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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…

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, 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

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

This building built in Visalia, CA, in the late 1800s was named in honor of its owner, J. Harrell.

This 1920 photograph shows a Strathmore irrigation pump unit installed west of Woodlake, CA.

No information has been found relating to this airplane crash that took place west of Visalia, CA, in the 1920s.

Water looked as if it always would be plentiful in the days of this artesian well in Tulare County, CA. The time is thought to be around 1900.