... The Buckman Family turned to the north after crossing the Mojave Desert, and over the Tehachapi mountains to the then only settled region of the south San Joaquin Valley, the Four Creeks Country. This was to be the Tulare County of the future and one of the richest agricultural areas of the United States. A temporary shelter was obtained near Venice Hill for the winter.
The next spring a rich 160 acre ranch was located in the east bank of Deep Creek, Tulare County, apparently it was complete far their purposes, so the place was purchased. And here the great western Migration of the Buckman family ended. The broad, well watered acres of the homestead, covered with many oaks, and under the shadow of the snow-capped Sierra, was a pleasant place indeed to settle in a permanent home after the trials and privations of the emigrant trail. A comfortable home was established, with farming and the raising of cattle and hogs as the main occupation.
Though the continent had been crossed in a wagon train; the elder Buckman still loved the open road, the creak of the leather harness, and the squeak of the wagon. Though the ranch was a prosperous one and produced abundantly, the principal monetary unit was so many horses, so many cows, and the coin of the realm was scarce, In order to get some cash Buckman regularly operated a freighting business from Stockton to Visalia, hauling the supplies for the stores. The round trip required about three weeks and the interveining 300 miles was filled with adventure and hard work. To haul freight in two wagons pulled by twelve or fourteen horses is an ardent task for anyone, but was money and cash for the maintenance of the family and the improvement of the ranch.
For the early record of the Buckman Family we may as well leave them here happily engaged in the development of their chosen county and home. That they were, and are, worthy and respected citizens is attested by their community standing of today. More than an ordinary portion of them have been elected to public office, many thers having capably filled important posts by appointment, The rest of the general record will be found in the resumes of activities by one member of the family of each of the eight sons and daughters of Clement E. Buckman. It is interesting to note the birthplaces of the children. Josephine and Andrew Jasper were born in the first home at Uniontown, Kentucky. Susan, Sarah, Clem, and Margaret were born in Borbon County, Kansas. Everman was born in a wagon train in Arizona. Enoch, the youngest, was the only one born at the Old Homestead and was the only native Californian. The chronology will give a complete record their families and their families, families. (see Tulare County Buckmans)