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People on the porch of the Arlington Hotel. From left John W. Loyd, W.P. Bartlett, David W. Lindsay, Mrs. D.W. Lindsay and child, Mrs. England, Will Loyd, and Minnie Loyd. The Loyds were the proprietors of the hotel.

William Pitt Bartlett (1855-1929), at the Bartlett summer home Tumbling waters above California Hot Springs.

The railroad loading station called Hilo for the first Porterville magnesite mine, built by J. Bither in 1898. Its kiln was the first one used by W.P. Bartlett, the ore being flumed into the top from Sunnyside Avenue. One tank was for water and the…

At the granite quarry northeast of Porterville. Part of the quarry and the derricks, the buildings for stone-cutting and for the air-compressing power plant.

The steam-engine power plant before it was housed, and some houses for the employees.

Murry Park

Murry Park

Boating in Murry Park; Miss Goldie Hallford at the center, and Mrs. Ella Hallford with oar.

Swimming hole in the Tule River at Bartlett Park

Entrance of Bartlett Junior High School of Porterville, erected in 1938.