Hotel Del Venado was the focal point for the social set visiting California Hot Springs circa 1900 in southeast Tulare County, CA. The community offered hot mineral springs and a restful atmosphere.
Joe Ely, of Exeter, CA, was a member of the Yokohl ("beautiful valley") subtribe of the Yokuts Indian tribe. He was born in 1869, and died at age 42 in 1911. The Yokohls' head village was located near the river channel north of Highway 69 on what…
Flood of 1906 looking East on Main Street. The Bank of Visalia, Northwest corner of Main and Church, and Visalia House, Northeast corner of Main and Chuch.