Landmarks Continued

Ina Stiner Home Placed 1/18/1976 LT #109	Former home site of Ina Stiner, Porterville's foremost historian. The plaque is placed in the sidewalk of the Ina Stiner home on "E" Street, Porterville.
Porterville Flour Mill Placed 4/25/1976 LT #110	From 1868-1912 flour gristmills operated on this site, which were very important to the area. Using an extension of a ditch from the Monache Reservation to provide water power - dug by Indian labor in 1863, and water taken from the Tule River five miles upstream - the first mill was built by John Fleck and Henry Clarke, to grind grain produced in the surrounding area and provide food for the community. The marker is located at East Putnam Avenue (between Plano Street and Leggett Drive).
Jordan Trail Placed 4/17/1977 LT #113, #114	When gold was discovered in the Coso Range on the east side of Owens Valley, there was a need of a short route to the supply town of Visalia. John Jordan, who had settled in the lower Yokohl Valley in 1861, petitioned the Tulare County Board of Supervisors for the right to build a toll trail across the Sierra. The marker is at the side of the Yokohl Road, near the intersection with Highway 198. Rocky Hill Inc. granted an easement for placing the monument.
Pogue Hotel Placed 5/8/1977 LT #114	The hotel/home was built in 1879 by J.W.C. Pogue and his partners. The Pogues came to the Lime Kiln area in 1865 and planted the first citrus in the foothill district. It is the first house in the Lemon Cove townsite laid out by J.W.C. Pogue in 1894.
George S. Berry Placed 3/12/1978 LT #118	The George Stockton Berry marker is placed on the grounds of the Lindsay High School. Berry was among the first to plant oranges and olives in the Lindsay area and had a vineyard. He was a member of the Assembly in 1888 and was elected to the State Senate in 1890. Berry was also a member of the Lindsay School Board in the 1890s.
Hog Wallow Preserve Placed 4/22/1979 LT #123	Located at Avenue 314 and Road 220 in Exeter, this plaque was donated by Carol Buckman and her father, Phillip E. Buckman MD. The rough, mounded land is typical of what much of the Tulare County prairie along the base of the Sierra looked like before farming began.
Fort Visalia Placed 2/21/1981 LT #130	On Garden, between School and Oak Streets in Visalia, this is the site where pioneer settlers first built a log stockade and lived during the fall and winter of 1852-1853.
Woodville School Placed 4/24/1981 LT #132	The marker is placed at the Woodville Memorial Building and commemorates the centennial of the district.
Klink Station Placed 10/25/1986 LT #154	The marker is placed near the fire station in Ivanhoe and is dedicated to the founding of present day Ivanhoe.
Artesian Well, Pixley Placed 3/12/1989 LT #163	Marks the artesian well at Artesia, south of Waukena (now in Kings County). By 1885, there were 250 artesian wells in the county, all of which helped develop the semi-arid west side for agriculture.
Wilcox Family Monument Placed 3/4/1990 LT #167	Overlooking Lake Success in Porterville, this marker is dedicated to the early pioneers of Tulare County east of Porterville.
Allen I. Russell Tree Placed 6/23/1991 LT #173	This dedication grew from the many campers at Balch Park and the people who knew of Allen I. Russell's hard work in improving Balch Park during his assignment there from 1961-1990.
Liberty Elementary School Placed 11/1/1992 LT #178	The marker commemorates the 125th anniversary of the school's founding and is located at Mooney Boulevard and Liberty Road in Visalia.
Cairns Corner Placed 2003 LT #47	Located on southeast corner where Tulare Lindsay Hwy. 137 meets Hwy. 65. Marks the site of the first commercial planting of olive trees in Tulare County by John Jolly (JJ) Cairns in 1894. Cairns was a pioneer of the Lindsay olive industry. Marker placed by TCHS and State of California Department of Transportation.
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