A community that became DUCOR in 1885!
DUTCH CORNERS
This sign was errected in 1980 next to what was the Mitchell & Richardson General Store for many years.
The photo below the sign displays the building as the "DUTCH FRONTIER RESTAURANT";
formerly owned by Winston G Galusha.
The photo below the sign displays the building as the "DUTCH FRONTIER RESTAURANT";
formerly owned by Winston G Galusha.
The North side of the buildingis on Ave. 56.
When the building housed the Mitchell & Richards General Store and Post office,
It was also facing the railroad tracks of the Sourthern Pacific Railroad.
It was also facing the railroad tracks of the Sourthern Pacific Railroad.
DUTCH CORNERS
(DUCOR)
IN 1885 FOUR GERMAN HOMESTEADERS "CHRIS JOOS, BEN SPUHLER, FRED SCHMIDT, GOTLET UTLEY,
SUNK A COMMON WATER WELL WHERE THE CORNERS OF THEIR LAND MET.
THIS JUNCTION BECAME DUTCH CORNERS.
IN 1888 THE EAST SIDE LINE OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD WAS BUILT
AND THE NAME WAS CONSIDERED DUCOR.
SHADE BRALY, JOHN DENNIS, CHARLES TIBBENS, RICHARD SHOUP AND J.W. RIGHTER FORMED THE DUCOR LAND CO. IN 1909, STIMULATING COMMUNITY LIFE AND TOWNSITE DEVELOPMENT.
ERECTED
BY DOCTOR SAMUEL GREGG GEORGE CHAPTER 1855 E CLAMPUS VITUS
OCTOBER 6, 1980
(DUCOR)
IN 1885 FOUR GERMAN HOMESTEADERS "CHRIS JOOS, BEN SPUHLER, FRED SCHMIDT, GOTLET UTLEY,
SUNK A COMMON WATER WELL WHERE THE CORNERS OF THEIR LAND MET.
THIS JUNCTION BECAME DUTCH CORNERS.
IN 1888 THE EAST SIDE LINE OF THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD WAS BUILT
AND THE NAME WAS CONSIDERED DUCOR.
SHADE BRALY, JOHN DENNIS, CHARLES TIBBENS, RICHARD SHOUP AND J.W. RIGHTER FORMED THE DUCOR LAND CO. IN 1909, STIMULATING COMMUNITY LIFE AND TOWNSITE DEVELOPMENT.
ERECTED
BY DOCTOR SAMUEL GREGG GEORGE CHAPTER 1855 E CLAMPUS VITUS
OCTOBER 6, 1980
Ducor is located in southeast Tulare County along State Route 65 twelve miles south of Porterville near the junction of the old Santa Fe Railroad (Minkler Division) and Stockton and Tulare Division of the Southern Pacific Railroad.
First the community was called Dutch Corners, a name used by four German families who settled there in the mid-1880s. They dug a common well at the corner of their adjoining properties. The townsite was initially laid out by the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was listed in the 1888 Southern Pacific timetable as El Granado.
The name Ducor was established in 1907 when a post office was opened in the General Store. This was in response to a real estate boom which quickly populated the town. DUCOR came from the words "Dutch Corners" by taking the "Du" from Dutch and the "Cor" from Corners.
In 1909 the Ducor Land Company bought what is now the town site of Ducor. Two churches, a bank, depot, livery stable, saloon, meat market, feed store, a two-story wooden schoolhouse, and a jail were built, along with a lovely hotel to accommodate visitors on their way to and from California Hot Springs, as well as people who came on real estate excursions. A busy community grew and today Ducor is surrounded by large grain farms, cattle ranches, citrus orchards and vineyards.
Beginning as a lifelong dream in 1963, George Galusha purchased the former Mitchell & Richardson General Store, which earlier was known as the Ducor Mercantile Co. and Post Office. George and his son, Winston "Buddy," restored and remodeled the condemned building, opening on September 1, 1965, as the Dutch Frontier Restaurant. Family owned and operated by the Galusha family throughout the years, Buddy had skillfully blended the historic past and the modern future in this unique and elegant restaurant.
First the community was called Dutch Corners, a name used by four German families who settled there in the mid-1880s. They dug a common well at the corner of their adjoining properties. The townsite was initially laid out by the Southern Pacific Railroad. It was listed in the 1888 Southern Pacific timetable as El Granado.
The name Ducor was established in 1907 when a post office was opened in the General Store. This was in response to a real estate boom which quickly populated the town. DUCOR came from the words "Dutch Corners" by taking the "Du" from Dutch and the "Cor" from Corners.
In 1909 the Ducor Land Company bought what is now the town site of Ducor. Two churches, a bank, depot, livery stable, saloon, meat market, feed store, a two-story wooden schoolhouse, and a jail were built, along with a lovely hotel to accommodate visitors on their way to and from California Hot Springs, as well as people who came on real estate excursions. A busy community grew and today Ducor is surrounded by large grain farms, cattle ranches, citrus orchards and vineyards.
Beginning as a lifelong dream in 1963, George Galusha purchased the former Mitchell & Richardson General Store, which earlier was known as the Ducor Mercantile Co. and Post Office. George and his son, Winston "Buddy," restored and remodeled the condemned building, opening on September 1, 1965, as the Dutch Frontier Restaurant. Family owned and operated by the Galusha family throughout the years, Buddy had skillfully blended the historic past and the modern future in this unique and elegant restaurant.
Above words are combined from the Dutch Frontier Restaurant Website and genealogy book pages.
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This entrance to the restaurant, is on Carlisle Road.
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