This was the Tulare High School girl's basketball team of 1906. Phileopena Sage, second from left at top, later became Mrs. Earl Bertch. Pictured from left, standing--Pearl Sharp, Phileopena Sage, Vera Haydock, Grace Brunner, Lora Beckwith, Leonora…
Smith College, a branch of the University of Southern California, flourished in Tulare in the late 1880s. It was a combination business college, Methodist seminary, and general liberal education school.