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
it land.The allensworth district school hosts a single school serving grades K through 8.Students and their teachers are welcomed to a memorable learning experience where California history becomes a “story well told” through video.
Allensworth: A Piece of the World is part of the award-winning California Legacy series.In the spring of 1909, eight
families arrived at the new colony of Allensworth, north of Bakersfield, California, to begin the life that Colonel Allensworth had envisioned for them. Lots of them were sold for $100 to
$400, depending on their proximity to the railroad. Rural lots were $110 an acre, and this included $10 to two water companies who were to ensure development of this precious resource. One of the first investors was Oscar Overr of Topeka, Kansas, who had also served in the military during the Spanish-American War. He bought 12 acres, blacks in the military, about life in the colony as a genteel retirement. Through speeches and newspaper articles he told about the dream of having a home (classic, beautiful, self-sustaining), on the main line of the Santa Fe Railway, within easy reach of San
Francisco and Los Angeles. One could raise their own vegetables, pick their own fruit.
Allensworth professed, “Here one is not overshadowed by white men and women in such overwhelming numbers that we see no beauty in ourselves. It is here that we can see ourselves as we are...” However, when the “pioneers” arrived, the reality of the climate and the landscape was very different than what they were used to in Kansas or the Old South. And, how would the people in the little white towns in the Central Valley react toward them?
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
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