Editing Ceres, California (section)

==History==
The first non-native families who inhabited Ceres were those of John Service, Cassius Warner, and Daniel Whitmore in 1867.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The History of Ceres : The First Families |url=http://www.cereschamberofcommerce.org/portfolio/ceres-history/ |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=Ceres Chamber of Commerce}}</ref> Daniel C. Whitmore is considered the first founding patriarch of Ceres. He built his home in 1870, the Daniel Whitmore House at 2928 5th Street. That home still stands, fully restored by the city and the Ceres Historical Society.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Daniel Whitmore House |url=https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=223705 |access-date=November 5, 2024 |website=HMdb.org - This Historical Marker Database}}</ref> The Clinton Whitmore Mansion, built in 1903 is also owned by the City of Ceres.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benzinger |first=Jeff |date=March 9, 2016 |title=Clampers monument dedicated at historic home |url=https://www.cerescourier.com/news/local/clampers-monument-dedicated-at-historic-home/ |work=Ceres Courier}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Benziger |first=Jeff |date=January 20, 2016 |title=Group gets three more years to run Whitmore Mansion |url=https://www.cerescourier.com/news/local/group-gets-three-more-years-to-run-whitmore-mansion/ |work=Ceres Courier}}</ref>

In the early 1890s, outlaws [[Christopher Evans (outlaw)|Chris Evans]] and [[John Sontag]] robbed several [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] trains at Ceres and several other area locations.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eshomvalley.com/sontag_evans.html|title=Sontag and Evans|publisher=eshomvalley.com|access-date=November 29, 2012}}</ref> In the late 1930s, a labor camp was developed within the city of Ceres as part of the Federal Migratory Labor Camp Program.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.nal.usda.gov/exhibits/speccoll/exhibits/show/usda-history-collection/item/1109 |title=FSA Labor camp maps - Ceres |website=National Agricultural Library. U.S. Department of Agriculture |access-date= November 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=O'Reilly |first=Kelly |url=https://econ.columbia.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/29/2017/07/Kelly-OReilly-.pdf |title="Oklatopia": The Cultural Mission of California's Migratory Labor Camps, 1935-1941 [Undergraduate Senior Thesis] |date=April 2012 |publisher=Department of History. Columbia University. }}</ref><ref>Martinez-Matsuda, V. (2009). ''Making the Modern Migrant: Work, Community, and Struggle in the Federal Migratory Labor Camp Program, 1935–1947'' [Doctoral Dissertation]. University of Texas at Austin.</ref>

The history of Ceres is recounted in Arcadia Publishing Company's Images of America series entitled, ''Ceres'', by Jeff Benziger. It was released on August 23, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ceres by Jeff Benzinger |url=https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9780738581019 |access-date=October 28, 2024 |website=Arcadia Publishing}}</ref>

The Ceres Historical Museum highlights items from the town's history, focusing on items which were used in the daily life in Ceres.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Benzinger |first=Jeff |date=March 6, 2024 |title=Museum exhibits highlight Ceres from its inception |url=https://www.cerescourier.com/news/local/museum-exhibits-highlight-ceres-from-its-inception/ |work=Ceres Courier}}</ref>