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The Town of Three Rivers
All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2011 - 2012.| Three Rivers is the gateway to Sequoia National Park. Many of the motels and lodges in Three Rivers are less than a mile from the Ash Mountain Entrance. |
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The town was named for the three forks, North, Middle, and South, of the Kaweah River that
merge near the town. The first white settler in the this area of about 2000 native people arrived in
1856. Other homesteaders settled the area in the 1860s. The discovery of silver in 1872 brought
more people and roads. An application for a Post Office was filed in 1879 with Three Rivers as
the town's name. The Kaweah Colony was established in 1886 bringing more attention to the area.
It was in part to protect the Sequoia trees from the Kaweah Colony timber mills that Sequoia
National Park was established and this signaled the end of the Kaweah Colony. Sequoia National
Park and Mineral King brought many tourists, ironically, many entered Sequoia on roads built by
the Kaweah Colony for removing timber. Mount Whitney Power and Electric Company began
building a flume in September 1898 leading to Kaweah No. 1 and delivered electric power to
Visalia, further than ever before. Kaweah Powerhouse No. 2 and No. 3 were added in 1905 and
1913. Despite this electrical accomplishment, Three Rivers didn't have access to that electricity
until 1926. State Highway 198 was completed in 1923 and Generals Highway in 1926 providing
improved access to Three Rivers and Sequoia National Park. Terminus Dam forming Lake
Kaweah was built in 1972 as a result of a devastating flood in 1955. The heart of town runs along several miles of Highway 198 which leads to the National Park. Highway 198 is lined with motels and lodges, shops, restaurants, with residential areas just a few feet beyond. | |
Buckeye Tree Lodge, highly recommended, where this author once made reservations but had to cancel. The following year the lodge had imposed a three night minimum and the author had to stay elsewhere for the two night trip.
 I think this cow building was in a junk yard. Maybe you can buy it. |
 Folk art on the road to Kaweah Post Office. |
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| Three Rivers Historical Society. Open daily 9:00 am - 5:00 pm. | |
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| Mother deer and two almost-grown babies. | |
Gazebo at Western Holiday Lodge. Behind is a dike and then the Kaweah River.
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Kaweah Power generator. See article above.
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 Kaweah River downriver from Three Rivers. |
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| Saint Clair Catholic Church in Three Rivers. | |
 Saint Clair |
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