Things to do in
Visalia

The deciduous forests and wetland areas of the southern San Joaquin Valley had seen few white settlers until the early 1850s, when Nathaniel Vise of Kentucky and a handful of other hearty pioneers settled in what was then called the Four Creeks Area. By 1858, Visalia had begun to establish itself as a strong agricultural community, was named the seat of Tulare County, and served as a stopping point on the storied St. Louis-to-San Francisco stagecoach route. Jumping ahead some 100 years,...