First Tule River Indian Reservation

The bronze says this site proved unsatisfactory. What happened is that Thomas Madden, an employee of the Tejon Reservation, took title to most of its land through a state school-land program, a fraud a Treasury inquiry reported in 1858 and let stand, then rented the farm back to the government while Koyeti Yokuts and other people worked it. Settlers wanted the ground. In 1873 an executive order moved the reservation into the mountains, land its own agent called unfit to farm, and soldiers moved the people who protested. The Tule River Tribe holds it today.

What the plaque says

Tule River Indian Reservation A reservation was originally established in 1857. Indians from a widespread area were brought here. The natives of this vicinity were the Koyeti tribe toward the west and the Yaudanchi tribe toward the east. Both were branches of the Yokuts Indians that occupied the San Joaquin Valley. This location not proving satisfactory, the Tule River Indian Reservation was moved to its present location, ten miles south-east, in 1873. Marker placed by California Centennials Commission. Base furnished by Tulare County Historical Society Dedicated October 16, 1949

Where it stands

More markers nearby

• Tule River Stage Station — 3.3 mi
• Fountain Springs — 12 mi
• Butterfield Stage Route — 13 mi
• Tailholt — 18 mi