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Ferndale, CA - History
We would like to provide the residents of Ferndale a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Ferndale Home page. The Ferndale Home page provides as much information as possible on Ferndale. Knowing Ferndale’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Ferndale’s Home page, you will also find Ferndale’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Ferndale has a population of 1387. 53.8% of Ferndale’s inhabitants are Male, and 46.2 are female. 49% of Ferndale is married and 58.7% own their own home. The Average Home price is $414,492, and the average rent is $1,041. Household median income in Ferndale is $59,545, and the individual median income is $29,655. Ferndale’s Ethnic is the following: White(90.1%), Hispanic(6.5%), Multiple(5.6%), Other(2.1%), Asian(1.2%), Native(1.1%).
Ferndale incorporated with a vote of 89 in favor and 47 against on 17 August 1893 primarily to organize drainage and prevent dogs and other animals from running loose, according to the earliest ordinances enacted. In 1915, the current firehouse was built as combined firehouse and city hall. After the 1875 fire which nearly destroyed south Main street was put out by volunteer bucket brigades, and after other smaller conflagrations, the City purchased a used Hunneman hand pumper fire engine on April 14, 1883.
The end-stroke torrent pumper had been built in the 1850s and been shipped west in the 1860s. The name on the side of this engine was "Franklin" because the city bought it from the Franklin Fire Company of San Jose, California. The engine was transferred to the newly formed Ferndale Fire Department when they organized in February 1897.
In November 1923, after 41 years in service, the hand pumper was shipped to the American LaFrance Company, "as part payment on the fine new pumper recently purchased by this town." Other sources say the engine was sold to a Hollywood film company. Modern equipment arrived in 1905 with a motorized pumper engine, in 1917 with a Model T truck with chemical tanks and in 1948 the Hook and Ladder Company formed.
In 1883, water supplies were consolidated in local cisterns under present-day State Route 211 which were later filled in and water from the hill reservoirs was used to supply the hydrants. In 1902, the fire alarm was placed in a wooden structure at the corner of Brown and Main which fell over entirely in the 1906 earthquake (see below) which led to the bell being hung at the firehouse, and a steam-whistle at the Creamery used for the fire alarm from 1906 until electric sirens came into use in 1931.Electrical lighting was installed in May 1896, supplied by a wood-burning steam electric-generating plant that worked between dusk and midnight only; it was replaced in 1903 by a distillate-burning steam electric generator a few blocks east of Main Street.
In 1911, the earlier generation and distribution systems were merged into Western States Gas and Electric acquired in 1927 by the Pacific Gas and Electric Company.The national landmark Ferndale Public Library was completed in 1910 with local funds and an $8,000 Carnegie grant. In 1876, the Ferndale Cemetery Association was established which manages the 5.03 acre burial ground.
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