Wild Tulare County
In the late 1800s and early 1900s Tulare County, California was prime real estate for desperate characters. Their deadly gunplay and murderous intent left a trail of bodies all over the region. Although the Central Valley is now known for agriculture, Tulare County was once a bastion for hardened criminals, and earned a rough reputation. Train robbers, cold-blooded murderers and callous outlaws armed with pistols, rifles, shotguns and butcher knives plagued Visalia, Porterville and many other Central California towns. Wild Tulare County chronicles the stories of the county’s roughest characters.
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Then & Now Visalia
In the fall of 1852, hardy pioneers camped among the oaks along a meandering creek in an area known as Four Creeks Country. There, in the fertile soil surrounded by abundant water, Visalia took root. Today the county seat of Tulare County is the oldest San Joaquin Valley town between Los Angeles and nearly Stockton, and is the gateway to Sequoia National Park. This pictorial history book is an amazing trip through time, and it traces the rich history of the town through rare and contemporary photographs. Comparing our present to our past is an effective way to understand our history, and this book makes such comparisons possible by placing historical images side by side with contemporary photographs.
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Images of America Visalia
When the first settlers arrived in what is now Visalia in the fall of 1852, they found a lush delta region in the midst of large oak forest. This land near the base of the Sierra Nevada Mountains was just right for farming, and Visalia was in the middle of it. Situated in the southern San Joaquin Valley, Visalia provided important services and products, like a saddle shop that created the famous Visalia Stock Saddle, and became headquarters for the Mt. Whitney Power Co.—a venture that harnessed the water from the Kaweah River to make electricity, and eventually became part of Southern California Edison. This book contains a large collection of Visalia photographs that document in interesting detail, the history of a town that is the oldest in the San Joaquin Valley between Los Angeles and nearly to Stockton.
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