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This is the cabin that John Swanson built in the late 1850s in the Kelsey's Grove area east of Visalia, CA, along the side of what is now Highway 198. The cabin now is on display at the history museum located at Tulare County's Mooney Grove Park.

This photo of a Union Army band is believed taken at the wartime location of Camp Babbitt in Visalia, CA. Located at its original site at what now is occupied by the intersection of Race and Santa Fe streets, the camp moved following the end of the…

Three people on a canoe outing on Bravo Lake.

Lying in a pile of hay in this October 7, 1895, photo taken at Stone Corral in Tulare County, CA, is mortally wounded John Sontag, a captured bandit. Possee member, left to right, are: Samuel Stingley, Hiram Rapelje, Luke Hall, George Witty,…

Greater's Candy Store, 109 - 111 North Court, Visalia. Center and Court looking South.

Charles Oettle Ranch - Woodville

Top left - Methodist Episcpol Church, first church built in Visalia (1857) church divided North and South during Civil War. Division lasted into the 20th century.
Top right - Methodist Episcopal Church built in 1905.
Bottom left - St Mary's…

Circus parade on Main Street headed West. Palace Hotel is on the left and the Bank of Visalia in pictured in the center at the Northwest corner of Main and Church. The Visalia House in on the Northeast corner of Main and church. People are standing…

Colonel Thomas Baker was the first lieutenant governor of the state of Iowa. When he moved to Tulare County, CA, he was appointed a county judge in 1853, and was elected later in 1853, and in 1854 and 1856. He became a state senator about 1860,…

Residents of Visalia, CA, on October 8, 1952, celebrated the 100th anniversary of the settling of their city, as well as the arrival of the first Butterfield Stage. From left to right are Mrs. Tom Crowe, historian Annie Mitchell, and Debe Mitchell.