Merced County History
Here is a list of web pages and books that relate to the history of Merced County. If the biographies section of a written history is available on-line, you can find it on our Obits & Bios page. If you have a book containing Merced County history and are willing to do lookups, please let us know, and we will add that to our page.
Online Histories
A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolomne, and Mariposa, California. Published 1892. Three sections are available on-line:
History of Merced County, California, John Outcalt, 1925. (or download 1.1 mB pdf file)
History of the Merced County Fair
History of the Central Hotel, Merced, California
California Historical Landmarks in Merced County
National Register of Historical Places, Merced, California
Story of Hopeton, California
Los Banos History - by Charles Sawyer
History of Atwater, California - from the Atwater Chamber of Commerce web site
Merced - Gateway to Yosemite
Winton History
History of Gustine - from Gustine Historical Society
Ballico - A Fanciful History - by Robert Haney
Merced County Board Members, 1855-2003
Other History Resources
- History of Merced County, California, With Illustrations, Elliot & Moore, Publishers, 1881.
- Merced County: The Golden Harvest, Delores Ortiz, 1987.
- History of Merced, George W. Clark, 1979.
- Remembering the Merced Chinese: the builders of the great Central Valley, 1860-1960, Sarah C. Lim, 2000.
- Merced and Mariposa Counties Pioneer Days, 1935.
- History of Merced, Corwin Radcliffe, 1940.
- History of Merced County, Office of County Superintendent of Schools, January, 1955
- Greetings from Fountain City - Historic Postcards of Merced, Edited By Sarah Lim, Merced County Historical Society, 2002
- Ghost Towns of Merced County, Herb Wood, Merced County Historical Society, 2005
- History of Planada, Kathy Hunt, ~1980
- LeGrand History - Memories of LeGrand History Club, Elizabeth Kahl Miller & Donna Gillette Hall, MCHS, 2007
- Hilmar, 1902-1966, Harold Ahlem, Hilmar Friends of the Library
- Gustine - Gem of the Valley 1915-1990, Complete History of the Gustine Area, Patricia S. Carson, Gustine Diamond Jubilee, 1990
- Cressey, Land of Sand and Stars, Eugene William Lee, Asian American Curriculum Project, 2008
- Atlas of the Dos Palos Colony, California - Queen of the Colonies, Dos Palos Historical Society, 1899 (reprint 1982)
- Brief History of Atwater and Communities, Atwater History Club, 1958
- Images of America - Atwater, Atwater Historical Society, Arcadia Publishing, 2005
- Merced's Chinatown, Paul D. Bowman, 1985
- Dogtown & Ditches - Life on the Westside, Wayne Pimentel, Loose Change Publications, 1987
- Hunted Down, or, Five Days in a Fog, Harry Granice, 1875 (reprinted 1975)
- History of Livingston, California, Franklin S. Farquhar, 1944
- The Pioneer Filipino Families of Livingston, California, Herb Jamero, 1998
- Japanese Americans of Merced County, A Photographic Journal, 1906-1960, JAMC Committee, 2003
- Farming the Home Place, A Japanese American Community in California, 1912-1982, Valerie J. Matsumoto, Cornell University, 1993
- Origin of Merced County and Towns, Edna Mae McMaster, MCHS, 1988
- Memories of Winton 1911-1950, Rosalie Heppner & Lorraine Richards, 2004
- Snelling, California - A History, With Notes on Merced Falls and Hopeton, Molly A. Pearce, 1981
- From Sand Dunes to Almond Blooms: A History of Ballico, Cathy Tanner, after 1969
- Merced Falls, Delores Cabezut-Ortiz, MCHS, 1988
- One Man Show - Henry Miller in the San Joaquin, edited by Charles Sawyer
- The Cattle King - Biography of Henry Miller, Edward F. Treadwell, 1981
- The Road Over: Center Point, Old Los Banos, Pacheco Pass, Ralph Milliken
- Moving On: A Compilation of The Plains Over, Story of the Crow Immigrant Train of 1865, and Then We Came to California, edited by Charles Sawyer
File last modified on 27 Aug 2008.
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