Women Who Helped Shape the "Clovis Way of Life"

Ron Camacho

@ClovisRoundup

eventually become the Gateway to the Sierras.

A woman named Sarah Simpson, originally of Visalia, donated a parcel of land in Northeastern Fresno County in 1868 to build the Methodist Episcopal South Church. The settlement would become the genesis of Clovis, Big Dry Creek Museum President Peg Bos said.

Many women overcame boundaries to help make Clovis the family friendly town it is today.

Bos herself is one of the most influential women in Clovis History. She spent most of her life breaking boundaries, as she was the first woman elected to the Clovis City Council, the first