One mob, under the leadership of Captain Foster DeMasters, failed to dislodge a numerically-superior Native encampment while wearing ineffective makeshift body armor consisting of cotton-padded jackets. Reinforcements were obtained from Keyesville and the resulting force, now under the leadership of Sheriff W. Poindexter, were similarly repulsed. After falling back, the mob then proceeded to wage a scorched-earth campaign by destroying Native American supply caches.
News of these engagements spread throughout California, exaggerating the degree of menace and misrepresenting its causes.
Finally, in May , army soldiers under the command of LaRhett Livingston assaulted the encampment and succeeded in driving off its defenders. The war's duration was approximately six weeks. In retrospect, George Stewart wrote "Thus ended the Tule river war of ; a war that might have been prevented had there been an honest desire on the part of the white settlers to do so, and one that brought little glory to those who participated therein.
The responsibility cannot now be fixed where it properly belongs. Possibly the Indians were to blame. Certainly the whites were not blameless, and it is too seldom, indeed, that they have been in the many struggles with the aboriginal inhabitants of this continent. It was not and if the Indians had been armed with guns instead of bows and a few pistols they would have run the white men out of the valley.
According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of Porterville is located on the Tule River at the base of the western foothills of the Sierra Nevada and eastern most section of California's Central Valley. In the foothills above Porterville is the man-made Lake Success. Porterville, lying along the foothills of the Sierras at an elevation of feet, is located on State Highway 65, miles north of Los Angeles, miles east of the Pacific Coast.
The City has a strategic central location to major markets and a ready access to major transportation routes. Porterville is subject to earthquakes and aftershocks due to its proximity to the Pacific Ring of Fire.
The geologic instability produces numerous fault lines both above and below ground, which altogether cause approximately 10, earthquakes every year. One of the major fault lines is the San Andreas Fault.
A few major earthquakes have hit the Porterville area like the Kern County Earthquake of and the Bakersfield Earthquake of causing serious aftershocks and earthquakes in the area. All but a few quakes are of low intensity and are not felt. The San Joaquin Valley and metropolitan areas are also at risk from blind thrust earthquakes. Porterville, CA, gets almost 13 inches of rain per year.
The US average is Snowfall is 0. The average US city gets 25 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is On average, there are sunny days per year in Porterville, CA.
The July high is around The January low is The comfort index, which is based on humidity during the hot months, is a 54 out of , where higher is more comfortable. The US average on the comfort index is Owing to geography, heavy reliance on automobiles , and agriculture , Porterville suffers from air pollution in the form of smog.
The Porterville area and the rest of the San Joaquin Valley are susceptible to atmospheric inversion, which holds in the exhausts from road vehicles, airplanes, locomotives , agriculture , manufacturing, and other sources.
Unlike other cities that rely on rain to clear smog, Porterville gets only Issues of air quality in Porterville and other major cities led to the passage of early national environmental legislation, including the Clean Air Act.
More recently, the state of California has led the nation in working to limit pollution by mandating low emission vehicles. Smog levels are only high during summers because it is dry and warm. In the winter, storms help to clear the smog and it is not as much of a problem. Smog should continue to drop in the coming years due to aggressive steps to reduce it, electric and hybrid cars, and other pollution-reducing measures taken. Number of grocery stores : Tulare County : 2.
California : 2. Number of supercenters and club stores : 3 Tulare County : 0. California : 0. Number of convenience stores no gas : 32 This county : 0. Number of convenience stores with gas : 89 Here : 2. State : 1. Number of full-service restaurants : This county : 5.
State : 7. Adult diabetes rate : Tulare County : 7. Adult obesity rate : This county : Low-income preschool obesity rate : Tulare County : Healthy diet rate : Porterville: Average overall health of teeth and gums : This city: Average BMI : Porterville: People feeling badly about themselves : Here: People not drinking alcohol at all : Porterville: Average hours sleeping at night : Porterville: 6.
Overweight people : Here: General health condition : This city: Average condition of hearing : Porterville: Here: 3. Tulare County: 0.
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