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A look back: The unfortunate turn-of-the-century murder of Lemoore's Lemuel Metts

The ringing in of a new century on January 1, 1900 was an exciting time for the community of Lemoore. Just 23 years earlier, Lemoore was officially named when the railroad plotted a new community along its western spur from Goshen. In 1877, the few businesses grouped along what was to become Lemoore Avenue and Bush Street quickly purchased lots near the railroad tracks and reestablished their enterprises to the north.  In no time the business district and the population doubled in size. Keep reading...