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This 1895 parade was in downtown Porterville, CA, and shows the west side of Main Street at the intersection of Main and Mill Street. The local fire department is heading the parade. At that time, the fire department was also a social part of the…

The Carnegie-donated Porterville, CA, free library end view is shown in this 1908 photo. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

This postcard was sent to Miss Burney Porter in 1910. The picture on the postcard was of the Porterville Library, a free library erected through a grant from the Carnegie Foundation. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library).

This photo shows a parade on Main Street in Porterville, CA, in 1904. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

This photo shows Lee Hill and his wife, Anna, about 1905. They were residents of Porterville, CA. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

John Howell, the Porterville, CA, marshal is shown in his uniform in 1902. Behind him is the Zalud Saloon and Scottie's Chop House. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

East of Porterville, CA, and in the Sierra mountains, Guthrie cattle ranch stock is shown at Quaking Aspen meadows about 1920. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

The Porterville, CA, Morton Street School was built in 1890, and is shown here supporting a group of students in 1892. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)

John Franklin Guthrie, a cattle rancher in White River Area near Porterville, CA, is seen here at the monument on top of the Mt. Whitney in 1908. (Porterville Lib. # 194)

This was the Carnegie Library building in Porterville, CA, in 1925. (Photo courtesy of Porterville Library)