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The Fox Theater in Visalia, CA, was constructed in 1929-1930. The large home next to the construction site beloned to Mrs. Pennebaker (313 W. Main St.). The theater is located at 320 W. Main St.

Travis Mercantile Company, in Spa, California, housed the post office, also. It also held a branch of the Tulare County Library. The custodian was also the postmaster, station agent, express agent and storekeeper.

This is the wreckage of the Visalia & Tulare Railroad Company train at Caldwell's Corner, about 3 miles south of Visalia, in 1900. The accident occurred when the train ran into a cow on the tracks. The rails and rolling stock were later sold.

An unidentified group of men pose in front of a Visalia & Tulare Railroad car. The photo was taken in approximately 1896 in Tulare County, CA.

This Porterville, CA, City Hall was built in 1939, while the fire house adjoining it was built in 1937. The old Porterville Library, next door, was built in 1908.

This was the old Porterville, CA, city jail built in 1905. It moved to a new location in 1939.

This is the hall of Orosi, CA, lodges and the Bump & Knott Cash Store during a flood.

This is downtown Orosi, CA, 1913. The general store is on the left, and the National Bank of Orosi on the right.

This group of men gathered around fallen sequoia tree have estimated that the section thely are standing with contains 25,000 board feet. This photo was taken in the early 1900s.

Halftone: A group of people gathers around the stump of a fallen Giant Sequoia (redwood) tree.