Who We Are

The Clovis-Big Dry Creek Historical Society maintains  the Clovis Museum, located in the heart of Old Town Clovis AT 401 POLLASKY AVE, Clovis, CA, Business District.

   Clovis Centennial -2012

Your Board is seeking interested citizens, fraternal club and service club leaders, business leaders, schools, churches, etc., to begin organizing for community events to celebrate the 100th birthday of Clovis in 2012.  Attend our Board Meetings (see next column for dates) to help in this once-in-a-century event.

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Items on Sale:

Historical Blankets:  We now have only 48 Historical Blankets remaining; place your order soon so you don't miss out.  $45 for each blanket. 

Books:

• Reliable Recipes From Clovis -Compiled by the PTA of Clovis, CA;
• Images of an Age -A Community Project
• The Story of My Life by Thomas Howison, Jr.

Disks/DVDs:

• Inside Indy Racing with Rick Vukovich Amabile;
• Frank Wells and His Centre Plaza Orchestra, vol. I & 2.

These are all great as a Holiday Gift

Call 559 297-8033 for ordering, or, come into the museum.

What We Do

Our museum prides itself in our displays of artifacts from our Clovis township history and the families of the surrounding areas that have created our "Clovis way of life".  This history not only celebrates the immigrants to the area from the mid-1800s, but also the local natives that used the area for their livelihood.  A separate part of the museum honors our Clovis Veterans of WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam, and the Gulf Wars.

The Old Train Depot Dock

   Yakut Tribe Mortar and Pestle with ground corn,

Garfield School Arch 

Clovis Fire Station

Pollasky and Sixth Street 

Frank Drury  Circa: 1950

Gene Rose, examining an old section of the Clovis to Shaver Lake Flume; photo from his book, "Reflections of Shaver Lake".

Below: at Harpains's Dairy

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Below: 1959; do you know this lady? 

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 See more photos on the following pages.

Our Calendar of Events:

July 14, 2009:  "Let's Talk Clovis,  featuring  the Filgas-Maslowski  Family:Rosie Filgas (above)Peter Maslowski  (above)

July 28, 2009:  Board of Directors meeting; all members and the public are invited and welcome.

Aug 11, 2009:  "Let's Talk Clovis",   featuring  the Bretz Family.

Aug. 25, 2009:  Board of Directors meeting; all members and the public are invited and welcome.

Sept 08, 2009:  "Let's Talk Clovis", Featured family to be announced.

Sept 22, 2009:  Board of Directors meeting; all members and the public are invited and welcome.

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Past Presentations:

Octavio B. Ruelas:

Abraham Miller in Passenger Seat

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Below: Otis Qualls, holding Grandson Bryan, while riding his horse, Bones: 

Frank Drury's Parade horse

UNFRAMED PRINTS OF THE 1958 CLOVIS DEPOT WATER COLOR PAINTING, BY CLOVIS ARTIST, PAT CHAFFEE, are available for a $100 donation; a Certificate of Authenticity will be provided for each print (Pat donated the original of the painting to the museum).    Other paintings by Patricia are also available at the museum for viewing and/or purchasing.  Cash or certified cashier check accepted only.  Call 559 297-8033 for ordering.

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Amy  Clay

    

Grinding Mortar with Pestle

 

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 Hauling  Logs

 

Clovis statue of Ken "Festus" Curtis with sculpurist Samantha Hutchings

 

Harpain's Dairy Cows:

 

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The Qualls Family: 

A California Outdoor Picnic