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Chamber of Commerce, A Few Facts about Tulare County, California: St. John's River (Visalia, California: Version, 1959): 57.
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Edwards Small, Early History of Tulare County California, Floods and Droughts: Floods in 1906, (Exeter, California: 2001): 150.
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Colorful History of Tulare County, Long Rifles and Sharp Dealers, (Fresno, California: 1976): 29
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1009:Johnsondale
966:communities
934:West Goshen
894:Terra Bella
869:Springville
864:Silver City
669:Cedar Slope
664:Camp Nelson
649:Allensworth
604:Porterville
559:County seat
358:Tulare Lake
339:Kings River
323:Tulare Lake
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167:119°13′23″W
1150:Categories
1024:Rocky Hill
919:Tooleville
874:Strathmore
754:Lemon Cove
694:East Orosi
439:2017-09-27
405:References
312:Lemon Cove
308:California
243:36°25′05″N
226:California
164:36°20′12″N
147:California
102:California
944:Woodville
914:Tonyville
844:Richgrove
839:Poso Park
824:Ponderosa
819:Plainview
809:Pine Flat
804:Pierpoint
729:Hypericum
714:El Rancho
689:Earlimart
984:Auckland
939:Wilsonia
899:Teviston
759:Lindcove
734:Idlewild
724:Hartland
619:Woodlake
383:See also
143:Woodlake
83:Location
1057:Dogtown
979:Angiola
974:Advance
929:Waukena
889:Sultana
859:Seville
774:Matheny
744:Jovista
739:Ivanhoe
654:Alpaugh
614:Visalia
599:Lindsay
566:Visalia
377:Visalia
364:History
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302:in the
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88:Country
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1082:Indian
1014:Kaweah
1004:Calgro
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989:Badger
954:Yettem
924:Traver
909:Tipton
814:Pixley
784:Monson
769:London
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674:Cutler
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589:Exeter
584:Dinuba
576:Cities
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281:Length
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108:County
1101:Other
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834:Posey
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