| 词条 | Hills Ferry, California |
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Hills Ferry is a small unincorporated community of the northern San Joaquin Valley in Stanislaus County, California. Hills Ferry is located at {{coord|37|20|56|N|120|58|47|W}}. {{TOCLeft}}GeographyThe community is on the southern border of Stanislaus County with Merced County, and is located {{convert|3|mi|km}} northeast of the city of Newman. Hills Ferry is just west of the river mouth of the Merced River, at its confluence with the San Joaquin River. HistoryJesse Hill established Hill's Ferry in 1850, a ferry across the San Joaquin River just north of the Merced River's confluence, on the Mexican land grant Rancho Orestimba y Las Garzas. In 1888 the Southern Pacific Railroad established a new station nearby named Newman Station. The Simon Newman Company store building was in Hills Ferry, which later served as Fisher's Opera House until demolished in 1904. In July 1906 a fire near Hills Ferry and Newman destroyed 2,500 acres of wheat and barley and 20,000 acres of pasture, along with hay, farm equipment and buildings.[1] References1. ^eReferencedesk.com: History of Stanislaus County, California {{Stanislaus County, California|state=collapsed}}{{coord|37|20|56|N|120|58|47|W|type:city_region:US-CA_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=title}}{{StanislausCountyCA-geo-stub}} 7 : Unincorporated communities in Stanislaus County, California|Merced River|Ferry transportation in California|History of Stanislaus County, California|Populated places established in 1850|1850 establishments in California|Unincorporated communities in California |
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