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A merchant in Exeter, CA, in the 1950s demonstrates the latest in transistor radios.

Troops from throughout Tulare County, CA, board a train in Visalia. This photo was taken on Oak Street facing west. The white building at left is the railroad depot (now, in 2003, The Depot Restaurant). The dome beyond was the courthouse. The large…

Kaweah Post Office, North Fork Drive,Three Rivers. The Kaweah Cooperative Colony was a utopian project started in 1886. Unable to secure title to the land near Three Rivers in Tulare County, CA, the organization ceased to exist after 1892, leaving…

Kaweah Lake, in Three Rivers, CA, is shown at its low level, late summer to fall.

Fire hose team members about 1882 stand on the northwest corner of Main and Court streets in Visalia, CA. Left to right are Ed McVeagh, Harry Levinson, Harley Kelsey, James Baker, John Walker, Bert Johnson, Charles Johnson, Joe Thomas, Walt…

Visalia Weekly Delta newspaper editor L. W. Ransome headed the newspaper in the 1864-1865 era. This was about the time the proprietor was Elijah R Ransome (1865). The Visalia Weekly Delta was later renamed The Visalia Times Delta.

John Clark was a judge in Tulare County, CA, from 1873 to 1879.

Daniel Rhoads led the relief party that finally rescued the Donner Party. Rhoads later was a resident of Visalia, CA.

Three members of an early Visalia, CA, baseball team pose for the cameraman. From left, they are Frank Kimball, Fred Warner, and Thomas Hall. The meaning of the letter "E" is not known. This photo was taken in 1880 or 1881.

Residents pose near a home on Strawberry Ave. and N.W. 2nd Ave. in Visalia, CA, in 1896. Pictured are Winifred Evans, Eva Evans, Mrs. Chris Evans with baby Carl, Mrs. Byrd and George Byrd (Mrs. Evans' brother). Chris Evans was part of the infamous…