Allensworth is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California. Established by Allen Allensworth in 1908, the town was the first in California to be founded, financed, and governed by African
Allensworth's restored buildings now occupy Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park.
The town was named for and in part established by Col. Allen Allensworth, a chaplain of the United States Army who escaped slavery during the Civil War.
Tulare Lake or Tache Lake is an ephemeral freshwater lake in the southern San Joaquin Valley, within the Central Valley region of the U.S. state of California. Historically, Tulare Lake was once the l
Allensworth, California
…as a census-designated place (CDP). Allensworth sits at an elevation of 213 feet (65 m), the same elevation as the huge and historically important Tulare Lake shore when it was full. The community is located in the ZIP Code 93219 and in the area code 661. On June 30, 1908, clergyman Colonel Allen Allensworth…
Schoenoplectus acutus at the Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Tule reeds between 39 and 118 inches (1 and 3 m) in height covered the Tulare Lake archipelago.
Cowboys on the north side of the Tulare Lake, 1884
Dr. Mountford[who?] shown after a duck hunt on Tulare Lake, 1916
Part of the revenant Tulare Lake near Alpaugh