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The original masthead for Los Tulares was designed by Harold Schutt and Frank Selover of the Mt. Whitney Press in Lindsay, California. In September 1998 a new masthead was created by Julia Smith, design and illustration for the Golden Anniversary issue. |
For sixty years, there were only four people filling the job as Los
Tulares editor. Beginning in 1948 Harold Schutt, TCHS President
at the time, meticulously edited the bulletin for almost 37 years. Then Joseph E. Doctor (Tulare County's own "country journalist") became editor in 1985. He held the title until his death in 1995. Annie R. Mitchell then served as Honorary Chairman of the Publications Committee until her passing in August 2000. Editor Maureen Anderson delivered Los Tulares to TCHS members for eleven years, 1997-2008. Starting in 2009, Sharon Doughty and Lari Ommen have become co-editors. Los Tulares is a standard reference for historians throughout California, with complete files in the Tulare County Library. A comprehensive updated index by Joseph Vicenti was completed in 2010.
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Share your story or photos! We would like to balance each issue of Los Tulares with articles about all parts of Tulare County. Various areas have their own interesting history and should be recorded in these pages. Your written recollections or photographs of Tulare County are welcome for publication consideration. Send to: Los Tulares, Tulare County Historical Society, P.O. Box 295; Visalia, CA 93279 |
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Origin of Name "Los Tulares" Several names were suggested for our Historical Bulletin but the one chosen seems to have the most significance. Los Tulares is one of the old place names of California. When the Spanish settlers along the coast explored the interior valley, they encountered great swamps filled with tules. They applied the name "Valle de los tulares" or simply "los tulares." Even after the American occupation, the upper or southern part of the San Joaquin was known as Tulare Valley. Los Tulares will appear quarterly, usually as a four page bulletin. We shall attempt to have a good proportion of original writing but shall reprint material that is rare, and through the kindness of our local newspapers will use clippings that otherwise have only limited circulation in our county. As funds permit we shall illustrate our stories. We solicit suggestions from our readers. By Harold Schutt (First Editor); Los Tulares #13, December 1952
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Los
Tulares, originated by Harold Schutt in 1948, is the quarterly
bulletin published by the Tulare County Historical Society. Several
names were suggested, but the one chosen has the most significance.
Los Tulares is one of the old place names of California. When
the Spanish settlers along the coast explored the interior valley,
they encountered great swamps filled with tules. They applied the
name "Valle de los tulares," or simply "los tulares." Even after the
American occupation, the upper or southern part of the San Joaquin
was known as Tulare Valley.