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Studio portrait of Henry Mentz. Mr. Mentz was the father of Wilco Mentz Sr. who was the first mayor of Porterville, Ca. Henry was a cattleman in the very early days with Pat Murry.

This 1900 view of the Rockford Bridge has some children standing in the middle with buckets. This was one of the few bridges across the Tule River west of Porterville.

4 men standing inside Henry Traeger's Blacksmith Shop. Left to right: Motsinger, Adam;Woodley, Frank; Traeger, Henry;Flynn, Matt.

Two men standing behind the counter at the Price Hardware Store in Porterville, Ca.

The inside of the Canty Drug Store. Mr. Canty is the gentleman on the left.

The Pioneer Hotel was located on the northwest corner of Main Street and Putnam Street in Porterville, Ca.

Clinton Thomas Brown and wife Ruby Anna (Gibbons) Brown. They lived in the Frasier Valley area.

El Granito High School in Porterville California.

Morton Street School on the corner of Morton Street and Main Street in Porterville, Ca.

Morton Street School was built on the north end of Main Street in Porterville, Ca. in 1890 and was remodeled to look like this in in about 1906.