Editing Calwa, California (section)

==History==
In 1885, the land of what is now Calwa, was improved and cultivated by Hugh William La Rue to plant an orchard and vineyard. His first crop was ruined by a grasshopper pest in 1886 and he sought to plant elsewhere.  Calwa became a railroad town when [[Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway|Santa Fe Railways]] invested one million dollars to build a switching yard and houses for railway employees.  [[Southern Pacific Transportation Company|Southern Pacific Railroad]] also passed through Calwa.<ref>{{Cite book|title = History of Fresno County, California: With Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present|url = https://archive.org/details/historyoffresnoc01vand|publisher = Historic Record Company|date = 1919-01-01|language = en|first = Paul E.|last = Vandor}}</ref>  The Calwa City post office opened in 1913, and changed its name to Calwa in 1949.<ref name=CGN />