The '76 Land and Water Company is formed to divert water from the Kings River and construct an irrigation system. Sibley and Tuxbury build the new townsite of Dinuba around a Southern Pacific Railroad depot. The newly formed Alta Irrigation District moves its office to Dinuba. The Dinuba School District is established and all grades from the first to the eighth are taught. The '76 Land and Water Company sells its canal system to the Alta Irrigation District.
Construction begins to expand the irrigation system.
A new two-story, six room schoolhouse is erected. It was located at the site of the present high school. It was built of brick, and demolished as being unsafe shortly after the San Francisco earthquake. The canal system is finished, construction continues over the next 15 years. The Dinuba Union High School is formed and classes are held in the two-story elementary schoolhouse.