Guidebook
NO. 473 TULE RIVER STAGE STATION - Here Peter Goodhue operated an emigrant trail stopping place on the bank of the Tule River from 1854 until the river changed its course in 1862. This became a Butterfield Overland and mail stage station, 1858-61. It was kept in 1860 by R. Porter Putnam, who in 1864 founded Porterville.
Location
North Park 105 W Henderson Ave Porterville, California (Main Street and West Henderson Avenue)
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CHL #473 - Tule River Stage Station Marker
![CHL #473 - Tule River Stage Station Marker](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1423294083/hak4oqcj6qqvbuqgnndr.jpg)
CHL #473 - Tule River Stage Station Marker
![NO. 473 TULE RIVER STAGE STATION State Plaque](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1423294103/p7oadeexmblodjdrbxkk.jpg)
NO. 473 TULE RIVER STAGE STATION State Plaque
![CHL #473 Tule River Stage Station "Salute to the Farmer" by Kenneth Fox](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1423294074/g4y04pfqe1jcibtixlec.jpg)
CHL #473 Tule River Stage Station "Salute to the Farmer" by Kenneth Fox
![CHL #473 Tule River Stage Station "Salute to the Farmer Statue" by Kenneth Fox](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1423293987/rhrumb4wq48ffwi0xynp.jpg)
CHL #473 Tule River Stage Station "Salute to the Farmer Statue" by Kenneth Fox