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"Father Yager" was an intinerant preacher who preached in Visalia and Tulare County, CA. The year is unknown.

Chris Evans, a well known outlaw train robber of the 1890s in Tulare County, Calkf, was sentenced to life in prison for first degree murdur, the sentencing taking place

This photo shows the body of Tulare County, CA, outlaw James McKinney, lying on a slab in a Bakersfield, CA, mortuaruy after he was killed in a gunfight in a Chinese joss house April 20, 1903. Note the shotgun wounds in his face and neck. He was…

Chris Evans was a train robber in the late 1800's in California's San Joaquin Valley. Born in 1847 inTulare County, CA, he and his partner -- John Sontag -- lived and hid in the foothills near Eshom Valley. He died in 1917. (Photo courtesy of…

Headed for the gym for a practice session, these players were the basketball team of Visalia Union High School during the 1920-21 school year in Visalia, CA. VUHS became Redwood High School in the early 1950s as a second high school was opened in…

In the early 1900s, mule teams were the common denominator for land preparation prior to planting crops, expecially on large acreages as seen here in Tulare County, CA.

This was a new truck in the 1920s when it was added to the fleet operated by W. R. Spalding Lumber Co., out of Visalia, CA.

A 30-mule team pulling this Singleton-McCloskey Harvester could average 45 acres of grain harvesting per day around 1900. Men shown here include Tom McCloskey, driver; Henry Rose, sacksewer; Louis Singleton, Header tender; Owen McCloskey, separator…

This image is being made available for educational and research purposes only, under the Fair Use clause of the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17 section 107 U.S.C.) Further questions regarding the image or its use may be directed to the Tulare County…

A group of hikers visiting Sequoia National Forest in 1902 pose in front of the "Hercules Tree," a giant redwood into which a room was carved by Jesse Hoskins.