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Allensworth is an unincorporated community in Tulare County, California. [2] Established by Allen Allensworth in 1908, the town was the first in California to be founded, financed, and governed by African-Americans.
Two rare 19th-century railroad boxcars, which are believed to have been the residence of the station agent at Allensworth, have been restored by the California State Railroad Museum and are displayed at Colonel Allensworth State Historic Park. California State Parks contracted with the nonprofit museum in mid-2002 to conserve and restore the ...
Dennis Hutson has a 60-acre farm in Allensworth. The Friends of Allensworth and California State Parks celebrated the history of Allensworth with self-guided tours, food, poetry, music and dance.
In the early 1900s, Allensworth, California was a shining example of Black prosperity — before a series of policies led to its decline. Now, believers and advocates are taking on the task of ...
Born into slavery in Louisville, Kentucky in 1842, [a] Allensworth was the youngest of thirteen children of Phyllis (c. 1782 – 1878) and Levi Allensworth. [4] Over the years, their family was scattered: his sister Lila escaped with her intended husband to Canada via the Underground Railroad; and the older boys William, George, Frank, Levi and Major were sold downriver to plantations in the ...
The agricultural town of Allensworth, which has a history of periodic flooding, is among those currently at risk from the impending snowmelt. Founded in 1908, Allensworth was California's first ...
Allensworth Ecological Reserve is a park in Tulare County, California.. The reserve is 5,100 acres and contains valley saltbush scrub and valley sink scrub habitats.The animals at the park include ground squirrels and coast horned lizards, while the plants at the park include iodine bush, goldenbush, Atriplex, and San Joaquin saltbush.
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