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	Cattle Raising in the Early Days - Act of Legislature of 1851 - White River Incident - Interest in Mining Superseded by Cattle Raising - "No Fence" Law.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