Fort Miller

Fresno County · Millerton Lake State Recreation Area · location approximate

Fort Miller was established in 1852 as a temporary headquarters for the Commissioners during the latter part of the Mariposa Indian War. The peace treaty was signed here on April 29, 1851. As a result, the village of Rootville grew into the town of Millerton and became the first county seat of Fresno, in 1856. The first recorded religious services in the Fresno area were performed here October 21, 1855, by Right Reverend William Ingraham Kip, first Protestant Episcopal Bishop of California. Now inundated by Millerton Lake.

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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