 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Nyika yeKings River yakanga isiri nzvimbo inokwezva yevagari vekutanga, nekuti kune yakawanda yenzira yayo yepasi rwizi runoyerera mugero wakachekwa pakati pematombo akadzika nzvimbo inozivikanwa seCenterville Bottoms, ichisiya mapani akapoterera akakwirira uye akaoma, akakodzera chete kufudza zvipfuyo. Kumusoro kworwizi, pedyo neLake Tulare, nyika yacho yakanga yakanyorova zvikuru zvokusagona kurima mukuwedzera pakuva inonaya mvura mumwaka. Nokuda kwechikonzero ichi, varimi pakutanga vaida nzvimbo ine mvura yakawanda yeKaweah Delta, nzvimbo iripo nhasi yeVisalia, kumaodzanyemba. Kurima pedyo neRwizi rwaKings kwakanga kwakaganhurirwa kuCenterville Bottoms kutozosvikira migero yakawedzerwa kubva kumusoro kumusoro kuti ipe nyika dzakapoteredza, yokutanga iri pfupi Byrd Ditch muna 1858. Mafashamo Makuru a1862uye imwe muna 1868 yakaparadza nzanga dzakawanda dzokutanga dzakapoteredza Rwizi rwaKings, uye yakaparadzawo upfumi hwokurima mombe hweSan Joaquin Valley, ichikurudzira kuchinja kwezvemari kurima. 