Colonel Allensworth: A Piece Of The World
It was a town founded in 1908, from African Americans could own property, learn, thrive, and live the American Dream. It was named by Lt. Colonel Allen Allensworth . Nowadays it designated Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park, the community which is located in the ZIP Code 93219. There are seven continents namely terrain and environment,
Georgraphy,Demographics,Education,Government,References and External
Links. Allensworth marks the eastern high-water shoreline of Tulare lake.It issupported one of the largest Indian populations on the continent, herds of elk, millions of water fowl, as well as a commercial fishery and ferry service.According to the United states census bureau,the CDP covers an area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km 2 ), all of …show more content…
Allensworth: A Piece of the World is part of the award-winning California Legacy series.In the spring of 1909, eight …show more content…
The challenges were considerable, but Colonel Allensworth was right, they did control their own destinies, building your own, founding your own, running your own. By January 1911, the town had taken shape with 80 residents and several businesses—a post office, grocery store and cafe, general store, hotel, drayage business, cattle business, dairy business (hence the phrase, “Life in that butter dish”.)
Allensworth became a school district, and in 1914 a judicial district with Oscar children, and a particular caring for each other. The colonists at Allensworth staked their future on an abundance of water. At first there were four artesian wells, where water gushed
24 hours a day with no pumps. There was plenty of water. But the Colonel knew that as the population grew, an adequate water supply needed to be planned. Thus, the
Allensworth City Water Company and the Allensworth Rural Water Company were formed. Also needed for a successful agricultural society was fertile soil. However, alfalfa needed lots of water, and just two years after Allensworth was founded the wells
sold them at a profit, and then purchased more land and a herd of cattle. Colonel
Allensworth shared his time between his new residence at the new colony
Georgraphy,Demographics,Education,Government,References and External
Links. Allensworth marks the eastern high-water shoreline of Tulare lake.It issupported one of the largest Indian populations on the continent, herds of elk, millions of water fowl, as well as a commercial fishery and ferry service.According to the United states census bureau,the CDP covers an area of 3.1 square miles (8.0 km 2 ), all of …show more content…
Allensworth: A Piece of the World is part of the award-winning California Legacy series.In the spring of 1909, eight …show more content…
The challenges were considerable, but Colonel Allensworth was right, they did control their own destinies, building your own, founding your own, running your own. By January 1911, the town had taken shape with 80 residents and several businesses—a post office, grocery store and cafe, general store, hotel, drayage business, cattle business, dairy business (hence the phrase, “Life in that butter dish”.)
Allensworth became a school district, and in 1914 a judicial district with Oscar children, and a particular caring for each other. The colonists at Allensworth staked their future on an abundance of water. At first there were four artesian wells, where water gushed
24 hours a day with no pumps. There was plenty of water. But the Colonel knew that as the population grew, an adequate water supply needed to be planned. Thus, the
Allensworth City Water Company and the Allensworth Rural Water Company were formed. Also needed for a successful agricultural society was fertile soil. However, alfalfa needed lots of water, and just two years after Allensworth was founded the wells
sold them at a profit, and then purchased more land and a herd of cattle. Colonel
Allensworth shared his time between his new residence at the new colony