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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.

"""Robbers' Gold"" is the focus of legends surrounding the large sycamore tree at left at the site of the White River State Station of the Butterfield Overland Stage Route used from 1858 to 1881. The tamarask tree in the right foreground was in the…

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Fountain Springs, shown here, was the site of a Butterfield stage station, up the slope at near right about 50 steps from the spring located just in front of the darkest mass offoliage. This route was used from 1858 to…

Fountain Springs, shown here, was the site of a Butterfield stage station, up the slope at near right about 50 steps from the spring located just in front of the darkest mass offoliage. This route was used from 1858 to 1881. The trees here are…

This was the site of the White River Station on the Butterfield Overland State Route from 1858 to 1881. The tamarask tree in the left foreground was in the inn yard in 1870 at this "telegraph crossing" of the White River.

These two historical markers are located west of Lindsay, CA, at the intersection of Highways 65 and 137. The Butterfield marker, placed in 1958, commemorates the overland trail used for mail from 1858 to 1881, as part of the Stockton to Los Angeles…

This photoshows the marker installed in 1958, commemorating the Butterfield Overland Mail Route used from 1858 to 1881 from Stockton to Los Angeles, CA. It was part of the route between St. Louis and San Francisco, and was the first overland mail…

Lindsay High School, in Lindsay, CA, is located on land that formerly was ranched by George Stockton Berry, inventor of the "Combined Steam Traction Harvester" used for grain harvesting. Shown here at the 1978 dedication of the marker are (left)…

Looking west on Main Street from Court Street in Visalia, CA, in the early 1920s, the view focuses on First National Bank. Established in 1893 as 1st National & Producers, it became Pacific Southwest Bank in 1922 and, in 11929, it became Security…

This view of the Bank of Visalia, located at Main and Church streets in Visalia, CA, clearly shows the bank well known clock tower. At this time, Visalia Hardware had occupied the building at left and was advocating "Cook with Electricity."