History · Visalia
A history of Visalia,
since 1874
Postcards, papers and photographs of Visalia from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
1874established
6old images & papers
0recent photos
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗The area around Visalia was first settled by the Yokuts and Mono Native American tribes hundreds of years ago. When the first Europeans arrived is unknown, but the first to make a written record of the area was Pedro Fages in 1722.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items below1874Established
1862Camp BabbittCommons
1890s4 items · "Gratton Dalton Again Free"Commons
c. 1900A traction engine hauling sugar beets, Visalia,…Commons
1910–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Finish Visalia’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCamp Babbitt, 1862: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Visalia
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By decade
Visalia, decade by decade
1860s1 item
1890s4 items
1910s–
1990s
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
📷 Add from your albumThen & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Camp Babbitt (1862) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.