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The industrious beavers that have lately reappeared along the Kern River bottom in Bakersfield are reminescent of the reason our city is built in it's present location. Have you ever wondered why Bakersfield was built  where it is presently located ?  Thomas (Tommy) Fitzgerald was the first settler to build and live in his house on what is now downtown Bakersfield. He lived in the house while trapping beaver in the Kern River, Buena Vista Lake, Kern Lake and numerous sloughs in the area.  His home was located near 19th and "M" Streets. After he selected this spot to build his cabin, settlers who came later built near this home. Some of the pioneers, who's names are legend, had passed this way before Fitzgerald settled here; Padre Garces, Joseph Reddeford Walker, John C. Freemont, Jedediah S. Smith, Alexis Godey and Elijah Stevens are a few, but none of these great explorers settled here. Tommy Fitzgerald was one of those legendary "mountain...
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