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This is the hotel in Auckland, Tulare County, CA, in 1888. Built by Commodore Murray and William Stousland, it was sold to Thomas Nighbert in the 1890s. Nighbert was an Auckland resident. It was sold in 1897 to Con Harrington and Keoke.

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.

This is the Carnegie Library building exterior in Dinuba, Calif. The cost of construction of this building in 1917 was approximately $8,000. It became part of the Tulare County Library System.

Although the storekeeper of Cutler Mercantile Co. in Cutler, Calif., also served as postmaster and as the agent for a nearby laundry, he still found time to serve as librarian for the Tulare County Library System. Cutler Mercantile was opened soon…

This was the Yucca Flat Civilian Conservation Corps camp in Tulare County, CA, in the 1930s.