1950 Map of Sausalito School

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Deer Creek meanders through the heart of this agricultural landscape in Tulare County, defining the drainage patterns of a region dominated by surveyed section lines and irrigation potential. The local community is anchored by rural education centers like Sausalito Sch and Zion Sch, which reflect the early 20th-century settlement pattern of the San Joaquin Valley. This 1950 edition, based on a 1929 survey by A.B. Searle, captures the essential infrastructure that drove the area's development, including the Southern Pacific railroad corridor and the Edison Transmission Line. The grid of township and range lines, such as R. 25 E. and R. 26 E., underscores the orderly division of land for large-scale cultivation. Topographic contours are exceptionally sparse, with a five-foot interval illustrating the remarkable flatness of the valley floor before mid-century modernizations altered the local water table.