On The Map: Bass Lake
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Neither rain nor snow is going to'}, {'start': '22.800', 'end': '27.119', 'text': 'stop me from telling you the story about'}, {'start': '25.039', 'end': '29.599', 'text': 'how this valley became one of the more'}, {'start': '27.119', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'popular lakes in the Central Valley.'}, {'start': '29.599', 'end': '33.360', 'text': 'Well, first off, during the gold rush'}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '35.760', 'text': 'time, there were a lot of prospectors'}, {'start': '33.360', 'end': '38.079', 'text': 'that were coming this way, and they'}, {'start': '35.760', 'end': '40.079', 'text': 'displaced the Mono Indian tribe that was'}, {'start': '38.079', 'end': '42.320', 'text': 'living here at the time. You see, a lot'}, {'start': '40.079', 'end': '44.399', 'text': 'of Indian tribes were convinced to sign'}, {'start': '42.320', 'end': '47.520', 'text': 'treaties and move to reservations, and'}, {'start': '44.399', 'end': '49.680', 'text': "those who didn't were removed by force."}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '51.920', 'text': 'It was a dark time in our history, and'}, {'start': '49.680', 'end': '53.000', 'text': 'so the Mono tribe evacuated this valley'}, {'start': '51.920', 'end': '55.520', 'text': 'in'}, {'start': '53.000', 'end': '56.879', 'text': '1851. The new occupants called it Crane'}, {'start': '55.520', 'end': '58.800', 'text': 'Valley because of the birds they'}, {'start': '56.879', 'end': '60.879', 'text': 'observed. Turns out they were herands,'}, {'start': '58.800', 'end': '62.680', 'text': 'not cranes. But whatever, they were gold'}, {'start': '60.879', 'end': '65.040', 'text': 'prospectors, not'}, {'start': '62.680', 'end': '66.880', 'text': 'ornithologists. Willow Creek, a'}, {'start': '65.040', 'end': '69.040', 'text': 'tributary to the Sanwaqin River, flowed'}, {'start': '66.880', 'end': '71.280', 'text': 'through Crane Valley, which made it a'}, {'start': '69.040', 'end': '72.640', 'text': 'good spot to put up a wood mill. A good'}, {'start': '71.280', 'end': '75.760', 'text': 'number of trees in the area were'}, {'start': '72.640', 'end': '79.200', 'text': 'clearcut, opening the valley even more.'}, {'start': '75.760', 'end': '81.920', 'text': 'In 1901, the Sanwalkian Power Company'}, {'start': '79.200', 'end': '84.240', 'text': 'built a dam hydroelectric power plant on'}, {'start': '81.920', 'end': '86.560', 'text': 'Willow Creek which flowed through Crane'}, {'start': '84.240', 'end': '89.119', 'text': 'Valley and the resulting lake was called'}, {'start': '86.560', 'end': '91.200', 'text': 'Crane Valley Reservoir. Now, the Sugar'}, {'start': '89.119', 'end': '92.799', 'text': 'Pine Lumber Mill set up in the area'}, {'start': '91.200', 'end': '94.560', 'text': "couldn't get rights to build a flume."}, {'start': '92.799', 'end': '96.880', 'text': 'So, they had to work with the Minetses'}, {'start': '94.560', 'end': '99.439', 'text': 'and Western Rail Company to transport'}, {'start': '96.880', 'end': '101.439', 'text': 'their lumber by rail from here all the'}, {'start': '99.439', 'end': '104.079', 'text': "way down to Pinedale. It's about a 50-mi"}, {'start': '101.439', 'end': '107.360', 'text': 'trip. And that rail line was nicknamed'}, {'start': '104.079', 'end': '109.600', 'text': 'the crookedest railway in the world. It'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '112.399', 'text': 'had so many twists and turns that'}, {'start': '109.600', 'end': '114.320', 'text': 'derailments were quite common. So common'}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '117.759', 'text': 'in fact, it aid into their profits. And'}, {'start': '114.320', 'end': '119.680', 'text': 'by the 1930s, they were bankrupt. Well,'}, {'start': '117.759', 'end': '122.320', 'text': "that wasn't the only problem the lumber"}, {'start': '119.680', 'end': '124.479', 'text': 'company ever encountered. In the 1920s,'}, {'start': '122.320', 'end': '127.040', 'text': 'they accidentally polluted the lake,'}, {'start': '124.479', 'end': '128.879', 'text': 'killing all of the fish. The state of'}, {'start': '127.040', 'end': '131.840', 'text': 'California found out about it and'}, {'start': '128.879', 'end': '135.239', 'text': 'compelled the company to replace every'}, {'start': '131.840', 'end': '138.239', 'text': 'last lost fish and they did as ordered,'}, {'start': '135.239', 'end': '142.080', 'text': 'but every last fish that they replaced'}, {'start': '138.239', 'end': '143.920', 'text': 'was only one species, bass. And ever'}, {'start': '142.080', 'end': '147.280', 'text': 'since then, Crane Valley Reservoir has'}, {'start': '143.920', 'end': '150.480', 'text': 'been known as Bass Lake on the map of'}, {'start': '147.280', 'end': '152.239', 'text': 'Madera County. Oh, by the way, the Bass'}, {'start': '150.480', 'end': '154.720', 'text': 'Lake Lodge was purchased by a very nice'}, {'start': '152.239', 'end': '157.360', 'text': 'couple, Maurice and Marie. It burned to'}, {'start': '154.720', 'end': '160.800', 'text': 'the ground in 1988. It was rebuilt and'}, {'start': '157.360', 'end': '162.800', 'text': "reopened in 1991. It's changed hands a"}, {'start': '160.800', 'end': '164.800', 'text': 'few times over the years, but it has'}, {'start': '162.800', 'end': '167.840', 'text': 'kept the name of that couple that'}, {'start': '164.800', 'end': '171.360', 'text': 'purchased it back in 1950. Maurice and'}, {'start': '167.840', 'end': '174.000', 'text': 'Marie Ducey. Deucies is a mainstay here'}, {'start': '171.360', 'end': '176.840', 'text': 'in Bass Lake. With Josh Dean behind the'}, {'start': '174.000', 'end': '178.959', 'text': "camera, I'm AJ"}, {'start': '176.840', 'end': '180.480', 'text': 'Fox. You can watch this and other'}, {'start': '178.959', 'end': '181.760', 'text': 'installments of our on the map series'}, {'start': '180.480', 'end': '183.519', 'text': 'brought to you by the Fresno County'}, {'start': '181.760', 'end': '184.400', 'text': 'Historical Society. Just go to our'}, {'start': '183.519', 'end': '187.400', 'text': 'website, your central'}, {'start': '184.400', 'end': '187.400', 'text': 'valley.com/onthemap.'}]