[2] The Central Pacific Railroad located its stop at what would become Fresno in May 1872, and the county seat was moved there by popular vote in February 1874.

[4]: 101–102  The 1867 courthouse was described in 1919 as "most substantially constructed ... a mute object lesson to present-day contractors of shoddy and ginger breaded public work".

[4]: 102–103  With the removal of the county seat, the entire town of Millerton was abandoned, including the seven-year-old courthouse, which was "left standing by itself, a refuge for owls and bats, and the drunken orgies of the 'noble redman'".

[5] After the county seat was moved to Fresno, the cornerstone for a new courthouse there was laid on October 8, 1874, and the building was accepted on August 19, 1875.

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