▁w ool ▁to ▁market ▁at ▁Stock ton , ▁he ▁used ▁three ▁w ag ons , ▁each ▁drawn ▁by ▁ten ▁m ules , ▁and ▁spent ▁twelve ▁days ▁in ▁making ▁the ▁round ▁trip . ▁ ▁Two ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁station ▁was ▁established , ▁county ▁residents ▁voted ▁to ▁move ▁the ▁county ▁seat ▁from ▁Mill erton ▁to ▁F res no . ▁When ▁the ▁Fri ant ▁Dam ▁was ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 9 4 4 , ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁Mill erton ▁became ▁in und ated ▁by ▁the ▁waters ▁of ▁Mill erton ▁Lake . ▁In ▁extreme ▁dr ought s , ▁when ▁the ▁res er voir ▁shr inks , ▁ru ins ▁of ▁the ▁original ▁county ▁seat ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁observed . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁nin ete enth ▁century , ▁with ▁so ▁much ▁wooden ▁construction ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁s oph istic ated ▁fire f ight ing ▁resources , ▁fires ▁often ▁rav aged ▁American ▁front ier ▁towns . ▁The ▁greatest ▁of ▁F res no ' s ▁early - day ▁fires , ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 2 , ▁destroyed ▁an ▁entire ▁block ▁of ▁the ▁city . ▁Another ▁dev ast ating ▁bla ze ▁struck ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 3 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 9 , ▁F res no ' s ▁first ▁and ▁oldest ▁syn agog ue , ▁Temple ▁Beth ▁Israel , ▁was ▁founded . ▁ ▁F res no ▁entered ▁the ▁ranks ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 0 0 ▁most ▁popul ous ▁cities ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 0 ▁with ▁a ▁population ▁of ▁ 1