Charter Oak or Election Tree

Tulare County · 7 miles east of Visalia · location approximate

Under this tree a party commanded by Major James D. Savage on July 10, 1852, conducted an election by which Tulare County was organized. Woodville site of Wood's cabin, the first small town settled by white men in Tulare County and first county seat, was located about one-half mile south of this marker. This general area, the delta of the Kaweah River, was also known as the "Four Creeks County."

1971 register text, presented as a historical document. It uses the period's terms for Native people; the state's landmark listings still carry most of this wording, and the California Office of Historic Preservation maintains the program's current texts.

Many of these plaques have since been recast or their texts revised. The California Historical Landmarks program and its current texts are maintained by the California Office of Historic Preservation. California Office of Historic Preservation ↗

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: State of California, Department of Parks and Recreation, California Historical Landmarks (1971)

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