Lemoore is a sleepy little town in the center of California, in between the larger cities of Bakersfield and Fresno. Lemoore is named for a French doctor, Dr. Lovern Lee Moore, who decided to make his home in California’s central valley. Dr. Moore brought together several groups of farmers to form a larger community, complete with a town hall and post office. The small agricultural homesteading community was built on the fertile lake bed of what was once Tulare Lake, a lake that has now since dried up almost entirely.