Fresno's Past focuses on key historical events in the development and growth of what would become Fresno County, California, a leader in agriculture and San Joaquin Valley business and culture.

This engaging book covers topics such as the Spanish-Mexican Regime, Historic Fort Miller, the first county seat Millerton, gold discoveries, early logging industry, bringing water to the valley, railroads, Fresno becoming the County Seat, land booms, and agriculture advancements such as canals, fresno scraper invention, and the introduction of fig trees and raisin cultivation and packing.

Throughout these developments, inhabitants of the region included Native Americans, Spaniards, and settlers through the United States expansion and immigration. Many great names are etched on the scroll of Fresno County's history with far-reaching impacts, including Major John Savage, James Porteous, Frank Dusy, Dr. Lewis Leach, Chester Rowell, Henry Miller, William Faymonville, Jefferson James, and M. Theo Kearney.

Originally published in serial form in the Fresno Guide Newspaper from 1963 to 1965, this collection is being published as a book posthumously.