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21-582: Oval Park is Visalia's oldest neighborhood. The first high school in Visalia was located on what is now the Lincoln Oval Park. Webster Grammar School was located in the West Village on Northwest Third Avenue near Pearl Street. It opened in 1917. In 1950, the building was declared unsafe as a school and was later converted into a maintenance shop and storage building. In 1961, fire damaged

42-427: A dance floor. Recreational facilities at Camp Sequoia centered on the base swimming pool. Nearby were tennis and handball courts, and a softball diamond. Regular dances were conducted at the base service club and in Visalia. Sequoia Field was inactivated on 8 September 1944 with the draw down of AAFTC's pilot training program, and the final cadet class at Sequoia Field graduated on September 30, 1944. With its closure,

63-508: A small bend to the east, running concurrently with SR 201 briefly as Road 128 in the town of Calgro . SR 63 continues through Cutler and Orosi before intersecting CR J19 and traveling west on Avenue 460 for two blocks before continuing north at the city of Orange Cove as Hills Valley Road. After a few curves in the road, SR 63 ends at SR 180 . SR 63 is part of the California Freeway and Expressway System , and south of

84-610: Is Three Rivers Auxiliary Field , 36°27′30″N 118°54′00″W  /  36.45833°N 118.90000°W  / 36.45833; -118.90000 , which was an all-way open field. No remains of it exist. Activated on 4 October 1941, Sequoia Field was assigned to the United States Army Air Forces Western Flying Training Command , 35th Flying Training Wing as a primary (level 1) pilot training airfield. The 8th Flying Training Detachment, Army Primary Flying School

105-530: Is a modern general aviation airport. Much of the former containment area has been converted to the Tulare County Men's Correctional Facility, and many of the World War II buildings are still in use. Two World War II hangars from the military flight training field remain and are in use for general aviation aircraft. The airfield has a modern runway, although aircraft parking is noted to use part of

126-947: The East Village and the West Village . Visalia Fire Department Station 51 serves the area. Visalia Police Department operates the District 1 Police Station at 204 NW 3rd Ave, serving the neighborhood. The United States Post Office Town Center Post Office serves the area. Oval Park is zoned into Visalia Unified School District . Residents are zoned to Houston Avenue Elementary School and Highland Elementary School. Most residents are zoned to Green Acres Middle School or Divisadero Middle School. Residents are zoned to Redwood High School or Mt. Whitney High School . The Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno operates George McCann Memorial School , located at 200 East Race Street. The Visalia Branch Tulare County Public Library serves

147-543: The 12-month period ending January 6, 2010, the airport had 12,000 general aviation aircraft operations, an average of 32 per day. At that time there were 15 aircraft based at this airport: 40% single- engine , 27% multi-engine, 20% helicopter and 13% ultralight . In preparation for the eventual U.S. entry into World War II, the United States Army Air Corps sought to expand the nation's combat air forces by asking civilian flight schools to provide

168-514: The area. California State Route 63 State Route 63 ( SR 63 ) is a north–south state highway in the U.S. state of California in the Central Valley . It begins from near Tulare at Route 137 , runs north through the city of Visalia and the towns of Cutler and Orosi , before ending 8 miles (13 km) north of Orange Cove , where it reaches its northern terminus at Route 180 , roughly 2 and 1/2 miles southwest of

189-641: The facility was declared surplus and turned over to the Army Corps of Engineers on 5 May 1945 and placed on an inactive status. On 23 July 1945, the post, now known as Camp Sequoia, was taken over by the Western Signal Aviation Training Center at Camp Pinedale as a sub-post. It was a replacement for nearby Camp Visalia. The garrison, which moved from Camp Visalia, consisted of Squadron F, 462nd Army Air Forces Base Unit (AAFBU) commanded by Maj. Hugh J. Roberts. Camp Sequoia

210-399: The neighborhood on its most southern part. History proves, however, that there are some general boundaries: Western Boundary: Willis Street Northern Boundary: Houston Avenue Eastern Boundary: Santa Fe Street Southern Boundary: Murray Avenue Oval Park itself consists, in whole or in part, of the neighborhoods of Oval Park (the area immediately surrounding the park), Visalia Heights ,

231-509: The next exit. Following this, SR 63 turns north as a one-way couplet with Locust Street for southbound traffic and Court Street for northbound traffic. SR 63 intersects with CR J32 in downtown Visalia before turning northwest on NW 2nd Avenue and NW 3rd Avenue. North of downtown, NW 2nd Avenue and NW 3rd Avenue merge and become Dinuba Boulevard, and SR 63 continues north out of Visalia. SR 63 continues north as Road 124, intersecting CR J34 and passing by Sequoia Field Airport . The road makes

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252-575: The northern Visalia city limits is part of the National Highway System , a network of highways that are considered essential to the country's economy, defense, and mobility by the Federal Highway Administration . In 1963, portions of SR 63 through Visalia were reconstructed as a one-way pair between Mineral King Avenue and Sweet Avenue. Except where prefixed with a letter, postmiles were measured on

273-399: The primary phase of training for air cadets. Consequently, it contracted with nine civilian flying schools to provide primary flying training, with the graduates being moved on to basic and advanced training at regular military training airfields. The original airfield had 2,300' turf runway. Sequoia Field had possibly up to six auxiliary airfields in the local area. The only one located here

294-553: The road as it was in 1964 , based on the alignment that existed at the time, and do not necessarily reflect current mileage. R reflects a realignment in the route since then, M indicates a second realignment, L refers to an overlap due to a correction or change, and T indicates postmiles classified as temporary ( for a full list of prefixes, see California postmile § Official postmile definitions ). Segments that remain unconstructed or have been relinquished to local control may be omitted. The numbers reset at county lines;

315-556: The school designed and constructed laboratory equipment and prepared lesson plans. Camp Sequoia was evidently closed at the end of World War II, as it does not appear in any Station Lists or Airfield Directories after 1 December 1945. The facility was turned over to civil control in February 1947 through the War Assets Administration (WAA). Several wartime buildings still remain in use. Today, Sequoia Field

336-458: The standard ground school curriculum provided by the Air Corps. The physical facilities of Sequoia Field included administrative buildings and quarters for officers and enlisted men, encircling a central location. A consolidated mess hall, which accommodated 1,000 enlisted men and a limited number of officers, was located nearby. Adjacent to the mess hall was a post exchange, a service club and

357-665: The start and end postmiles in each county are given in the county column. Sequoia Field Airport Sequoia Field Airport ( FAA LID : D86 , formerly Q31 ) is a county-owned, public-use airport located eight nautical miles (15 km) north of the central business district of Visalia , a city in Tulare County , California , United States . Sequoia Field covers an area of 150 acres (61  ha ) at an elevation of 313 feet (95 m) above mean sea level . It has one runway designated 13/31 with an asphalt surface measuring 3,012 by 60 feet (918 x 18 m). For

378-488: The structure beyond repair. The Visalia Police Department Substation now sits on the site. According to the Oval Park Historical Society (OPHS) There are no official boundaries for Visalia's Oval Park neighborhood. It is documented that the western part of Oval Park was separated from its eastern section by the construction of highway 63 . Also, Murray Avenue cut off a large southern section of

399-507: The town of Yokuts Valley . State Route 63 runs concurrent with Route 198 within Visalia. SR 63 begins in the city of Tulare at an intersection with SR 137 . It travels due north as Mooney Boulevard before leaving the Tulare city limits. The highway soon enters Visalia , intersecting CR J30 and passing through to the SR 198 freeway, where SR 63 merges with the freeway heading eastbound until

420-530: Was Commanded by a Major L.D. Dreisbach The Visalia-Dinuba School of Aeronautics conducted basic flying training under contract until inactivated in October 1944. The primary use of Sequoia Field was basic flying training of flight cadets. Ryan-PT22s were the primary trainer used. Several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks were also assigned. The nine weeks of training provided by civilian flying schools included 65 hours of flying instruction in addition to

441-587: Was used for the purpose of providing on-the-job training for fighter control squadron personnel in the use of the AN/CPS-1 Radar. The unit also provided training on the AN/CPS-1 for maintenance and operating crews, assigned to the controllers at Hammer Field . The Electronics School, situated at Camp Wawona until 14 July 1945, was assigned to Camp Sequoia on that date to provide a fundamental theoretical background for radar operations. Personnel assigned to

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