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What's New on the Website

 
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March 3, 2022

Published the Pear Lake Ski Hut page, including the article Pear Lake Ski Hut,
AKA Pear Lake Winter Hut, Pear Lake Ranger Station
by Louise Jackson


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June 3, 2021

Published the Barton-Lackey Cabin page, including the article Barton-Lackey Cabin:  AKA Barton Cattle Camp, Lackey Cattle Camp by Laurie Schwaller


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April 18, 2021

Published the Generals Highway Stone Bridges page, including the article Treasures Beneath Your Wheels by Laurie Schwaller


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March 27, 2021

Published the Tulare County Museum page, including the article A Stroll Through History by Amy L. King-Sunderson


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December 10, 2020

Published the Smithsonian Institution Shelter page, including the article Science and Shelter at the Summit by Laurie Schwaller


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November 11, 2020

Published the Shorty Lovelace Historic District page, including the article Recognizing Tulare County's Last True Mountain Man by Laurie Schwaller

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June 29, 2020

Published the 19th video, Discovering Foothill Treasures (Pogue Hotel/Lemon Cove Women's Club, Lake Kaweah, Kaweah Post Office) by John Greening,


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June 5, 2020

Published the Tharp's Log page, including the article Tharp's Log -- The One-Log Cabin of the "Discoverer" of the Giant Forest by Laurie Schwaller


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May 29, 2020

Published the Redwood Meadow Ranger Station bonus page, including the article Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks Trail Crews  by Laurie Schwaller



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May 29, 2020

Published the Redwood Meadow Ranger Station page, including the article The Story of Redwood Meadow Ranger Station by Laurie Schwaller and William C. Tweed


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May 17, 2020

Published the Hockett Meadow Ranger Station bonus page, including the article Backcountry Wilderness Rangers in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks by Laurie Schwaller

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May 17, 2020

Published the Hockett Meadow Ranger Station page, including the article The Hockett Trail, Meadow, and Ranger Station - Enduring Southern Sierra Legacies by Laurie Schwaller



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May 16, 2020

Published the Quinn Ranger Station bonus page, including the article What's in a Name?  Harry Quinn, the Early Sheep Industry, & the National Parks by Laurie Schwaller

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May 16, 2020

Published the Quinn Ranger Station page, including the article The Story of Quinn Ranger Station, aka Quinn Patrol Cabin, aka Quinn Snow Survey Cabin, aka Quinn's Horse Camp by Laurie Schwaller

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November 22, 2019

Published the Tailholt/White River page, including the article Tailholt -- the Road to White River by Louise Jackson


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June 21, 2019

Published the Cutler Park page, including the article Cutler Park --  Big Oaks and on the River by Laurie Schwaller


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December 11, 2018

Published the Ledbetter Park page, including the article Ledbetter Park -- Historic Hub of Cutler-Orosi by Laurie Schwaller

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October 24, 2018

Completed and posted the 18th video, Discover the Treasures of Tulare County, a brief overview.

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October 17, 2018

Published the Pixley Park page, including the article Pixley Park: Serving the Southwest County and Travelers from Near and Far by Laurie Schwaller

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August 28, 2018

Published the Bartlett Park page, including the article Bartlett: the Park That Moved
by Laurie Schwaller


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August 28, 2018

Published the Bartlett Park Bonus page, including the article The Lasting Legacy of William Pitt Bartlett, Benefactor of Tulare County by Laurie Schwaller



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July 27, 2018

Published the Porterville Main and Visalia Town Center Post Offices page, including the article A Tale of two Post Offices:  the Porterville Main and the Visalia Town Center POs
by Laurie Schwaller


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July 27, 2018

Published the Sequoia Legacy Tree at the Visalia Town Center Post Office page, including the article  A GIANT GROWING IN OUR MIDST! -- The Sequoia Legacy Tree at the Visalia Town Center Post Office by Laurie Schwaller


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October 30, 2017

Published the Springville Historical Museum page, including the article The Springville Historical Museum: A Dream That Wouldn't Die by Louise Jackson

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June 26, 2017

Published our 17th video, The Story of The First Congregational Church of Porterville,
told by Joe Faure




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May 24, 2017

Published the Tulare Union High School Auditorium page, including the article Tulare Union High School Auditorium by John Greening


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April 12, 2017

Published The First Congregational Church of Porterville page, including the article First Congregational Church of Porterville -- an important feature in the city’s life for over 125 years by Shirley Kirkpatrick


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​March 15, 2017

​Published our 16th video, ​The Story of the Herbert Wetland Prairie Preserve, told by Rob Hansen


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February 15, 2017

Published The Bank of Italy Building page, including the article The Story of the Bank of Italy Building by Paul Hurley



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February 14, 2017

Published our 15th video, The Story of Lewis Hill Preserve, told by Cole and Priscilla Hawkins


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December 29, 2016

Published our 14th video, The Story of the Preservation of the Mineral King Community, told by Edward "Jock" Peterson and Marilyn Weldon

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November 22, 2016

Published our 13th video, The Story of Walt Disney & Mineral King, told by Bob Hicks

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September 20, 2016


Published the Blue Oak Ranch Preserve page, including the article The Story of the Blue Oak Ranch Preserve by Laurie Schwaller with John Greening and Skip May


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July 8, 2016

Published the Ash Mountain Entrance Sign page, including the article The Story of the Ash Mountain Entrance Sign by Laurie Schwaller


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June 2, 2016

Published the Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park page, including the article The Story of Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park:  Allensworth - the town that refuses to die!  by Nancy Bruce


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May 24, 2016


Published our 12th video, the Dry Creek Preserve, told by Hilary Dustin

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May 13, 2016

Published the Pogue Hotel/Lemon Cove Women's Club page, including the article The Story of The Pogue Hotel/Lemon Cove Women's Club by Laurie Schwaller

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April 19, 2016

Published the Wilsonia page, including the article The Story of Wilsonia, The Life and Times of a Mountain Town by Louise Jackson

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March 14, 2016


​Published the Tulare Historical Museum page, including the article The Story of Tulare Historical Museum by John Greening.

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February 12, 2016


Published the Lewis Hill Preserve page, including the article The Story of Lewis Hill Preserve by Paul Hurley.


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December 9, 2015


Published the combined Carnegie Libraries page (Orosi-Cutler Branch Library and the Exeter Senior Center/Carnegie Community Building), including the two-part article The Story of the Exeter and Orosi Carnegie Libraries by Shirley Kirkpatrick.

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November 12, 2015


Published the Homer Ranch Preserve page, including the article The Story of the Homer Ranch Preserve by John Greening.

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October 14, 2015


Published the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge page, including the article The Story of the Pixley National Wildlife Refuge by Nancy Bruce.

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August 12, 2015


Published the Dinuba Southern Pacific (SP) Depot Museum page, including the article The Story of the Dinuba Southern Pacific Depot Museum by Laurie Schwaller.


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July 14, 2015

Published our 11th video, on the Giant Forest.

June 13. 2015


Published the Giant Forest page, including the article The Story of the Giant Forest of Sequoia National Park by William Tweed.


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April 24, 2015


Published the Zalud House page, including the article The Story of Zalud House Museum by John Greening.



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April 15, 2015

Published our 10th video, on the Buck Rock Fire Lookout.


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March 4, 2015

Published the Lake Kaweah page including the article The Story of Lake Kaweah by Paul Hurley.

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February 2, 2015

Published Rob Hansen's article The Mysterious Life of Vernal Pools as an addendum to The Herbert Wetland Prairie Preserve, including short audio and video clips.  Also added a short video clip to the end of Some Birds of the Herbert Preserve.

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January 20, 2015


Published Rob Hansen's article Some Birds of the Herbert Preserve as an addendum to The Herbert Wetland Prairie Preserve page

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December 16, 2014

Published the Golden Trout Wilderness page including the article The Story of the Golden Trout Wilderness by William Tweed

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November 26, 2014


Published the new Interactive Maps section (by L. Laile DiSilvestro) of the Maps & Tours pages.

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November 11, 2014


Published the Native American Conservation page including the article The Story of Prehistoric Native American Conservation in Tulare County by Louise Jackson.

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November 1, 2014


Published the Whitaker's Forest page including the article The Story of Whitaker's Forest by John Greening.

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October 6, 2014

Posted the link to the Mineral King Web Cam on the Mineral King page at the bottom of the Directions.

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July 7, 2014

Published the
Herbert Wetland Prairie Preserve page including the article The Story of the James K. Herbert Wetland Prairie Preserve by L. Laile Di Silvestro

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July 5, 2014

Published the Dry Creek Preserve page including the article The Story of Dry Creek Preserve by Paul Hurley

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June 9, 2014

Published the Grant Grove page including the article The Story of General Grant Grove by William Tweed

May 18, 2014

Published A Trip to the Great Canyon of the Kings by Laurie Schwaller including information about Susan Thew and Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, as an addendum to the Kings Canyon National Park page.

May 15, 2014

Published the Kings Canyon National Park page including the article The Story of Kings Canyon National Park by William Tweed.


May 13, 2014

Published the Giant Sequoia National Monument page including the article The Story of the Giant Sequoia National Monument by William Tweed.




March 11, 2014

Published the Tule River Parkway page including the article The Story of the Tule River Parkway by Nancy Bruce, and the ninth video: The Story of  the Tule River Parkway told by Cathy Capone
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March 11, 2014

Published the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District page including the article:  The Story of the Kaweah Delta Water Conservation District by Terry Stafford
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McKay Point
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