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.
The Cutting of the Watermelon in Tulare County, CA, involved participants (left to right) George Eitel, Henry Slocum, William "Dutch Bill" Mehrtens, unknown, "Dad" Hartley, W. A. Sims, Dan Overall, L. V. Nanscowen, unknown, Judge Wheaton Gray,…