Memorial and Biographical History of the counties of
Fresno, Tulare and Kern, California - Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company, 1892
VISALIA, the county seat of Tulare County,
is a charming little city of 3,000 inhabitants, pleasantly located at an
elevation of 300 feet above level, and in the midst of a magnificent oak
grove so extensive that it is entitled to be called a forest.
The first settlement was made here early
in the "fifties," and the first schoolhouse and newspaper were established
at a time when houses of learning and weekly journals were few and far
between in California.
The town has always been the most
important in Tulare County - and, in fact, in the southern San Joaquin
valley and mountain regions surrounding. The United States land office for
Visalia district is located in this city. The Southern Pacific company also
have here an agency for the sale of their lands in this and adjoining
counties. There are some attractive public buildings, among which are a
splendid courthouse, a fine schoolhouse, which cost $30,000, and the Armory
hall. The city has two engine houses, which are also fitted up for the
meetings of the city council and for the city court.
Handsome private residences are numerous,
many of them being surrounded by green lawns and by a wealth of shrubbery
and flowers. Shade trees of all kinds are numerous, and many of the streets
are lined with them.
Visalia is one of the most beautiful of all
the beautiful towns of the State, a village amid trees, through which runs a
river, and on the banks of this vegetation is semi-tropical; a city of
health and beauty, a village whose streets are thronged with business, and
in the suburbs of this are vine-covered trees, embowered cottage homes, and
homes of greater pretensions and architectural attractions; a village
surrounded by the best and best improved lands of Tulare County.
The valley or plain in which Visalia is
situated is practically level. The foothills of the Sierra Nevada are about
twelve miles distant, but on a clear, cool winter day, seem to be scarcely
more than a mile or two away. The Kaweah river enters the broad plain east
of Visalia, and dividing into four branches, forms a delta, which was known
in earlier days as the "Four Creeks country." The view of the great oak
forest, with its many openings, and of the grand old Sierra, reaching an
altitude of 15,000 feet, never loses its charms.
The soil in the Kaweah delta is as rich as
the best in the State, and produces abundantly. Alfalfa grows luxuriantly,
and vegetables of all kinds yield remarkable returns to the gardener. Two
crops of potatoes are taken from the ground each year, and the total yield
is enormous, while the quality of the product ranks with the best the State
produces. The region was at one time subject to overflow, and the successive
deposits made through a long series of years have formed a soil that is
fertile in the extreme and will not require renewing for many years.
All of the land in the vicinity of Visalia
is abundantly supplied with water for irrigation, or so situated that water
can be furnished to it when needed, from an unfailing supply. The Kaweah
river, from which the several large irrigating canals are diverted, has a
drainage area of 600 square miles. The maximum amount of water discharged
into the valley by this stream, - that is, during the winter season and the
"snow rise" in the spring, - is 6,840 cubic feet per second. The mean rate
of discharge is 627 cubic feet; and the average during the irrigation season
is about 1,800 cubic feet per second, or "second feet," enough to irrigate,
by the wasteful methods employed in the San Joaquin valley, an area of
288,000 acres. The same amount of water, if used as economically as in the
fruit districts of Southern California, would irrigate 500,000 to 700,000
acres. So it will readily be seen that the supply of water for irrigation is
amply sufficient. The means of conducting it to the lands in the vicinity of
Visalia are also ample.
The canals that supply the country about
Visalia were among the first contructed in Tulare County, and, being the
"first appropriators," the waters of the river cannot be so diverted as to
deprive them of the portion to which they are entitled. There is no
litigation over the rights of these canals to the water they carry, and as
the supply is more than sufficient, the owners of land have no occasion to
fear an insufficient quantity in any year. In nearly every case where land
is for sale water rights go with it, thus insuring the permanence of the
amount necessary for irrigation. The land requires very little artificial
application of moisture, owing to the fact that it has been irrigated
regularly for a long term of years. The surface water is encountered at a
depth of only eight to fourteen feet, and fruit trees and vines, after being
once well started, need little or no further irrigation.
Visalia derived its name from Nat. Vise, a
hunter who settled where the town now is in 1852. A store was kept in the
place by Nathan Baker in 1854. A man named Turner carried on a blacksmith
shop about the same time. John P. Majors kept a boarding-house, and there
was one saloon in the place. A corral, or fort, was made by setting timber
in the ground which stood about nine feet high. Inside this enclosure were
several cabins, into which the few citizens could seek shelter in case an
attack was made by Indians, who were sometimes troublesome. Sometimes for
weeks people had to subsist on grain ground in coffee mills. Two grist mills
were erected in 1854, - one by Phil. Wagy, the other by Dr. Mathews and Bro.
Visalia was settled by an excellent class
of pioneers, and she can well boast of her excellent citizens of to-day. The
morals of the city are good, and her citizens are courteous and hospitable.
There are few manufacturing industries as yet to employ labor, but several
are contemplated in the near future. Many laborers who reside in the city
find steady employment during summer in the lumber regions in the mountains
near by. There are a fine flour mill, and a large creamery in operation
here, and a large canning factory will soon be in operation. There is a
railroad from the city to Goshen, on the main line of the Southern Pacific,
seven miles west. Also a motor road, eleven and one-half miles, to Tulare
City, on the Southern Pacific. The latter road was built and is operated by
private capital, the parties residing in Visalia and Tulare city. The
company was organized in 1887. Jasper Harwell is President; J. Goldman,
Vice-President; A. J. Harrell, General Superintendent; and T. H. Thompson,
General Passenger Agent. Cost of construction and equipment, $114,817.
Visalia is an incorporated city. The
council is elected by the people, and they elect from their number a mayor.
All violations of city ordinances are tried before the city recorder who is
ex officio justice of the peace.
The city officers for 1890 were; W. F.
Thomas, Mayor; B. Greenbaum, George Berkenhauer, Mitchell and W. W. Barnes,
Councilmen; A. C. Neill, Recorder; E. A. Gilliam, Marshal; C. J. Giddings,
Treasurer; John T. Brown, Assessor; W. W. Wallace, School Superintendent; N.
O. Bradley, T. W. Pendergrass, and I. T. Bell, School Directors. The council
employ one city watchman.
The beginning of the agitation of some
method of protection from fire was by the Delta of May 19, 1869. On
June 29 of that year the Eureka Fire Company was organized. The first
officers were: Foreman, C. L. Thomas; First Assistant, C. M. Vallee; Second
Assistant, E. Wing; Secretary, W. H. Clarke; Treasurer, J. A. Samstag;
Finance Committee, C. C. Strong, John Beard, and R. H. Shearer. The citizens
subscribed liberally for equipping the company.
The first engine was purchased at
Marysville, where it has been in use, of the Button and Blake make, the best
made at that time. The price paid for engine, cart, and 650 feet of hose,
was$1,000.
The department to-day is equipped with a
Silsby engine, a hook and ladder truck, and two hose reels. The department
is divided into four companies, with proper officers. The engine-house is a
substantial brick structure, constructed especially for convenience, and
rapid maneuvering when the alarm of fire sounded. There is also an electric
fire-alarm system. In fact, with the ample supply of water, and the
conveniences at hand, no large city is better prepared successfully to
battle with fire than is Visalia.
The officers of the department are: Chief
Engineer, Thomas Hall; First Assistant Engineer, Harry Levison; Second
Assistant Engineer, Michael Togni; President, E. M. Jefferds;
Vice-President, I. H. Thomas; Secretary, Fred W. Ward; and Treasurer, Fred
Kern.
The religious denominations are well
represented, - Catholic, Christian, Methodist, South Methodist,
Presbyterian, Cumberland Presbyterian, Episcopal and Baptist.
Of the Methodist Church, South, the
pastors have been: T. A. Adkinson, 1875; F. M. Staton, 1876; S. A. Whipple,
1877; P. F. Page, 1878-'79; M. J. Gough, 1880; P. F. Page, 1881; J. C.
Harris, 1882; J. W. Folsom, 1883-'84; A. R. Reams, 1885-'86; A. P. Few,
1886-'89; and B. F. Burris, 1890.
The Weekly Visalia Delta
was the first paper published in Tulare County, and was first issued October
8, 1859, by John Shannon and C. Kliner. Shannon was the editor, and soon
obtained a good circulation for the paper, and very soon became sole
proprietor. Although a Southerner he hesitated for a time to support
Breckenridge. He got into trouble with one William Gouverneur Morris, then a
citizen of Visalia, which resulted in the killing of Shannon by Morris. For
a short time after his death the paper was edited by L. O. Sterns. The paper
soon passed into the hands of Lawrence and Holmes; L. A. Holmes, editor and
proprietor.
The Post and Sun was started in
1861, and Holmes was its editor. The paper was merged with the Delta
when Holmes became its owner, October 24, 1861. H. G. McLean purchased
an interest in the paper, and the firm name became Holmes & Co.: L. A.
Holmes, editor. September 8, 1862, Holmes died and McLean became editor.
James Lawrence had been filling the editorial chair for some time during the
sickness of Holmes.
The history of the secession sheet started
by Garrison and Hall in 1862, called the Equal Rights Expositor,
which was destroyed by a mob, is given elsewhere. Hall was known the State
over as "Long Primer Hill."
October 15, 1863, H. G. McLean became
editor and proprietor of the Delta. L. W. Ransom became editor in
April, 1864, and also publisher in May following. March 1, 1865, the firm
name was E. R. Ransom & Co., namely, Elijah R. & W. L. Ransom, sons of L. W.
Ransom, who continued as editor. May 1, 1865, H. M. Briggs was admitted as a
member of the firm; in December, 1866, Briggs became sole proprietor, and in
May, 1867, Briggs and Charles W. Bowman. September, 1869, H. M. Briggs was
again sole proprietor, and in February, 1871, E. M. Dewey became proprietor
and editor, and in 1874, sold to the Delta Publishing Company. The firm were
E. M. Dewey, Stephen Harton and Green Majors. In January, 1875, J. A. Ford
became a partner, and in September of that year Dewey and Ford were the
"Co." In October Dewey became sole proprietor. March 8, 1878, George W.
Stewart, present editor, began as local editor of the Delta. March
14, 1879, Walker and Barnes became proprietors of the paper (F. J. Walker
and W. W. Barnes). The latter withdrew from the firm in June, 1883. April,
1884, the firm were Walker & Griswold, and in June, 1884, the paper passed
into the hands of J. O. Blakely. E. H. Wilcomb became an associate owner in
January, 1886, under the name of J. O. Blakely & Co. Prior to this date
George W. Stewart had edited the paper, and at this time became an
interested partner. June 2, 1887, the paper passed into the hands of the
Delta Publishing Company, who were George W. Stewart, Joseph M. Oat, and J.
J. McMillan. January 1, 1888, Mr. Oat sold his interest to Mr. Stewart, who
with Mr. McMillan continues the paper, under the name of the Delta
Publishing Company: George W. Stewart, editor and business manager.
The Delta has a complete file of
papers from the first issue, the oldest paper in the lower San Joaquin
valley.
The Delta office was destroyed by
fire on Friday night, July 31, 1891, and the publishers sustained a loss of
$7,000, partly covered by insurance. Fortunately their valuable files were
saved. The Times extended a cordial invitation to the Delta
to make their office headquarters until new quarters could be secured,
and the Delta was issued from the Times office on regular
time. This is proper fraternity. Ben Maddox has a large heart, and George
Stewart would do likewise under like circumstances.
George W.Stewart was born near Placerville,
California, April 29, 1857; attended public school in El Dorado and Santa
Cruz counties until the fall of 1872, when at the age of fifteen years he
removed with his folks to Tulare County. He wrote for the Delta in
June, 1876. Occasionally he contributed to the San Francisco Bulletin.
Was first connected with the Delta as local editor March 4,
1878, and continued to April 27, 1880. In May of that year he was engaged on
the Mining and Scientific Press in San Francisco as associate
editor. In September, same year, he went to the Hawaiian Islands. In
November was employed as local editor of the Honolulu Hawaiian Annual.
He contributed to a number of publications in Honolulu and elsewhere.
Returning to California in February, 1883,
for several months he was engaged in literary work at home, and occasionally
assisted in the editorial department of the Delta. In 1885 he was
in Arizona several months. Returned to the Delta in October, 1885,
and in the following February became interested in the paper as one of the
firm of J. O. Blakely & Co. June 1, 1887, the offices became the property of
the Delta Publishing Co. (George W. Stewart, Joseph M. Oat and J. J.
McMillan). January 1, 1888, he purchased Mr. Oat's interest, and is still
editor and business manager. From March, 1886, to February, 1888, he was
editor of the San Joaquin Valley Resources, issued monthly by the
Delta Publishing Company. During 1887 the Goshen Herald, a small
weekly, was printed in the Delta office for the publishers, and for
a few months he did the editorial work on that paper.
Mr. Stewart has contributed to more than
forty publications in different parts of the world, - among others,
Harper's Weekly, Frank Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, London Graphic, Current
(Chicago), Overland Monthly, Golden Era, Argonaut, Hawaiian Annual,
etc., and has written a number of volumes on different matters. He has
also written for the Delta regularly since 1876, and has been local
or managing editor a total of about nine years. He was employed by E. M.
Dewey, Walker & Co., Walker & Griswold, F. J. Walker, J. O. Blakely and
Blakely & Wilcomb, before becoming interested in the paper as a publisher.
Mr. J. J. McMillan, joint owner of the
Delta and secretary of Visalia's Board of Trade, is an obliging
gentleman; he has an estimable wife and one child, a son. Mr. McMillan is
an energetic, capable newspaper man, and superintends the press department.
He takes an active interest in all matters tending to advance the interests
of Visalia and Tulare counties. He was born in Selma, Alabama, October,
1865; was reared in Tennessee; entered a printing office at the age of
sixteen years; came to Los Angeles in 1875, and became associate owner of
the Delta in 1887. He was married to Sarah E. Haines, of Los
Angeles, in 1889, a daughter of R. R. Haines, manager of the Postal
Telegraph Company.
Tulare County Times. This paper was established in Visalia in November,
1864, by W. C. Russell, and passed into the hands of R. H. Shearrer and D.
M. Adams in 1868, then a six-column quarto. It was conducted by Matlick and
Butz in 1876, and by Butz Bros. in 1877. The paper was owned and published
by various firms and individuals during its long career, Matlick & Stroke,
E. D. Edwards, A. J. Atwell, Given & Patrick. Patrick sold to the present
proprietor, Ben M. Maddox.
The Times has always been, as it is
now, a wide-awake, newsy paper, and, like the Delta, has been a
prime factor in developing the resources of the county. The two papers are
in opposition politically, but their rivalry is cordial and friendly, and is
adventageous to the proprietors of the papers as well as to their patrons,
as it stimulates each to keep their paper in the fore-front of progress.
They are two of the best inland papers in the State, through the energy of
the proprietors, aided by their able lieutenants. The circulation of each is
kept nearly the same.
Ben M. Maddox, present owner and editor of
the Times, was born in Summerville, Chattooga County, Georgia,
October 18, 1859. His ancestry were from Virginia, and of English origin.
His father is a prominent physician. His brother, John W. Maddox, is Judge
of the Circuit Court at Rome, Georgia. Ben M. Maddox was educated at private
schools in his native county. He had a desire for the printing business at
an early age, and at the age of twelve years engaged as an apprentice in the
office of the first paper published in his native town. This was opposed by
his father, who removed him and put him to studying medicine, which was not
in accord with young Ben's bent of mind. He accordingly left his native
State in 1877, and spent several months in Texas. Thence he went to Arizona,
where he worked several months in the mines. From there he crossed the
mountains into California and first located at Bodie, where he again engaged
in a newspaper office, and soon thereafter engaged with the Mammoth City
Times, Mono County, where he completed his trade as a newspaper man. He
published the Herald at Mariposa from 1882 to 1886. In October,
1886, without solicitation on his part, he was appointed Chief Deputy Clerk
of the State Supreme Court. This position he filled until January 5, 1891.
Anticipating a change in his business, he purchased the Times in
November, 1890. Since he has taken control of the paper it has made
wonderful improvements, and he spares neither time nor money to make the
paper second to none in the State.
Mr. Maddox was married March 15, 1883, at
Mariposa, California, to Miss Evalina Farnsworth, daughter of Calvin
Eldridge and Ann Isabel Farnsworth, and their children are: Morley Moyers,
aged seven years; Hazel Claire, six years; and Ruth Evalina, two years.
W. W. Barnes, local editor of the
Times, is one of the wide-awake newspaper men of the San Joaquin
valley. Born in Kenton County, Ohio, May 31, 1837, and reared in Boone
County, Kentucky, he learned the printing business in the office of the
Commercial, Cincinnati, Ohio. He located in California in 1855, and
first worked for the Oroville Mercury, later at Marysville, and was
with the Sacramento Union when the overland telegraph line was
completed, and set up a portion of the first message sent over that line. He
spent several years with the papers in Stockton, where he was for a time
associated with the Republican, also with the Independent.
He worked on the Visalia Delta in 1859, and later became part
owner of that paper. He is one of the most energetic news-gatherers in the
State. The citizens of Tulare County are fortunate that he has cast his lot
among them. He has served Visalia faithfully as a councilman, and is active
in pushing improvements, conducive to the health and beauty of the city.
Visalia has three solid banking
institutions, and a number of as fine, well-stocked general stores as are to
be found in any inland town in the State. She has also a well organized,
active board of trade, the United States land office, and the office of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company for the sale of their lands.
Below we give the rainfall for the season of
1889 and 1890, which has just closed. It is an interesting record of the
wettest season ever experienced in the history of this State. The figures
are from the carefully-kept daily weather memoranda of L. V. Nanscawen, and
are in hundredths of an inch.
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1889 1890
Oct.
7.......................74 Jan.
3.........................70
17.......................16
4..........................11
20.......................37 10..........................03
21.......................54
12..........................17
23.....................2
11 17..........................33
26.......................16
18..........................33
Nov.18.....................20
21..........................03
19.......................06
1/2 27........................1 64
22.......................13
1/2 Feb. 16........................41
29.......................22
17...........................35
30.......................04
21..........................22
Dec.
1......................27
22..........................08
3.......................05
23..........................02
6.......................23 27..........................04
8.......................21 Mar.
7............................43
11.......................20
8...........................10
12.......................17
18..........................07
13.......................06 19..........................15
14.......................12 26..........................20
15.......................07
30..........................15
16.......................01 Apr.
18..........................17
17.......................12
19..........................08
18.......................09 May
6...........................29
20.......................07
7..........................16
22.......................20
8..........................01
23.......................11
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24.......................70 Total...............14
23
25.......................10
26.......................28
30.......................15
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The average rainfall for the county for
1888 was 9.405 inches;
for 1889, 14.18; and for 1890, 9.87.
Visalia Lodge, No. 128, F. and A. M., was
organized December 19, 1857. Officers: E. F. Storey, W. M.; J. N. Thomas, S.
W.; A. H. Clark, J. W.; N. B. Johnson, Treasurer; and Thomas Baker,
Secretary. There were twenty-two charter members. Present officers: E. H.
Miles, W. M.; F. A. Combs, S. W.; M. A. Calhoun, J. W.; J. E. Denny,
Treasurer; D. A. Anderson, Secretary. Present membership, 100.
Visalia Chapter, No. 44, R. A. M., was
organized February 19, 1871, with the following officers: C. C. Strong, H.
P.; R. C. Broder, K.; B. G. Parker, S.; A. H. Murray, Sr., Treasurer; and M.
Baker, Secretary. Members at first, ten. The following are the present
officers: W. B. Wallace, H. P.; C. Hausch, K.; E. McD. Graham, S.; J. E.
Denny, Treasurer; and D. O. Anderson, Secretary. Present membership,
sixty-two.
Visalia Commandery, No. 26, K. T., was
organized November 24, 1885, with these officers: R. C. Broder, E. C.; J. C.
Ward, G.; Thomas Rockford, C. G.; John Tuohy, P.; J. E. Denny, T.; and J. E.
Denny, R. The number of members at first was fifteen. Present officers: J.
C. Ward, E. C.; A. P. Hall, G.; E. H. Miles, C. G.; John Tuohy, P.; A. H.
Glasscock, T.; and J. E. Denny, R. Present number of members, thirty-eight.
The Order of Chosen Friends was
organized at Visalia June 10, 1881, with twenty-four charter members, and
these officers: Chief Counselor, W. A. Ward; Vice Counselor, J. W. Oaks;
Recorder, Julius Levy; Financier, F. A. Webster; Treasurer, C. Harriott;
Medical Examiner, A. E. Hall; Prelate, R. Chaten; Marshal, J. B. O'Connor;
Warden, A. Balaam; Guard, S. Henderson; and Sentry, E. F. Warren. The
officers for 1891 are: Counselor, S. Mitchell, Vice-Counselor, C. T.
Lindsey; Secretary, Julius Levy; Treasurer, W. E. Wild; Prelate, Tipton
Lindsey; Marshal, Mrs. M. Hunt; Warden, Mrs. R. Sorrels; Guard, J. D.
Patrick; Sentry, Theodore Loventhal; and Medical Examiner, A. E. Hall.
Present membership, 30.
Four Creek Lodge, No. 94, I. O. O. F., was
instituted at Visalia December 19, 1859, by Grand Master L. L. Alexander,
assisted by Julius Levy. The charter members were: John B. Hackett, John
Thomas, John Shannon, L. O. Preston, and Levi Lamb. The first officers were:
H. A. McLane, N. G.; John Thomas, V. G.; John Shannon, Sec.; M. Baker,
Treas.; A. Kline, Warden; J. P. Dennison, Conductor; Levi Lamb, I. G.; J. B.
Hackett, R. S. to N. G.; I. S. Clapp, L. S. to N. G.; L. O. Preston, R.
S. S.; John Haupe, L. S. S.; Levi Mitchell, R. S. to V. G.; and Henry Rex,
L. S. to V. G. The present officers are: J. C. Williams, N. G.; D. L.
Clatfelter, V. G.;Julius Levy, Sec.; S. Mitchell, Treas.; George T. Wing,
Warden; C. Togni, C.; E. O. Larkins, R. S. to N. G.; Geo. Berkenhauer, L. S.
to V. G.; W. B. Wallace, R. S. S.; F. M. Nell, L. S. S. Present membership,
ninety-three.
Visalia Lodge, No. 79, A. O. U. W.,
organized February 4, 1879, with forty-eight charter members. Present
membership, 104; Present officers: J. J. McMillan, P. M. W.; R. E. Johnston,
M. W.; S. A. Crookshanks, Foreman; Harry G. Stuart, Overseer; A. R. Orr,
Recorder; E. M. Jeffords, Financier; C. J. Giddings, Receiver; R. P. Grant,
Guide; J. D. Patrick, Inside Watchman; Frank Duran, Outside Watchman.
General George Wright Post, No. 111, G. A.
R., was mustered in May 12, 1886, by Theodore Loventhal, Mustering Officer.
First number of members, thirty; and first officers: Jacob L. L. Asay,
Commander; James O. Blakely, Junior Vice-Commander; Claude J. Giddings,
Adjutant; John Edwards, Quartermaster; Wm. H. Harris, Surgeon; W. G.
Pennebaker, Chaplain; Augustus Weishar, Commander; D. M. Adams, Senior Vice
Commander; D. P. Shippey, Chaplain; L. T. Holland, Surgeon; C. J. Giddings,
Adjutant; A. T. Griffin, Officer of the Day; Fred. Spies, Officer of the
Guard.
There is also a strong, active W. R. C. in
working with this post.
Visalia is the headquarters of Company E,
Sixth Infantry, California National Guards, who were mustered into service
December 9, 1887. Captain, V. Nanscawen; 1st Lieutenant, Mathew J. Byrnes;
2nd Lieutenant, George W. Stewart. The present officers are: Captain, Mathew
J. Byrnes, 1st Lieutenant, George W. Stewart; and 2nd Lieutenant, Charles S.
Richardson.
Visalia Parlor, No. 19, N. S. G. W., was
first instituted in September, 1883. The first officers were: P. P., F. T.
Kimball; P., George W. Stewart; 1st V. P., E. M. Jefferds; 2nd V. P., F. A.
Warner; 3rd V. P., C. A. Spier; Rec. Sec., A. Crowley; Fin. Sec., S.
Mitchell; Treasurer, C. L. Johnson; Marshal, H. Levinson; Trustees, W. H.
Hammond, J. W. Baker, and P. M. Narboe. Present Officers: P. P., M. J.
Pascoe; P., Frank T. Kimball; 1st V. P., W. D. Wilcox; 2nd V. P., F. M.
Pease; 3rd V. P., J. O. Thomas; Sec., S. Mitchell; Inside Sentinel, M. E.
Power; Outside Sentinel, A. L. Harris; Treasurer, E. M. Jefferds; Marshal,
S. Levy; Surgeon, Dr. T. J. Patterson; Trustees: Geo. W. Stewart, Chas T.
Lindsey, and Harry Levinson.
There are several other social and
fraternal societies, of which we could not procure data.
TULARE COUNTY LEGAL RIGHTS
At Visalia - J. W. Freeman (deceased),
Wm. G. Morris (deceased), Wm. Stafford (moved away), S. A. Sheppard (moved
away), S. C. Brown, A. J. Atwell (deceased), _________ Forsythe, George S.
Palmer, N. O. Bradley, Alfred Daggett, D. M. Adams, A. W. Grey (now
superior judge), C. G. Lamberson, O. Sanders, E. O. Larkins, Tipton Lindsey,
J. H. Hannah, ______ Farnsworth, T. M. McNamara (moved away), W. D. Grady
(moved away), Judges Campbell and Sayle (moved away), F. L. B. Goodwin
(moved away), and M. E. Power.
At Tulare City - W. H. Alfred, E. L. Casper,
Frank Taylor, Davis & Allen, and J. F. Boller.
At Lemoore - Justin Jacobs.
At Porterville - Wilson Witt and Robert Redd.
At Hanford - D. L. Phillips, R. Irwin, Porter
Mitchell, and R. Abbott.
The names of lawyers mentioned have all at
some period resided in the county and practiced their profession. Judge S.
C. Brown, the first to locate at Visalia, still resides there. Judge
Campbell is one of the superior judges in Fresno, where Judge Sayle and W.
D. Grady reside. Judge Gray is one of the present superior judges. Several
have died; others have moved away. Many of the dead, as also the living,
have filled prominent judicial as well as political positions, which have
been mentioned elsewhere. Visalia and Tulare County may well be proud of her
part in furnishing prominent public men.
The names are given of a number of
physicians who have resided and practiced medicine in Visalia and the
county. They were given by an old citizen of the county; if any are ommitted
it was from lack of memory.
At Visalia - W. A. Russell, Roberts,
Baker, Peak, J. E. Ben and Mehring, all deceased; P. Thompson, D. Ray, W. S.
Henrahan and S. G. George, moved away; and A. E. Hall, L. J. King, T. J.
Patterson, L. T. Holland, T. W. Pendergrass, H. E. Bernard, F. A. Combs and
S. S. Grey, now practicing here.
At Porterville - S. G. George and W. S.
Henrahan.
Tulare County has furnished her share of
those who have cared for the sick. Many have passed away, while others
reside here still and are equal to any in the country.