Charter Oak or Election Tree

The oak still stands beside the road, and next to it are the Historical Society's stone of 2011 and the 1949 boulder, its state bronze gone. The new stone hedges to a nearby tree. James Savage, who had led the Mariposa Battalion, ran the election here on July 10, 1852 that organized Tulare County. Five weeks later he was dead, shot at a Kings River trading post by Walter Harvey, the county judge just elected, after Savage had denounced Harvey's part in an attack on a Choinumni village. The stone's Woodsville is the register's Woodville.

What the plaque says

Tulare County Election Tree Under a nearby tree a party commanded by Major James D. Savage, on July 10, 1852, conducted an election by which Tulare County was organized. Woodsville, 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 Creek Country." Original plaque placed by California Centennial's Commission Base furnished by Tulare County Historical Society Dedicated July 10, 1949 New monument placed by Tulare County Historical Society Dedicated February 5, 2011

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Butterfield Stage Route — 12 mi
• Tulare Assembly Center — 14 mi
• Kaweah Post Office, Kaweah Colony — 16 mi
• Tule River Stage Station — 21 mi