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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28UO_porterville-area-vietnam-memorial-a-war-memorial_Porterville-CA.html
We Did All That Was Asked CPL Stephen E. Austin 21 USMC CPL Roy V. Berry 20 USMC CWO Rudy Bijl 30 USA SP4 Phillip W. Bridges 23 USA CMDR Rodney B. Carter 40 USN PFC Dennis F. Ellis 20 USMC SSGT Donald T. Erickson 32 USA PFC Timothy D. Ewin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28T5_welcome-to-the-tule-river-indian-reservation_Porterville-CA.html
Home of the Tule River Yokuts, founded in 1873 by Executive Order of President Ulysses Grant. Totaling 56,396 acres, elevation range from 900 to 7,500 feet. The reservation is governed by the Tule River Tribal Council consisting of nine elected t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28QZ_time-marches-on_Porterville-CA.html
Frank "Buck Shaffer was a man of music, integrity, inspiration, patriotism and discipline. Buck came to Porterville in 1953 to take a position as the Porterville High School band director. Thousands of young people have had the opportunity to lear…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ05_el-cojo_Porterville-CA.html
While trapping in the Rocky Mountains in 1827 Thomas L. Smith was shot in the lower left leg by Indians. Escaping he took his knife and cut off the useless part, surviving this, he carved a peg of oak, strapped it on and was thereafter called, "Pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ03_old-stage-road_Porterville-CA.html
Running north and south, following an older Indian Trail is the route taken by many Spanish expeditions, American trappers, traders and parties of exploration. It was the major inland route of gold seekers to the northern and southern Mines and wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ00_fountain-springs_Porterville-CA.html
One and one-half miles northwest of this point the settlement of Fountain Springs was established before 1855. It was at the junction of the Stockton-Los Angeles Road and the road to the Kern River gold mines. From 1858 to 1861, Fountain Springs w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8KD_tule-river-indian-reservation_Porterville-CA.html
A reservation was originally established in 1857. Indians from a widespread area were brought here. The natives of this vicinity were the Kuyeti Tribe toward the west and the Yaudanchi Tribe toward the east. Both were branches of the Yokuts Indian…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM6QI_tule-river-stage-station_Porterville-CA.html
Here Peter Goodhue operated am emigrant trail stopping place on the banks of the Tule River from 1854 to until the river changed its course in 1862. This became a Butterfield Overland Mail Stage Station, 1858-61. It was kept in 1860 by R. Porter P…
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