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LAKE THAT DISAPPEARED
Tulare Lake, once second largest fresh water lake in United States as late as early 1880s, is history
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Photo courtesy Tulare Lake Basin Alliance An irrigation pipe drops water into a pond in the Tulare Basin.
Up until the early 1880s it was a 150 mile journey from Manteca to the second largest freshwater lake located entirely within the boundaries of the United States.