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This courtroom scene took place at the Tulare County Courthouse in Visalia, Calif., in 1900. Pictured are Mr. Hanna, Daniel McFadzean, Abe Murray, Judge W. W. Cross, Judge W. B. Wallace, Harry McClure (clerk), Judge Jonas A. Allen, and Maurice…

This was the Tulare County Courthouse, in Visalia, CA, in 1925 after wings were added.

This photo shows the 4th of July parade in downtown Visalia, CA, on Main Street looking east from Court Street. The year was 1886.

Ringling Bros. circus parade appears on Main Street, west from Garden Street , in Visalia, CA, October 18, 1899

Ringling Bros. circus parade proceeds east on Main Street, Visalia, Calif., on September 25, 1903..

Ringling Bros. circus parade proceeds east on Main Street, Visalia, Calif., on September 25, 1903..

Main Street (south side between Church and Garden), Visalia, CA, as it was decorated on July 6, 1886.

This was the French Hotel in Visalia, CA, after it was burned by an 1886 fire.

Election Tree is the name of this oak tree where, in 1852, the first election was held establishing Tulare County.

Family and friends gather around the base of the Abe Lincoln Tree in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, CA, in the late 1800s. The tree measured 26 feet in diameter.