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Frank Dusy

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Frank Dusy

Original Name
Dusey
Birth
Canada
Death
9 Nov 1898 (aged 60)
Selma, Fresno County, California, USA
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Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA Add to Map
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Western Frontiersman. A prominent pioneer of California, he discovered the Tehipite Valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and named Tunemah Peak and Kettle Dome. The Dusy Basin and two waterways are named for him. He was a prominent sheep rancher in Selma and helped found the Fresno "Weekly Republican" Newspaper. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, and served in Company H of the 3rd California Volunteer Infantry. He helped bring irrigation to these areas.
Western Frontiersman. A prominent pioneer of California, he discovered the Tehipite Valley in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and named Tunemah Peak and Kettle Dome. The Dusy Basin and two waterways are named for him. He was a prominent sheep rancher in Selma and helped found the Fresno "Weekly Republican" Newspaper. He enlisted in the Union Army during the Civil War, and served in Company H of the 3rd California Volunteer Infantry. He helped bring irrigation to these areas.

Bio by: Maureen Trinley

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  • Originally Created by: Maureen Trinley
  • Added: May 5, 2003
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7415466/frank-dusy: accessed ), memorial page for Frank Dusy (17 Dec 1837–9 Nov 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7415466, citing Mountain View Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno County, California, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.