Pueblo de las Juntas, California
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Pueblo de las Juntas was a former settlement in Fresno County, California
situated at the confluence of the San Joaquin River
and Fresno Slough
, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Mendota
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Pueblo de las Juntas was one of the first places settled by Spaniards in San Joaquin Valley
in 1810. The name las Juntas , a reference to the location at the confluence of two streams. The name fresno commemorates two large ash tree
s growing on the riverbank at the site.
Fresno County, California
Fresno County is a county located in the Central Valley of the U.S. state of California, south of Stockton and north of Bakersfield. As of the 2010 census, it is the tenth most populous county in California with a population of 930,450, and the sixth largest in size with an area of . The county...
situated at the confluence of the San Joaquin River
San Joaquin River
The San Joaquin River is the largest river of Central California in the United States. At over long, the river starts in the high Sierra Nevada, and flows through a rich agricultural region known as the San Joaquin Valley before reaching Suisun Bay, San Francisco Bay, and the Pacific Ocean...
and Fresno Slough
Fresno Slough
Fresno Slough is a distibutary of the Kings River that connects the North Fork Kings River to the San Joaquin River. Until 1879, when irrigation diversions prevented it, Fresno Slough was also an outlet of the overflow waters of Tulare Lake into the San Joaquin River in flood years, when its...
, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Mendota
Mendota, California
Mendota is a city in Fresno County, California, United States. The population was 11,014 at the 2010 census. The State Routes 180 and 33 run through the agricultural city. Mendota is located south-southeast of Firebaugh, at an elevation of 174 feet ....
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Pueblo de las Juntas was one of the first places settled by Spaniards in San Joaquin Valley
San Joaquin Valley
The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton...
in 1810. The name las Juntas , a reference to the location at the confluence of two streams. The name fresno commemorates two large ash tree
Ash tree
Fraxinus is a genus flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45-65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are evergreen. The tree's common English name, ash, goes back to the Old English æsc, while the generic name...
s growing on the riverbank at the site.