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TCHS MEMBERS ARE ACTIVE ALL YEAR LONG! We visit various points near and far which have significant historical interest. The Society's programs cover a wide range of topics related to early Tulare County - and are always entertaining! As a new member, you will receive Tulare County Historical Society's Los Tulares on a quarterly basis, as well as notices of special programs and events.
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GENERAL MEMBERSHIP $20 Annual dues for individual or family membership ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP $25 Annual dues for organizations LIFE MEMBERSHIP $200 One-time payment for individual or family life membership
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When The D.A. Wasn't Sober Historian Annie Mitchell found the following report of the Tulare County Grand Jury for April 16, 1863: We have examined the county jail and hospital. We find the jail in an uncomfortable and unhealthy condition, the bedding dirty, and not sufficient to make prisoners comfortable. We recommend a thorough cleaning of the institution, and that a stove be placed in it for the comfort of the prisoners who suffer from the cold and dampness of the jail. We find the hospital in a very good condition. We regret to call attention of the court to the fact that the district attorney was to a great extent and so much under the influence of spirituous liquor as to be unable to give us legal advice on many points; and if any acts of this body are not in accordance with the law, as laid down by their guidance, it is attributable to the incapacity of the legal advisor. {Signed} Nathan Baker, Foreman Los Tulares #151 [Annie's note: The district attorney in 1863 was S.A. Sheppard. Our pioneers were not people who wasted words, their time, or the truth.]
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C. C. Curtis photograph showing high country packers in a grove of Giant Sequoias 1892. |
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