Visalia Live Cam

History

The land that is now Visalia was long inhabited by the Yokuts people, who lived in villages along rivers and creeks in the San Joaquin Valley. They practiced seasonally mobile subsistence patterns, fishing and gathering acorns, seeds, and small game. Water courses such as the Kaweah and Tule Rivers provided essential resources, and their knowledge of seasonal flood cycles informed settlement locations and food storage strategies. European contact began indirectly with Spanish explorers and missionaries traversing California in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, though no permanent mission was established at Visalia’s precise location.