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…
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.
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…
With a very dim sign above the front door stating this was a "Reading Room," Ducor, Calif., boasted an official branch library in the Tulare County Library system. This photo is undated, but followed the library's location in the Women's Club…