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This is the second school house built on grounds that later were occupied by the Tipton-Lindsey School in Visalia, CA. The first school was constructed partly of tin, according to early resident Mrs. M. J. McEwen. The location in Visalia was on…

A very close, magnified study of this photo makes it appear they may be "Stevey's Boys," a 19th century baseball team thought to have been in Visalia, CA. No identifications are available.

A wagon driver stops on his way down the mountain road from Mineral King, in eastern
Tulare County, CA, to give his mules a drink.

Distant view of the Stoneman House hotel and other buildings, with man riding donkey on road to hotel; built 1887, destroyed by fire 1896; caption handwritten on photograph: "C.R. Savage, Salt Lake. The Stoneman House, Yosemite Valley, Cal."

Big Creek was first settled in 1911. Big Creek’s post office was first established June 7, 1912. Big Creek was called Big Creek Flats in the 1870’s, Manzanita Park in 1902, and for some period until 1926 was called Cascada.

Kern County Free Library, Arvin Branch.

Kern County Library, Delano Branch, Delano, CA.

East Bakersfield (Baker) Branch, Children's department, Kern County Free Library.

Reading room, Kern County Free Library headquarters, Bakersfield, CA.

Kern County Free Library, Children's department