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The post office is behind the tree. Mr Ham is the middle man. The early Mouren residence on the left was painted red. The beds in front of the house were rented out to harvesters or sheepherders.

Pictures of babies heads hanging from a tree like fruit. Maxwell & Mudge was founded by John Franklin “Frank” Maxwell (1867-1955), a West Virginia native who migrated to the Fresno area in 1889. After going back East, he learned the photography…

The home of Perry C. and Elizabeth Phillips who, in 1860, settled in the Kingston area, just south of the Kings River from present day Laton. This two story wood frame house with a dozen rooms was constructed in 1869 from lumber brought on wagons…

Several men seated around tables playing cards in the "Orange Saloon".

From this enlarged version of the Pacific Hotel, D.W. Madden started the waterworks which eventually serviced much of the city of Tulare. [See water tower behind the hotel]. After the hotel burned in 1886, Madden started the water works for the city…

A group poses with a statue of the Pied Piper displayed at the Kern County Fair.

Bridge over the Pioneer Canal, with a mule drawn wagon crossing.

This view is from a county bridge, looking eastward and upstream, on the McClung ranch two miles from the headgate.

The Porterville Free Public Library built in 1906 with funds fron the Carnegie Library Foundation. The Library sat on the southwest corner of Thurman Avenue and Main Street. It was torn down in 1949.

The Porterville Municipal Band.