Fresno has been a melting pot of cultures from its earliest years, beginning with Chinese railroad workers and Scandinavian settlers, later joined by Germans, Japanese, Armenians and Latinos. Many of these early immigrants initially came to work the land. More than a million acres in the San Joaquin Valley are irrigated, producing cotton, grapes, oranges, other fruits and vegetables that collectively make Fresno County one of the nation's agricultural leaders. Learn More...