MERCED, CALIFORNIA 95340-95348
Crescendo: "The Best Things in Life are Free" This is the Merced City Civic Center. Beginning at the left bottom and going counter-clockwise, the historic Merced County Courthouse, a fruit tree beginning to blossom, the Merced County Building, and the tower at Lake Yosemite, which is just outside the city limits. EARLY HISTORY In 1806 Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga and a force of 30 men left the San Francisco Presidio and entered the valley over the Pacheco Pass. They crossed the San Joaquin River and came to a creek swarming with butterflies. He named the area The Mariposa (the butterflies). They continued northward and after a tiring journey over a hot almost treeless plain came upon a sparkling stream of water. It was such a welcome sight that Moraga named the stream �EL RIO de Nuestra Senora de la Mercedes (River of Our Lady of Mercy).� The county of Merced (210,554 population) and the city of Merced (present population = 79,715; projected population for 2025 = 230,000) both took their names from the river, and the city of Merced was incorporated in 1889. In April of 1855, Merced County was formed out of the southwestern portion of Mariposa County. There were only 500 people living in the area at the time. The fast-growing city of Merced became the county seat during a special election in 1872. Livingston was also considered as location for the county seat.The city is 172 feet above sea level, 37.29 degrees north of the equator, and 120.48 degrees west of the prime meridian. Merced is a city of beautiful trees. In the spring, the fruit trees and flowering trees blossom, and in the fall, the turning of the foliage compares with a New England countryside. MERCED TODAY When my family and I moved to Merced in 1969, it was basically a small rural town, but it was showing signs of growth. We moved here because I had just been hired by Merced Community College as a speech-English professor, and I enjoyed going to work each day because as a boy who was brought up in rural Arkansas, I could see the cows grazing in the pastures across from the college. Of course, Merced has changed through the years. Some of the hamburger stands are now Taco stands (although McDonalds, Carl's Junior, Jack-in-the-Box, and In-and-Out Burger are still thriving), and traffic is getting heavy at the corner of G Street and Olive Avenue. A large housing development has replaced the cotton and tomato fields by Black Rascal Creek, and 6,000 homes are being built on what used to be the Bellevue Ranch. University of California Merced is now an established university, with 875 students initially enrolled, but with 25,000 students expected eventually, and Merced College now has a tricenter complex, where UC, Cal State Stanislaus and Merced all have extension classes, and St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Yosemite Church, and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, as well as a large new Mormon meetinghouse have been built on Yosemite Avenue. We've gotten Albertson's, Save Mart, Orchard Hardware, Home Depot, Lowe's, Gottchalks, Best Buy, Linens 'N Things, Applebys, Walmart, Barnes and Noble Book Store, Circuit City, Starbucks, Quiznos, and a downtown Mainplace Theater to go along with Sears, Pennys, Parker's Hardware and the Regency Theater, so I guess we have arrived.Our county Superior Court Building was built in 2007, and our Merced City Police Station is a well-known landmark. THE CHURCHES OF MERCED Merced has many churches including Protestant, Catholic, Mormon, Unity, Apostolic, and Community.There are also many ministries such as Salvation Army, Merced Rescue Mission, LoveINC, Alpha Pregnancy Center, and others. THE GATEWAY TO YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK In 1996, Yosemite had more than 4 million visitors, making it the 13th most visited park in the National Park Service.Merced has been called the GATEWAY to Yosemite, since Highway 140 (which goes to Yosemite and is the all-weather route to the park) intersects with Highway 99 (which is a main north/south highway). Merced is 86 miles from the Arch Rock Entrance of the park via Highway 140. It is about an hour and a half or two hours to the park, depending on how many times you stop along the way to admire the scenery.Yosemite truly is one of America's scenic wonders, and the waterfalls during the summer of 2000 were spectacular, since 1999-2000 was such a wet/snowfilled year in California. THE TENTH UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA CAMPUSThe UC Board of Regents chose the city of Merced as the site of the tenth UC campus. Opening in September, 2005 with 875 students, the campus is located on 2000 acres near beautiful Lake Yosemite, which is on the outskirts of Merced, and the campus, a part of an 11,000 acre community, will have sweeping vistas of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The campus has also been designated as a "high tech" campus, the first such major university campus to be built in the 21st century. On 5-14-99, the campus inked a contract with National Park Services officials to establish a laboratory for research. With UC as a hub, scientists and educators will be able to use Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon national parks as living laboratories to study environmental and other issues affecting the Sierra Nevada and the San Joaquin Valley. On 1-16-07, a new chancellor was chosen by the UC Board of Regents for the UC Merced campus. Replacing Dr. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, the initial UC Merced chancellor (see top left) was Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang, formerly of the engineering department at UC Santa Cruz (see above right). HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO MERCED AND SURROUNDING AREAS The City Of Merced Merced:Gateway To Yosemite Population/ArtsEntertainmentLodgingNew Homes The County Of Merced The City Of Atwater Castle Air Museum What You Need to Know about Merced Merced Flyfishing Club Greater Merced Chamber of Commerce Merced College UC Merced California State University, Stanislaus Merced and East-Central San Joaquin Valley Weather Forecast Robin Ingraham's Wilderness Images/Fine Art Nature Photography National Park Service:Yosemite National Park Yosemite National Park Weather Report Yosemite National Park Traveling Information Challenger Learning Center of the SJ Valley Mercy Hospital and Health Services - Merced, CA We are strongly committed to the wellness, health, and healing of our community members. Provided for your convenience, are free interactive health resources. Take our Health Risk Assessment and get immediate feedback, or browse our interactive health library with over 6000 medical topics. THE MERCED GENEALOGY SITE Many topics of interest can be found on this Merced Genealogy Site, such as cemeteries, biographies, news articles, landmarks, historic places, topographic map, land records, death notices, census figures, etc. OUR LITTLE USO IN MERCED This is a heartwarming story by Neva Sonia 'Calvert' Carpenter about growing up in Merced in the 1940's and later. Full of places, names, and experiences that will tell you about how Merced family life used to be in earlier times, with many stories about people during World War II. MOST OF THE GRAPHICS ON THIS PAGE ARE COPYRIGHT BY ARTTODAY. �1998 -- 2009 by the 4 Star Listening Post This Is The MERCED PAGE.Just Click On A Box To Go To Another Page.Click On The SITE MAP For A Brief Summary Of All The Pages. Home Page Site Map My Life Fly Fishing Jokes, p.1 Jokes, p.2 Jokes, p.3 Jokes, p.4 Hats Off Page My Religion Friends' Banners My Banner Gardening Web Rings Merced California Notes Quotes and Stories Graphics Links Awards Fun Things to Do SIGN MY GUEST BOOK VIEW MY GUEST BOOK Please come and visit again. If you do not hear the music and you want a LiveUpDate Crescendo Plug-In, Click Here.
This is the Merced City Civic Center. Beginning at the left bottom and going counter-clockwise, the historic Merced County Courthouse, a fruit tree beginning to blossom, the Merced County Building, and the tower at Lake Yosemite, which is just outside the city limits.
This is the Merced City Civic Center.
In 1806 Lieutenant Gabriel Moraga and a force of 30 men left the San Francisco Presidio and entered the valley over the Pacheco Pass. They crossed the San Joaquin River and came to a creek swarming with butterflies. He named the area The Mariposa (the butterflies). They continued northward and after a tiring journey over a hot almost treeless plain came upon a sparkling stream of water. It was such a welcome sight that Moraga named the stream �EL RIO de Nuestra Senora de la Mercedes (River of Our Lady of Mercy).� The county of Merced (210,554 population) and the city of Merced (present population = 79,715; projected population for 2025 = 230,000) both took their names from the river, and the city of Merced was incorporated in 1889. In April of 1855, Merced County was formed out of the southwestern portion of Mariposa County. There were only 500 people living in the area at the time. The fast-growing city of Merced became the county seat during a special election in 1872. Livingston was also considered as location for the county seat.The city is 172 feet above sea level, 37.29 degrees north of the equator, and 120.48 degrees west of the prime meridian. Merced is a city of beautiful trees. In the spring, the fruit trees and flowering trees blossom, and in the fall, the turning of the foliage compares with a New England countryside.
The county of Merced (210,554 population) and the city of Merced (present population = 79,715; projected population for 2025 = 230,000) both took their names from the river, and the city of Merced was incorporated in 1889. In April of 1855, Merced County was formed out of the southwestern portion of Mariposa County. There were only 500 people living in the area at the time. The fast-growing city of Merced became the county seat during a special election in 1872. Livingston was also considered as location for the county seat.The city is 172 feet above sea level, 37.29 degrees north of the equator, and 120.48 degrees west of the prime meridian. Merced is a city of beautiful trees. In the spring, the fruit trees and flowering trees blossom, and in the fall, the turning of the foliage compares with a New England countryside.
MERCED TODAY When my family and I moved to Merced in 1969, it was basically a small rural town, but it was showing signs of growth. We moved here because I had just been hired by Merced Community College as a speech-English professor, and I enjoyed going to work each day because as a boy who was brought up in rural Arkansas, I could see the cows grazing in the pastures across from the college. Of course, Merced has changed through the years. Some of the hamburger stands are now Taco stands (although McDonalds, Carl's Junior, Jack-in-the-Box, and In-and-Out Burger are still thriving), and traffic is getting heavy at the corner of G Street and Olive Avenue. A large housing development has replaced the cotton and tomato fields by Black Rascal Creek, and 6,000 homes are being built on what used to be the Bellevue Ranch. University of California Merced is now an established university, with 875 students initially enrolled, but with 25,000 students expected eventually, and Merced College now has a tricenter complex, where UC, Cal State Stanislaus and Merced all have extension classes, and St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Yosemite Church, and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, as well as a large new Mormon meetinghouse have been built on Yosemite Avenue. We've gotten Albertson's, Save Mart, Orchard Hardware, Home Depot, Lowe's, Gottchalks, Best Buy, Linens 'N Things, Applebys, Walmart, Barnes and Noble Book Store, Circuit City, Starbucks, Quiznos, and a downtown Mainplace Theater to go along with Sears, Pennys, Parker's Hardware and the Regency Theater, so I guess we have arrived.Our county Superior Court Building was built in 2007, and our Merced City Police Station is a well-known landmark.
When my family and I moved to Merced in 1969, it was basically a small rural town, but it was showing signs of growth. We moved here because I had just been hired by Merced Community College as a speech-English professor, and I enjoyed going to work each day because as a boy who was brought up in rural Arkansas, I could see the cows grazing in the pastures across from the college. Of course, Merced has changed through the years. Some of the hamburger stands are now Taco stands (although McDonalds, Carl's Junior, Jack-in-the-Box, and In-and-Out Burger are still thriving), and traffic is getting heavy at the corner of G Street and Olive Avenue. A large housing development has replaced the cotton and tomato fields by Black Rascal Creek, and 6,000 homes are being built on what used to be the Bellevue Ranch. University of California Merced is now an established university, with 875 students initially enrolled, but with 25,000 students expected eventually, and Merced College now has a tricenter complex, where UC, Cal State Stanislaus and Merced all have extension classes, and St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Yosemite Church, and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, as well as a large new Mormon meetinghouse have been built on Yosemite Avenue. We've gotten Albertson's, Save Mart, Orchard Hardware, Home Depot, Lowe's, Gottchalks, Best Buy, Linens 'N Things, Applebys, Walmart, Barnes and Noble Book Store, Circuit City, Starbucks, Quiznos, and a downtown Mainplace Theater to go along with Sears, Pennys, Parker's Hardware and the Regency Theater, so I guess we have arrived.Our county Superior Court Building was built in 2007, and our Merced City Police Station is a well-known landmark.
Of course, Merced has changed through the years. Some of the hamburger stands are now Taco stands (although McDonalds, Carl's Junior, Jack-in-the-Box, and In-and-Out Burger are still thriving), and traffic is getting heavy at the corner of G Street and Olive Avenue. A large housing development has replaced the cotton and tomato fields by Black Rascal Creek, and 6,000 homes are being built on what used to be the Bellevue Ranch. University of California Merced is now an established university, with 875 students initially enrolled, but with 25,000 students expected eventually, and Merced College now has a tricenter complex, where UC, Cal State Stanislaus and Merced all have extension classes, and St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Yosemite Church, and Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, as well as a large new Mormon meetinghouse have been built on Yosemite Avenue. We've gotten Albertson's, Save Mart, Orchard Hardware, Home Depot, Lowe's, Gottchalks, Best Buy, Linens 'N Things, Applebys, Walmart, Barnes and Noble Book Store, Circuit City, Starbucks, Quiznos, and a downtown Mainplace Theater to go along with Sears, Pennys, Parker's Hardware and the Regency Theater, so I guess we have arrived.
Our county Superior Court Building was built in 2007, and our Merced City Police Station is a well-known landmark.
Merced has been called the GATEWAY to Yosemite, since Highway 140 (which goes to Yosemite and is the all-weather route to the park) intersects with Highway 99 (which is a main north/south highway). Merced is 86 miles from the Arch Rock Entrance of the park via Highway 140. It is about an hour and a half or two hours to the park, depending on how many times you stop along the way to admire the scenery.
Yosemite truly is one of America's scenic wonders, and the waterfalls during the summer of 2000 were spectacular, since 1999-2000 was such a wet/snowfilled year in California.
The UC Board of Regents chose the city of Merced as the site of the tenth UC campus. Opening in September, 2005 with 875 students, the campus is located on 2000 acres near beautiful Lake Yosemite, which is on the outskirts of Merced, and the campus, a part of an 11,000 acre community, will have sweeping vistas of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The campus has also been designated as a "high tech" campus, the first such major university campus to be built in the 21st century.
On 5-14-99, the campus inked a contract with National Park Services officials to establish a laboratory for research. With UC as a hub, scientists and educators will be able to use Yosemite, Sequoia, and Kings Canyon national parks as living laboratories to study environmental and other issues affecting the Sierra Nevada and the San Joaquin Valley.
On 1-16-07, a new chancellor was chosen by the UC Board of Regents for the UC Merced campus. Replacing Dr. Carol Tomlinson-Keasey, the initial UC Merced chancellor (see top left) was Sung-Mo "Steve" Kang, formerly of the engineering department at UC Santa Cruz (see above right).
We are strongly committed to the wellness, health, and healing of our community members. Provided for your convenience, are free interactive health resources. Take our Health Risk Assessment and get immediate feedback, or browse our interactive health library with over 6000 medical topics.
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