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Near midnight on Oct. 8, 1858, at this place, Visalians greeted with an anvil salute the first coach of the pioneer line to arrive from St. Louis. Their hearty welcome caused the only through passenger to remark, "They ought to be remembered in the history of the town, so I hereby immortalize them."
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Visalia, California · United States
