Advance, California
Unincorporated community
Advance, California is located in California
Advance, California
Advance, California
Advance, California is located in the United States
Advance, California
Advance, California
Coordinates: 36°30′57″N 118°54′09″W / 36.51583°N 118.90250°W / 36.51583; -118.90250
CountryUnited States
StateCalifornia
CountyTulare
Elevation
1,352 ft (412 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code559
GNIS feature ID1657890[1]

Advance is a historical unincorporated community in Tulare County, California, United States. Advance is 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Three Rivers. A post office opened in the community in 1890; it was moved to Kaweah in 1910.[2]

Advance was the site of the Kaweah Cooperative Colony, an experimental socialist community which existed from 1885 to 1891. Members were paid for their labor at a rate of 30 cents an hour, but had to pay hundreds of dollars in dues to live in the colony. The settlers were evicted in 1891 and the Kaweah Cooperative Colony disbanded the following year.[3] A historic marker was erected at the site of Advance in 1948.[4] The Giant Forest Road (Colony Road), the only road into Sequoia National Park until the 1920s, was built by the Kaweah Colony.[3]

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Advance, California
  2. ^ Durham, David L. (1998). California's Geographic Names: A Gazetteer of Historic and Modern Names of the State. Quill Driver Books. p. 991. ISBN 1-884995-14-4.
  3. ^ a b Hernandez, Barbara E. (December 31, 1999). "Colonists fight for 'socialist utopia'". Tulare Advance-Register. Tulare, CA. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kaweah Colony, early-day venture, to be memorialized Sunday". Lindsay Gazette. Lindsay, CA. October 22, 1948. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
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