Sown into the fertile loam of the Central Valley some 70 miles south of Fresno, lies the historic town of Allensworth, perched amid the intersection of three rivers and the intersection of history and agriculture.
The town, founded by a former slave-turned-Union Army officer Allen Allensworth in 1908, became California's first community founded and funded by African Americans. Since its birth among the alfalfa and orchards, it's become a tale of two Allensworths – the original homes are now part of a California State Parks museum while the living town of 600 now is 97% Latino farmworkers.
"On the one hand it looks so beautiful," said resident Kaode Kadara, looking out at the mountain tops tipped with snow."On the other hand it’s starting to create some panic for us – the unknown." There was plenty of time for fear in early March when heavy rains filled the White River and channels designed to shuttle water down the BNSF railroad tracks and away from Allensworth. But as the rains overwhelmed those channels, townspeople took it upon themselves to use tractors and their backs to construct barriers blocking the water from entering town.
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