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; contact our Historical Society President, Peg Bos at our museum.

Come see the January Special Display case:  For January, 2010, we are showing: antique car parts, glass three cell battery container, antique taxi car bulb horn, Ford dog bone radiator part, B & K Distributor cap, 1906 Ford induction coil, Star wheel bearing cap, Ford wheel bearing cap, Harwell brochure Automatic Radiator Filler, 1918, endorsed by Dr. M.S.McMurtry and Webster Potter, 1921 Premier windshield vizor brochure.  

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Items on Sale:

Clovis Historical Blanket:

  We now have only 36 Historical Blankets remaining; place your order soon so you don't miss out.  $45 for each blanket. See our "Contact Us" page for a description. 

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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 See more photos on the following pages.

Our Calendar of Events:

Feb 09, 2010:  "Let's TalkClovis", featuring  The Herrera Family, by Ike Herrera

 Ike Herrera at the Clovis Speedway

 Ike's car  .. on Clovis Avenue

Feb 23, 2010:  Board of Directors meeting; all members and the public are invited and welcome.

Feb 27, 2010:  1924 Bank Robbery Re-enactment melodrama at the Clovis Museum:  11:00 AM to 1:00 PM.

Bank Robber, Thomas "the Owl" Griffin

Mar 09,2010: "Let's TalkClovis", featuring  The Woods Family, by Harold Woods,

Mar 23, 2010:  Board of Directors meeting; all members and the public are invited and welcome.

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Past Presentations:

Octavio B. Ruelas:

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1942 -Janis (Franklin) Penney, seated on the steps of her home at  400 Pollasky Ave and 4th Street, Clovis, with her cat, Mr. Lace.

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 Our Front Door:

Abraham Miller in Passenger Seat

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

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Frank Drury's Parade horse, Roanie

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