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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Source: HISTORY OF TULARE and KINGS COUNTIES
CALIFORNIA
with Biographical Sketches
of
The Leading Men and Women of the Counties Who Have Been Identified
With Their Growth and Development From the
Early Days to the Present
History by
Eugene L. Menefee and Fred A. Dodge
ILLUSTRATED
COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME
Published by Historic Record Company
Los Angeles, California
1913

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY TO HISTORY OF TULARE COUNTY 5
  Earliest White Comers to County Bore Names of Smith - Indian Records of Prior Inhabitants - The Year 1849 Brings Changes - First Real Settler Locates in 1850 - Other Settles Follow - Rescue of the Wingfields - Election of Officers - Derivation of Name Visalia - Survey for Railroad in 1853.  

CHAPTER II.

INDIAN WAR of 1856 20
  Indians a Factor in Growth of Settlement - Interesting Accounts by Stephen Barton - Cattle Stealing the Source of Trouble - Tocain of War Continues to Sound - War is Waged Between Whites and Indians - Indian Troubles in Owens River District - Hospital Rock.  

CHAPTER III.

THE EFFECT OF THE CIVIL WAR ON TULARE COUNTY 28
  Southerners Constitute Larger Part of Tulare's Population - Troops Sent to Visalia - Whiskey Pays a Part in the Difficulties - Union Meeting Held - Southern Sympathizers Meet - Killing of Vogle - Killing of Stroble - Rowley Affair - Destruction of Newspaper Plant.

CHAPTER IV.

VISALIA 34
  Impress of the Vise Family on the Little Settlement - Settlers Who followed - Early Newspapers - View of the Town in Early Days - First Fireworks - Gass Works and Electric Plant Established - City Hall Erected - Effect of the Wyllie Local Option Law - Visalia of Today  

CHAPTER V.

TULARE COUNTY'S CITRUS FRUIT 41
  Eastern Slope of the County Almost Continuous Orange Grove - First Oranage Tree Planted in 1860 - Growth of the Industry - County's Fruits Displayed at St. Louis Fair - Tulare County Ranks Fifth in Point of Citrus Production in State - County's Present Acres.  

CHAPTER VI.

THE GENERAL RODEO 46
  Cattle Raising in the Early Days - Act of Legislature of 1851 - White River Incident - Interest in Mining Superseded by Cattle Raising - "No Fence" Law.  

CHAPTER VII.

EXETER AND OTHER TOWNS 42
  Railroad Reaches Exeter in 1888 - Pacific Improvement Company - Exeter's Steady Progress - Monson - Kaweah - North Tule - Pixley - Tipton - Alila - Poplar - Frazier - Woodville - Strathmore - Eshom Valley - Alpaugh - Tagus - Goshen - Paige - Angiola - Yettem - Plano - Three Rivers - Springville - Mineral King - Traver - Hockett Meadows - Redbanks - White River - Giant Forest - Orosi - Naranjo - Monson - Oriole Lodge - Venice - Klink - Waukena - Woodlake - California Hot Springs - Terra Bella - Ducor and Richgrove - Farmersville - Camp Nelson - Camp Badger - Auckland - Kaweah Station.  

CHAPTER VIII.

PORTERVILLE AND OTHER TOWNS 75
  Located on the old immigrant road - J. B. Hockett, a camper of '49 - Town named for Royal Porter Putnam - Cattle raising chief occupation Coming of railroad in 1888 - Porterville becomes a town of the sixth class in 1904 - Schools - Water system - Packing houses - Library - Churches - Banks - Newspapers - Fraternal Lodges - Dinuba - Tulare - Lemon Cove - Sultana - Lindsay.  

CHAPTER IX. - in process

ANECDOTES 88
  Adventures with Indians - Poindexter nuptials - Fiddling from Donkey's back - The McCrory Episode - Morris-Shannon affray - Stapleford-Deputy affair - James M'Kinney's High Life - The Magana Butchery - Miscellaneous Items - Crossing Streams in the '50s - County Scrip and Gold Dust - An Indian Runner - Visalia's First Business Directory - Second Courthouse - Cemeteries - Visalia's Title - Politics - Arrival of the Telegraphy - A Vigorous Protest - A Novel Engine - Flood Times - The Lost Mine - Some Statistics of 1870 - Mankins' Party Arrival - No Fence Law - As Seen by Fremont.  

CHAPTER X.

THE MUSSEL SLOUGH WAR 110
  Early Settlers in the Mussel Slough Country - Land League's Fight With the Railroad  

CHAPTER XI.

THE KAWEAH COLONY 113
  One of hte Greatest Community Enterprises Ever Inaugurated in the United States - Its Chief Promoters  

CHAPTER XII.

THE ABORIGINES 118
  Traditions - Creation Myth of the Yokuts - Diet - Indian Weapons - The Medicine Man - Gathering Salt - Capturing Wild Pigeons - Novel Fishing - Hunting Deer - Charming a Squirrel - Catching Ducks.  

CHAPTER XIII.

NATIONAL PARKS 123
  General Grant Park - Sequoia National Park - Mountain Trails - County Roads During the Late '50s.  

CHAPTER XIV

DEVELOPMENT OF INDUSTRIES 130
  Electric Power - Irrigation - Alta District - Tulare Irrigation District - Artesian and Other Wells - Dairying Industry - Deciduous Fruit - The Watermelon.  

CHAPTER XV.

THE RAILROAD DREAM 144
  Bidding for the Railroad - The Visalia and Tulare Railroad - East Side Railroad - Coming of the Santa Fe - The Visalia Electric - The Porterville North Eastern.  

CHAPTER XVI.

GREAT TRAIN ROBBERIES 148
  First of Five Robberies Occurs at Pixley - The Dalton Gang - The Collis Robbery - The Evans and Sontag Tragedies  

CHAPTER XVII.

CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, POPULATION 154
  The South Methodist - Baptist - Sunday Schools - Presbyterian - Lutheran - Episcopal - Catholic - Methodist - Episcopal - Christian - Training of the Young - Population - Property Values  

CHAPTER XVIII.

TULARE'S OFFICERS 163
  Supervisors - The Judiciary - The Lawmakers - Sheriff - District Attorney - Assessor - Surveyor - Tax Collector - Treasurer - Recorder - Public Administrator - Auditor - Superintendent of Schools - Coroner.  

CHAPTER XIX.

TULARE COUNTY TODAY 167
  The County's Boundaries - Nature of the Soil - Towns and Cities - Orange Groves - Forests.  

CHAPTER XX.

THE ORGANIZATION OF KINGS COUNTY 174
  Creation and Organization of the County - Received Its Name from Kings River - The Division Fight a Feature of the Session of 1892-93 - Area of the County.  

CHAPTER XXI.

LUCERNE VALLEY 178
  Mussel Slough Rechristened Lucerne Valley - The Founding of the Hanford Weekly Sentinel  

CHAPTER XXII.

EARLY COUNTY POLITICS 179
  Political Organization of Kigns County - First Election Called - Parties in Action - Setting Up Housekeeping - No County Building - County Without Funds - First Tax Rate Fixed - County Elections.  

CHAPTER XXIII.

IRRIGATION 192
  Beginning of Irrigation in Kings County - Pioneers in the Venture - Settlers' Ditch - Last Chance - Lakeland Canal and Irrigation Company - Blakely Ditch - Kings Canal and Irrigation Company - Rainfall for Twenty-one Years.  

CHAPTER XXIV.

EXIT AND RETURN OF TULARE LAKE 200
  An Interesting Natural Phenomenon - Original Area of Lake - Swamp and Overflow Land Act - "Lakelanders" - Lake Disappears in 1895 - Water Returns and Grain is Destroyed  

CHAPTER XXV.

RAILROADS 202
  San Joaquin Valley Railroad Company - Its Promoters - Upbuilding Influence of Improved Transportation Facilities.  

CHAPTER XXVI.

DAIRY INDUSTRY 207
  Dairying in County Dates from 1889 - Co-operative Company Formed - Factories Built - Alfalfa-Raising and Cheese-Making - Butter-Making - County Has Five Incorporated Creameries.  

CHAPTER XXVII.

CITY OF HANFORD. 209
  City Laid Out in 1877 - Named After James Hanford - Officers of City From 1891 to 1913 - Hanford of Today - Vanishing of the Saloons - Churches - Schools of Kings County - Free Public Library  

CHAPTER XXVIII.

LEMOORE 219
  Location and Population - Its Founder - Early Settlers - Coming of Railroad - Churches and Public Buildings - Industries  

CHAPTER XXIX.

EVOLUTION OF THE SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY 220
  Address by John G. Covert Upon History of the Valley - First Seen by White Men in 1772 - Mount Diablo - Valley Begins to Attract Attention in 1849 - Cattle Raising First Industry - Wheat Farming Follows - Area of Valley - Oil Fields - Improvement in Railroad Facilities.  
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX

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