The shade of this Valley Oak tree, east of Visalia, CA, at the base of Venice Hill, was the July 10, 1852, site of the founding of Tulare County, CA. The founding party was under the command of Major James Savage.
This building, the Visalia Free Library of the 1920 and 1930s, predated by several versions the library newly remodeled in 2008. The library now is operated by the County of Tulare.