As the California High Speed Rail Authority prepares to lay its line through the Valley, passionate voices opposing the project are echoes of similar debates 135 years ago over the fertile farmland of today’s Kings County.Although the parallels are broad, the grass-roots fighting spirit lives on.A seminal event in state history took place northwest of Hanford in May 1880. It had a deadly ending in a railroad-settler dispute known as the Mussel Slough Tragedy. That name has been invoked more than once during community meetings with high-speed rail officials.
Source: Historical Perspectives: Long-ago rail dispute turned deadly at Mussel Slough | The Fresno Bee
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