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This horse-drawn hearse was used by A. E. Brooks from 1903-1914, when it was replaced by the motor hearse. It belonged to the Brooks Funeral Home.

This was the first motor hearse in Tulare County, owned by Brooks Funeral Home. It went into service in 1914.

This was Young's cabin at Sampson Flat, shown with men standing in the doorway. Notorious Tulare County, CA, criminals Sontag and Evans held off a posse here in Sept., 1892.

This was the home of Chris Evans, partner to John Sontag in the Sontag and Evans outlaw team in the late 1800s in Tulare County, CA. Located on Lot 12, Block 100, Aughinbaugh's Addn., City of Visalia. The corner was Lot 11; Lot 12 adjoins on the…

This is the hotel in Auckland, Tulare County, CA, in 1888. Built by Commodore Murray and William Stousland, it was sold to Thomas Nighbert in the 1890s. Nighbert was an Auckland resident. It was sold in 1897 to Con Harrington and Keoke.

John Swanson's cabin, built of oak logs in the late 1850s, was located on Visalia's East Mineral King Avenue. This structure now can be seen at the Tulare County Museum at Mooney Grove County Park in Visalia, CA.

Eva Evans McCullough seated on steps of house built by Chris Evans and his twin brother Tom in 1875. Located at "Redwood Ranch," the cabin was being used as a Sequoia National Park Ranger Station as of 1936. This informaiton was provided by Eva,…

This adobe cabin, occupied by Native Americans, was located at T.21S.,R.28 E., M.D.B. & M., about 3.5 miles east of the city of Porterville, Tulare County, CA. This tract was informally established in 1856 as an Indian Reservation, and was acquired…

This is the cabin at Stone Corral, Tulare County, CA, at which outlaws Sontag and Evans were fired upon by a Tulare County Sheriff's Posse, June 11, 1893.

These are plans for a single-track locomotive, illustrating the top, side and back wheel views. D. Brigham James invented the locomotive in Visalia, CA, about 1880.