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These are plans for a single-track locomotive, illustrating the top, side and back wheel views. D. Brigham James invented the locomotive in Visalia, CA, about 1880.

This is the cabin at Stone Corral, Tulare County, CA, at which outlaws Sontag and Evans were fired upon by a Tulare County Sheriff's Posse, June 11, 1893.

This adobe cabin, occupied by Native Americans, was located at T.21S.,R.28 E., M.D.B. & M., about 3.5 miles east of the city of Porterville, Tulare County, CA. This tract was informally established in 1856 as an Indian Reservation, and was acquired…

Eva Evans McCullough seated on steps of house built by Chris Evans and his twin brother Tom in 1875. Located at "Redwood Ranch," the cabin was being used as a Sequoia National Park Ranger Station as of 1936. This informaiton was provided by Eva,…

This was the home of Chris Evans, partner to John Sontag in the Sontag and Evans outlaw team in the late 1800s in Tulare County, CA. Located on Lot 12, Block 100, Aughinbaugh's Addn., City of Visalia. The corner was Lot 11; Lot 12 adjoins on the…

This was Young's cabin at Sampson Flat, shown with men standing in the doorway. Notorious Tulare County, CA, criminals Sontag and Evans held off a posse here in Sept., 1892.

This was the first motor hearse in Tulare County, owned by Brooks Funeral Home. It went into service in 1914.

This horse-drawn hearse was used by A. E. Brooks from 1903-1914, when it was replaced by the motor hearse. It belonged to the Brooks Funeral Home.

John Wirt with donkeys delivering oranges in front of Stevens Store in Exeter, Calif.. Reputedly the first oranges delivered to Exeter, the oranges were grown on the Joe Osborne ranch in the Yokohl Valley. In the background is the old water works…

Patrons read in the Dinuba branch of the Tulare County Library Systemin April, 1929. Mrs. Iona Walker was the custodian of the branch, which had a circulation of about 25,000 books.