#0388 First Tule River Indian Reservation

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#0388 First Tule River Indian Reservation

Site information:

Alta Vista School, 2293 E Crabtree Ave, Porterville

As the plaque says, this was the original location of the reservation.  The reservation was forcibly moved in 1873, and still exists today.  Nothing historic remains of this original site, as far as I know.

36.058439,-118.965942

Plaque information:

State plaque located on school grounds. Visible from road, but may be inaccessible.

Plaque text:

Tule River Indian Reservation

A reservation was originally established in 1857. Indians from a widespread area were brought here. The natives of this vicinity were the Kuyeti Tribe toward the west and the Yaudanchi Tribe toward the east. Both were branches of the Yokuts Indians that occupied the San Joaquin Valley.
This location, not proving satisfactory, Tule River Indian Reservation was moved to its present location ten miles south-east in 1873.

Marker placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by Tulare County Historical Society, October 16, 1949.

Registered 8/19/1947

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