on his homestead some ten miles
above there on the Tollhouse Road.
Dedicated November 17th, 1968
Jim Savage Chapter
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