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Five men and eight women, with wagons and tent at campsite in Yosemite Valley, circa 1890; George Shaffer party of Oakdale, California.

These families on their way for a 1911 camping trip in the Sierra Nevada mountains appear to be well stocked for the outing. They are headed for Mountain Home, a tiny community east of Porterville, CA. (Photo courtesy of Wilbur Bergen)

A family poses in their camp at Mountain Home, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern Tulare County, CA. (Photo courtesy of Wilbur Bergen)

A family poses in a large redwood log at Mountain Home, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern Tulare County, CA. (Photo courtesy of Wilbur Bergen)

A family stops to water their horses at Mountain Home, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern Tulare County, CA. (Photo courtesy of Wilbur Bergen)

A family poses in a large redwood log at Mountain Home, in the Sierra Nevada mountains of eastern Tulare County, CA. (Photo courtesy of Wilbur Bergen)

Tree parts were used to augment braking ability when going downhill with wagons in 1911 when this group went camping in Mountain Home, in the Sierra Nevada mountains in eastern Tulare County, CA. (Photo courtesy of Wilbur Bergen)

Picture of Canal Elementary School, built in 1907 in Western Stick archictural style near the intersection of Mendocino and Nebraska avenues, Selma, Calif., It was destroyed by fire in 1990. The Canal District was formed in 1878, joined the Indianola…

Man fishing and two people in a boat on the Centerville & Kingsburg Canal near Selma, CA with a home in the background.