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History

of

Tulare and Kings Counties,

 California

WITH

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

OF

The leading men and women of the County, who have been identified with its growth and development from

the early days to thepresent.

History By

Eugene L. Menefee and Fred A. Dodge

ILLUSTRATED

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY

LOS ANGLES CALIFORNIA

1913

890 pages on 1 CD

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INDEX

Chapter I. Introductory to history of Tulare County
Chapter II. Indian War of '56
Chapter III. The effect of the Civil War on Tulare County
Chapter IV. Visalia
Chapter V. Tulare County's citrus fruit
Chapter VI. The general rodeo
Chapter VII. Exeter and other towns
Chapter VIII. Porterville and other towns
Chapter IX. Anecdotes
Chapter X. The Mussel Slough War
Chapter XI. The Kaweah Colony
Chapter XII. The Aborigines
Chapter XIII. National parks
Chapter XIV. Development of industries
Chapter XV. The railroad dream
Chapter XVI. Great train robberies
Chapter XVII. Churches, schools, population
Chapter XVIII. Tulare's officers
Chapter XIX. Tulare County today
Chapter XX. The organization of Kings County
Chapter XXI. Lucerne Valley
Chapter XXII. Early county politics
Chapter XXIII. Irrigation
Chapter XXIV. Exit and return of Tulare Lake
Chapter XXV. Railroads
Chapter XXVI. Dairy industry
Chapter XXVII. The city of Hanford
Chapter XXVIII. Lemoore
Chapter XXIX. Evolution of the San Joaquin Valley

BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES

Abbott, Adams, Agnew, Ainsworth, Akin, Alford, Allen, Antrim, Arnett, Ashley, Askin, Atwell, Aulman, Baca, Bacon, Bagby, Bairstow, Baker, Balaam, Ballou, Bardsley, Barnett, Barney, Bartlett, Barton, Bass, Bassett, Batchelder, Baumann, Baxley, Belz, Bequette, Bergen, Bernstein, Berry, Bertch, Best, Bezera, Biddle, Blain, Blair, Blakeley, Blamquist, Blaswick, Bliss, Blossom, Blowers, Bloyd, Bondson, Booker, Boone, Borgman, Bowker, Bozeman, Braly, Brazill, Brewer, Bridges, Brooks, Brothers, Brown, Bruce, Buckbee, Budd, Burgamaster, Burke, Burnham, Burr, Burrel, Burrell, Burton, Bush, Byron, Campbell, Cann, Carle, Carlisle, Carter, Cartmill, Chance, Charles, Chatten, Church, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Clement, Clemente, Click, Coats, Cochran, Cody, Collins, Colpien, Comfort, Conkey, Cooke, Coolidge, Cooper, Cosper, Courtney, Crabtree, Cramer, Crane, Crawshaw, Creath, Crook, Cutler, Daly, Danner, Davenport, Davidson, Davis, Dean, Deardorff, Decker, De La Grange, DeMasters, Denny, DeWitt, Dibble, Dineley, Dingley, Dockstader, Dodge, Donager, Donahue, Doyle, Dreisbach, Drennen, Dungan, Dunlap, Eccles, Eklof, Elliott, Elster, Erlanger, Esrey, Estes, Evans, Ewing, Farmer, Fenwick, Ferguson, Fickle, Ficklin, Fincher, Findley, Fine, Finn, Fisher, Fitzsimons, Follett, Fontana, Foster, Fowler, Frans, Freeman, Fry, Fudge, Fulmer, Furman, Gallaher, Gamble, Garcia, Garr, Gavotto, Giannini, Gibbons, Gibson, Gill, Gilligan, Glasgow, Glover, Goble, Gordon, Gough, Grabow, Graham, Gray, Gregory, Gribi, Griffin, Griffith, Griswold, Guiberson, Gurnee, Halford, Hall, Hamilton, Hamlin, Hannah, Hansen, Harris, Hart, Harvey, Hastings, Hauschildt, Hawley, Hayes, Hays, Headrick, Henley, Herrin, Heusel, Hickman, Hicks, Higdon, Hight, Hill, Hine, Hockett, Holley, Homen, Homer, Horsman, Hoskins, Houston, Howard, Howe, Howes, Howeth, Hubbs, Huffaker, Hunsaker, Huntley, Hyde, Jacob, Jacobs, Jameson, Jasper, Jenanyan, Johnson, Jordan, Joyner, Kaehler, Kanawyer, Kellenberg, Kelly, Kelsey, Kenney, Kimball, Kincaid, King, Kinkade, Kitchel, Klindera, Kneeland, Knierr, Knight, Knox, Knutson, Kyle, Lafever, LaMarche, LaMarsna, Laney, Lathrop, Leach, Leavens, Lee, Leebon, Lemos, Leoni, Lewis, Ley, Light, LIndsey, Lorendo, Loucks, Lovelace, Luce, Lynch, McAdam, McCarthy, McClure, McCord, McCracken, McFarland, McLaughlin, McLean, Macfarlane, Machado, Maddox, Majors, Mardis, Marshall, Mathewson, May, Mayer, Mayes, Melidonian, Michaelis, Miller, Millinghausen, Mills, Mitchell, Montgomery, Moore, Moorehead, Morgan, Murphy, Murray, Navarre, Newman, Noble, Null, Oakes, Ogden, Ogilvie, Osborn, Overall, Parker, Parrish, parsons, Peacock, Perry, Peterson, Phariss, Phelps, Phillips, Platt, Poe, Pollock, Powell, Powers, Prestidge, Price, Putnam, Ragle, Raisch, Ramsey, Raney, Ratliff, Rea, Reed, Rehoefer, Reinhart, Renaud, Rhodes, Rice, Richardson, Rivers, Robertson, Robinson, Robison, Rock, Roes, Ross, Rosson, Rourke, Russell, Sage, Sahroian, Salladay, Scher, Schimmel, Schueller, Sciarone, Scoggins, Scott, Sears, Sellers, Setliff, Shannon, Sharp, Shippey, Shoemaker, Shreve, Sickles, Sigler, Silveira, Singleton, Slocum, Smith, Stayton, Steuben, Steves, Stokes, Storzback, Stubbelfield, Sturgeon, Swall, Swan, Sweeney, Taylor, Teague, Thayer, Thomas, Thomson, Tomer, Tompkins, Townsend, Tozer, Traeger, Traut, Trewhitt, Turner, Tyler, Twaddle, Unger, Vail, Vaughan, Vaughn, Waddell, Walker, Ward, Warner, Warren, Webb, Weddle, Wegman, Weigle, Wells, Wendling, West, Wheeler, Whitaker, White, Whittington, Williams, Wilson, Wirht, Wood, Woodard, Woods, Wookey, Work, Wray, Wright, Young, Zumwalt