1957 Map of Springville

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Success Reservoir and the newly completed Success Dam dominate the central landscape of this mid-century survey, illustrating a period of significant hydrological engineering in the Tule River watershed. The city of Porterville serves as the western anchor, showing the developed grid of Poplar Ave and Campbell Ave alongside the Porterville State Hospital. The transition from the agricultural floor of the San Joaquin Valley into the foothills of the Sequoia National Forest is clearly visible, with the Tule River Indian Reservation occupying the rugged southeastern highlands. Local education and transport infrastructure are well-documented, from the Citrus-South Tule Sch to the converging lines of the Southern Pacific Railroad and the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway near the city center.