Tulare County Biographies

VAL MOORE

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        Among the successful and enterprising ranchers of Tulare county stands 
Val Moore, who also operates a greenhouse at Venice Cove. He was born in this 
county in 1882, the son of Henry and Amelia (Reynolds) Moore. The parents were 
born, reared and married in the state of Missouri, and after their removal to 
California the father engaged in ranching.
        Val Moore received his education in the public schools and has worked at 
ranching during practically all his active years. In 1917 he bought a 
fourteen-acre tract, comprising his present home place, and this he has improved 
and developed into a fine fruit ranch, in the operation of which he has been 
very successful. He also constructed a greenhouse and gives considerable time to 
the raising of potted plants and small flowering plants. The property is very 
attractive, the grounds being well laid out and ornamented with shrubbery, while 
on the place is a fine swimming pool, the use of which Mr. Moore grants freely 
to his neighbors and customers. Mr. Moore is a typical optimist, whose mission 
seems to be to help people "look up instead of down, and smile instead of 
frown," and he himself sets a good example, for his genial and courteous manners 
are contagious. Because of his fine success here, his urbanity of disposition 
and his helpful public spirit, he enjoys to a marked degree the good will and 
respect of all who know him. He is a member of the Court of Honor.
        Mr. Moore was married to Miss Mabel Clark, who was born in Cripple 
Creek, Colorado, the daughter of James W. and Ollie (Porter) Clark. Mr. Clark is 
a rancher on the Klink highway, near Visalia. To Mr. and Mrs. Moore have been 
born four children : Ollie, Kenneth, Roland and Bertha.
 
Source:  History of Tulare County and Kings County, California � Kathleen 
Edwards Small & J. Larry Smith, Vol. II, Chicago, The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1926., p. 391