Visalia Facts
This theatre, found on the bustling Main Street of the city of Visalia, has been home to numerous local performers, and some bigger names like composer Marvin Hamlisch, since its restoration in the year 1999.
What is the Visalia Fox Theatre?
The invention of basketball, the creation of the Wrigley chewing gum company, and the founding of the Tulare County Public Law Library, all occurred in this year.
What is 1891?
This city, home to the professional basketball team the Kings, serves as the capitol of the state of California.
What is Sacramento?
If you were to count the basement floor, the Visalia courthouse that you are in has this total number of floors.
What is 4 floors?
Plants can make their own food by using this process, which involves using light energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into glucose and oxygen.
What is Photosynthesis?
Since the year of its founding, the city of Visalia has enjoyed steady growth, leading to its current population of this size.
What is 144,998 people (150,000 people)
While seemingly few, having this number of conference rooms in the library has proved to be quite useful to the public when privacy or a space to speak freely is needed.
What is 2?
This apex predators, known for its' large size, distinctive hump between its' shoulders, and powerful build, serves as the California state animal, and is proudly displayed on the state flag.
What is a California Grizzly Bear? (grizzly bear, bear, brown bear, etc..)
The Tulare County Superior Court has two satellite locations, one which resides in the city of Dinuba, and one that resides in this city.
What is Porterville?
Not only is this substance stunning to behold and highly sought after, but this substance also holds the title for the hardest naturally occurring substance on all of planet earth.
What is diamond?
The election of US President Franklin Pierce, the publishing of Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin, and the founding of the city of Visalia, all occurred in this year.
What is 1852?
When the laptop available for use by the public is included, the law library has this number of computers available for public use.
What is 5? (4 desktops and a laptop)
Sometimes referred to as Tinseltown, this California city boasts a population of over 3.8 million people, making it the most populated city in the state of California, and the second most populated city in the United States.
What is Los Angeles?
This type of natural disaster, common to the state of California, caused the destruction of the original courthouse site located on Court St. in the city of Visalia.
What is an earthquake?
This person once exclaimed "That's one small step for man, One giant leap for mankind" After taking his first step onto the surface of the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
If one were to include the Military Academy La Sierra, and the Visalia Technical Early College, Visalia's List of high schools in the city would be this number.
What is 7? (El Diamante, Golden West, La Sierra, Mt. Whitney, Redwood, VTEC, University Prep High School)
The law library computers have this type of paid subscription service available to the public.
What are Legal Databases? (i.e. Westlaw, Lexis, CEB)
This former actor, also commonly referred to as "The Governator", served as the governor of California from 2003 to 2011.
Who is Arnold Schwarzenegger?
The Tulare County Superior Court Seal has this California state motto emblazoned on its front.
What is Eureka?
Pangaea was a supercontinent that was believed to have existed millions of years ago and encompassed all of the earth's continents, before continental drift occurred, leaving earth with this total number of continents that we are familiar with today.
What is 7 continents?
This mountain, holding the title of highest point in the Contiguous United states and often referred to as Fisherman's Peak by locals in the area, shares its name with what Visalia high school?
What is Mt. Whitney?
Law Library staff are bound by law to refrain from taking this action to help patrons.
What is give legal advice?
This California desert, known for its blistering heat and ominous name, boasts the lowest point below sea level in all of the continental United States.
What is Death Valley?
The Tulare County Courthouse location in Visalia is commonly referred to as "the Visalia Courthouse", however this title serves as the location's actual name.
What is County Civic Center?
Recent updates in the space frontier have resulted in confusion surrounding the fact that our solar system contains this number of full planets.
What is 8 planets? (Pluto not included anymore)