Gribblenation

Jalisco State Highway 155 is a short route which exits in the town of Jocotepec along the western shore of Lake Chapala.  As currently configured the state highway corridor exists on a 1.2-kilometer segment of Vicente Guerrero Presidente in Jocotepec from Federal Highway 15 to Niños Heroes Sur.  The primary purpose of this state highway is to funnel traffic through downtown Jocotepec to the mercado at Malecón de Jocotepec. A drive on Jalisco State Highway 155 Prior to the establishment of the current Jalisco State Highway numbering system Carretera Jocotepec-Chapala was part of Jalisco State Highway 35.  Jalisco State Highway 35 can be seen extending from Federal Highway 15 in Jocotepec to Guadalajara via Chapala on the  1956 Shell Highway map of Mexico .   The current Jalisco State Highway numbering system was established in recent decades and is grouped into clusters.  Jalisco State Highway 112 can be seen connecting Jocotepec and Chapala o...

Bass Lake lies within Crane Valley which is primarily fed by Slide Creek and North Fork Willow Creek. During 1854 a lumber mill was set up at Crane Valley which firmly entrenched it as a hotbed of the logging industry. Crane Valley was accessible via a spur of the Millerton-Fresno Flats Stage Road known as the Crane Valley Road. The Crane Valley Road was firmly developed and in frequent use by the 1860s. The Crane Valley Reservoir (now Bass Lake) was constructed in 1901 as a San Joaquin Electric Company. The initial Bass Lake Reservoir was not deep enough to inundate the roadway through Crane Valley. Bass Lake Dam would be expanded during 1905 and 1910. These expansions forced to the roadway in Crane Valley uphill to the location presently occupied by modern Madera County Road 222. This blog will explore the history of the highway corridor through Crane Valley. The Crane Valley Road can be seen as it was prior to the creation of Bass Lake below on the 1882 Bancroft's Map of ...