The Creole was a slave ship headed for New Orleans with a âcargoâ of 135 slavesâbut it would never make it to port, because there was a real-life Django on board. Madison Washington was the shipâs cook and a man whoâd escaped from slavery once before.
Fresno County, California. Fresno County, officially the County of Fresno, is a county located in the northern portion of the U.S. state, California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 930,450. The county seat is Fresno, the fifth-largest city in California.
Tulare County was created from Mariposa County in 1852 and Merced County followed in 1855. Fresno County was created from parts of Mariposa, Merced and Tulare counties on April 19, 1856. Fresno County gave up land for Mono County in 1861, which in 1866 gave up land to help create Inyo County. Fresno County's shape was determined by the creation of San Benito County in 1874 and Madera and Kings Counties in 1893. The boundaries of California's 58 counties have not changed since 1907. Laton is located about 20 miles due south of the City of Fresno, which is the county seat. It's also situated almost smack-dab in the middle of Fresno County's southeasterly border along the banks of the Kings River; the dividing line between Fresno County and Kings County.