When the first settlers arrived in what is now Visalia in the fall of 1852; they found a lush river delta in the midst of an oak forest at the base of the Sierra Nevada. The soil was fertile; just right for farming; enabling Visalia to take root as the oldest town in the southern San Joaquin Valley. For the next 163 years; the town provided important products and services; like David Walker�s Saddle Shop that became home to the famous Visalia Stock Saddle and Ben Maddox�s Mount Whitney Power Company that harnessed water from the Kaweah River for electricity. Now with a population of almost 130;000; the county seat of Tulare County continues to be surrounded by some of the most productive farmland in the world and is a vibrant business center.
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