New Clovis trail honors fallen firefighter Clinton Letterman

CLOVIS, Calif. (FOX26) — Clovis residents have a new place to walk, run and enjoy the outdoors with the completion of the expanded Letterman Trail.

The trail is just over half a mile long, running between Barstow and Villa Avenues along the Fresno Irrigation District’s Big Dry Creek Canal and through Letterman Park.

The trail is named in honor of fallen Clovis firefighter Clinton J. Letterman and was made possible through federal grant funding and a partnership between the City of Clovis and Fresno Irrigation District.

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A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at 8:30 a.m. near the northwest corner of Letterman Park at 908 Villa Ave.

Letterman was a volunteer firefighter in Clovis in the 1960s and died in 1969 at the age of 44 when he suffered a heart attack while fighting a house fire.

The ceremony included remarks from project partners and a memorial presentation by the Clovis Fire Department honoring Letterman.