Dec 21 2016 - 12:04pm
Chapter 15 from “A Lonesome Place to Live”
A couple of different stories have been told over the years to explain how and when Lemoore got its name. The name Tailholt for the town was mentioned by Hiram Clawson in a newspaper reminiscence, but that name had already been applied to a mining town in eastern Tulare County. Rosina Byron wrote that La Tache was the name of the village building up at what would become 18th and Bush. Moore may have tried to call it that too when he first arrived. But the name couldn’t have lasted more than a few months. We found what appears to be the true story about how Lemoore got its name in paperwork submitted to the U. S. Postmaster and discovered recently in Washington D. C. by Bill Black. It is a story that has not been told until now. Keep reading...