Bakersfield, California, USA
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Where is Bakersfield, California, USA? Bakersfield, Kern, California, USA
Bakersfield was settled in 1858 by a handful of families who had trekked northward through the El Tejon Pass seeking home sites rather than gold. The town was named by an early settler, Colonel Thomas Baker, who invited the weary travelers through the valley to rest overnight. These travelers would plan in advance to meet and rest in "Colonel Baker's field." Baker formally laid out the town in 1869, and within two years the city had a telegraph office, two stores, a newspaper, two boarding houses, one doctor, a wagon shop, a harness shop, one attorney, a saloon, and fifty school pupils. The Bakersfield Centennial Garden and Convention Center rests on part of the original Colonel Baker's field as well as the Centennial Plaza community park.
The City of Bakersfield was first incorporated in 1873, and in the same year, the County seat was moved from the booming little town of Havilah to Bakersfield. Three years later, the town decided to disincorporate. It was not until 1898 that the community incorporated again.www.bakersfieldcity.us/ administration/ mayor_council/ history.htm
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In The Oil Fields Near Bakersfield, California (1911)
Bakersfield, California, USA
"Bakersfield High School (BHS) is a high school located in Bakersfield, California, United States.
Institutional names and dates of operation:
Kern County High School 1893–1915
Kern County Union High School 1915–1945
Bakersfield High School 1945–present
Bakersfield Junior College 1913–1956
Bakersfield Adult (Night) School 1917–1985...
The school has been in the same location since its inception, though most of the buildings have been reconstructed. The 1952 Kern County earthquake precipitated a great deal of reconstruction."
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Kern Co. High School, Bakersfield, California. (1918)
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"Bakersfield, Built 1912, Arch- Frederick Meyers, Contr- Frederick J. Amweg, Damaged by earthquake - 1952."
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Kern County Court House
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1906 - SIX BURIED IN A TUNNEL. ENTOMBED IN KERN RIVER POWER CO.'S SHAFT. FOURTEEN SECTIONS COLLAPSED LIKE CARDS AND BODIES ARE FAR BEYOND REACH.Bakersfield, Dec. 7. - Six miners were entombed this morning by the caving of a shaft leading to...Read MORE...
1908 - adverstisment
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1910 - March 14 - Lakeview Gusher, the largest U.S. oil well gusher near Bakersfield, California, vented to atmosphere
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1928 - 2 CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH IN CAR. TWO WOMEN RECEIVE PROBABLY FATAL INJURIES WHEN AUTO EXPLODES.Bakersfield, Cal., April 12 (AP) - Two children burned to death and two women received probably...Read MORE...
1929 - Man Chokes to Death on Cigar ButtBakersfield, Cal. - Steven W. Marshall, 35, chief clerk of a petroleum securities company here,...Read MORE...
1952 - Bakersfield hit by earthquake, caused over $50 million in property damage
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1952 - NEW QUAKE JARS SOUTHLAND, BAKERSFIELD LOSS IN MILLIONS. 2 DEAD, 32 HURT, BUSINESS AREA LEFT SHAMBLES. RESCUERS DIG INTO WRECKAGE, MORE TEMBLORS FEARED.Bakersfield, Calif. (UP) - Another earthquake rattled windows in Southern California today as...Read MORE...
Ancestors Who Were Born Here
 
Marion Eugene (Gene) BROWE
(9/19/1895, Bakersfield, California, USA - 10/15/1989, Fresno, California, USA)
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Dorothy Bell ROBINSON
(14 May 1896, Bakersfield, California, USA - 7 October 1978, Costa Mesa, Orange, California, USA)
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Michael John BOWLER
(29 September 1864, Palmer, Massachusetts, USA (Bondsville) (Three Rivers) - 9 November 1941, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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Katherine Ann DRACHLER
(3 October 1924, Greene, New York, USA - 12 November 1974, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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William Thurman JARVIS
(25 March 1896, Western Grove, Arkansas, USA - 29 December 1962, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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Arthur Joseph MUELLER
(24 January 1913, Buffalo, New York, USA - 12 November 1974, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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Mary Jane RECTOR
(2 October 1861, Napa, California, USA - 30 December 1946, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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Alonzo Burnham ROBINSON
(8 December 1858, Anderson Valley, Mendocino, California, USA - 20 July 1946, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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Katherine Ann STREKER
(November 1863, , Indiana, USA - 4 November 1938, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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Ralph J TROMBETTA
(9 November 1896, , Italy - May 1979, Bakersfield, California, USA)
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Ancestors Who Were Married Here
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Leo Francis BOWLER (21 June 1890 - 14 June 1949) &
Dorothy Bell ROBINSON (14 May 1896 - 7 October 1978)
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