Reedley City Museum

Twenty-seven-year-old David Koop is shown here delivering a block of ice for a customer of the Reedley Creamery and Ice Company. The year was 1915. Photo donated to the Reedley Historical Society by the Koop family.

Boxing at the Reedley Arena! Here is an ad that appeared in the Exponent in 1946. The Reedley Arena was the old Grangers’ warehouse, just off of 10th Street along the railroad tracks.

Seventy years ago this month Kings River flooding closed both the Manning and Olson Avenue bridges. Shown here is the Manning Avenue bridge with the western approach to the bridge completely under water.

One hundred and five years ago today, November 11, 1915, the Liberty Bell, that cherished icon of American history, traveled through Reedley. The Liberty Bell had been sent west by rail to the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco. It was carried on a special flatcar so everyone could see the Bell as it made its way to the fair. After being on exhibit for four months, the Bell left San Francisco heading south to Los Angeles and San Diego before turning e...ast back to Philadelphia. Brief stops were made along the way. Fresno got a longer stop as the train needed to take on water. The train passed through Reedley without stopping, but Dinuba and Porterville each got a 5-minute stop. The photo shown here is of the Liberty Bell during its stop in Odessa, Washington, on its way to San Francisco. The trip to the PPI Exposition was the only time that the Liberty Bell traveled west of St. Louis and was the last time the Bell ever left Philadelphia. See more