Ruminer's Produce
Edward and Billie Ruminer started Ruminer's Produce in 1957. At 927 W. Inyo Ave., Tulare, CA, it was there that on their first day of...
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Linda Ruminer
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Lawler Millinery Shop
Tulare's women flocked to the famous and stylish millinery shops owned and operated by Mrs. Olive Lawler (Oli). Her first shop was in the...
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Ellen Gorelick
- Jul 14, 2021
- 2 min
Smith College
In 1885, the Town of Tulare became the first institution of higher learning in the Southern and Central San Joaquin Valley. Tulare's...
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Linda Ruminer
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Southern Pacific Railroad
Had it not been for the Southern Pacific Railroad, there might never have been a Tulare. The Tulare area was mostly a barren stretch of...
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- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Rankin Field
If you asked a Tularean of 1939 if their city would soon become one of the busiest training grounds for the nation's pilots, a skeptical...
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Derryl Dumermuth
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
The Pavilion
Long before the Tulare Union High School Auditorium (recently renamed the Community Auditorium), the Tulare Theater, the Veterans...
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Ellen Gorelick
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Central School
In 1872, the Southern Pacific Railroad extended its tracks to the south, and the Town of Tulare began to thrive. The following year, the...
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Derryl Dumermuth
- Nov 6, 2020
- 7 min
Early Churches of Tulare
CONGREGATIONAL Tulare was only one year old in 1873 and boasted only 25 citizens when the town's first church, the Congregational, was...
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Derryl Dumermuth
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Library Hall
The oldest surviving public building in Tulare was built in 1882, at 88 West Tulare Avenue, by the Southern Pacific Railroad as a...
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Derryl Dumermuth
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Tulare Streets
A student can find a valuable resource for learning Tulare's unique history in the town's early newspapers' files. Our favorite city was...
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Ellen Gorelick
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Tulare Hotels
In 1922, the Hotel Tulare doors opened to the public with Charles L. Kennedy, secretary of the Tulare Board of Trade, as the first...
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Ellen Gorelick
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Tulare Lake
When the Yokuts Indian Nation Inhabited the great San Joaquin Valley, scholars purported Tulare Lake to be the largest freshwater lake...
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Linda Ruminer
- Nov 6, 2020
- 4 min
Tulare Theatre
More than 1,500 persons walked, drove, or were chauffeured to the heart of Tulare for the gala grand opening of the New Tulare Theater,...
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Terry Brazil
- Nov 6, 2020
- 2 min
Tagus Ranch
When you think of Tagus Ranch, do you think of it as part of Visalia? No! One thinks of the historic Tagus Ranch as Tulare. Ask Tulare...
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