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Monday, October 12, 2009, will be the Centennial of the arrival of a "special train" loaded with families looking toward new adventures in the area called Martensdale. This was located along the...
Posted by ABWARK
- Fri Oct 9, 2009 23:15:54 PDT
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Brad Paisley rolled back into Bakersfield during his “American Saturday Night,” tour to not only rock Rabobank Arena, but to make Bakersfield and Country-music history.
If you’ve seen any of Brad’s live...
Posted by Jason1983
- Tue Sep 29, 2009 08:45:43 PDT
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I was working as a long distance telephone operator for Pacific Bell Telephone Co.
When I awoke that morning I immediately noticed the eerily orange glow to the light, or lack thereof, coming into my bedroom through the window. ...
Posted by kathilongrenick
- Thu Sep 24, 2009 09:48:56 PDT
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California is busted, but then that's not exactly new information, is it? We had a short term reminder of the state's fiscal woes when bills were being paid with IOUs and, if you drive a car, you have a constant and long-term...
Posted by geezer
- Mon Sep 21, 2009 09:57:43 PDT
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For over 60 years, third and fourth grade students have traveled to the Kern County Museum to learn about the lifestyle and culture of the Yokuts Indians. The program has changed over the years, but the school children of today are still...
Posted by sawoodman
- Wed Sep 16, 2009 11:53:04 PDT
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August 23,2009 will be one year that my 16 year old daughter was killed a tragic vehicle accident on Old River Road. DESIREE NICOLE RIVERA known as DEEDEE.
I Will Forever Miss You You Always put a smile on my face no...
Posted by roseriv
- Sat Aug 22, 2009 01:42:23 PDT
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Gene and Freda Martin were married on Aug. 22nd, 1959 in Bakersfield, California. They enjoyed an early celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary by spending a weekend in Branson, Missouri with their family including their 3...
Posted by cfryguy
- Wed Aug 19, 2009 09:42:02 PDT
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A visit to the National Air and Space Museum last week revealed a surprise. A copy of The Bakersfield Californian from Friday, February 16, 1945, is on display in the Naval Aviation exhibit. Another visitor standing next...
Posted by H8cloz
- Sun Aug 16, 2009 08:32:49 PDT
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Marie Beale & Decatur House
This edition of Tales brings us to one of the most interesting of Kern County’s pioneer families. We have all heard of the remarkable stories about General Edward Fitzgerald Beale,...
Posted by KCL
- Wed Jul 8, 2009 17:48:15 PDT
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Thank you for letting me share my mother's memories of 100 years ago.
On October 12, 1909, a "Special Train" of 65 cars arrived at the Lerdo siding of the Southern Pacific Rail Line, 6 miles east of the present city of...
Posted by ABWARK
- Mon Jun 15, 2009 23:18:42 PDT
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Tales from the Vault #1
Picture yourself being put in charge of some of Kern County’s most valued treasures. You're nervous because, while you do know a little about Kern’s rich local history, the focus of your...
Posted by KCL
- Mon Jun 8, 2009 19:21:06 PDT
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A reader wrote me a brief statement about herself so I wrote back the following information and got back fun information about her which she said I may share with all of you. If any of you want to join in then please write...
Posted by adamsgeorgem
- Mon Jun 1, 2009 14:46:51 PDT
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A reader wrote me a brief statement about herself so I wrote back the following information and got back fun information about her which she said I may share with all of you. If any of you want to join in then please write...
Posted by adamsgeorgem
- Mon Jun 1, 2009 14:46:41 PDT
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For the first time in the history of the Bakersfield College Student Government Association (SGA), the annual elections of the board of directors is being planned and carried out though a partnership with Kern County Elections. In years...
Posted by amberc
- Thu Apr 30, 2009 09:50:53 PDT
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I am looking for people who may have known the Taffolla Family of Delano, Ca.They lived there during the 40's and early 50's.My parents, Alfonso and Eva Taffolla are celebrating their 55th wedding anniversary and we are making a Scrap...
Posted by GloriaTaffolla
- Sun Apr 26, 2009 19:11:23 PDT
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Yes, before television and drive in theaters dominated the local night life, old Bakersfield had some really great "hot night spots".
Spawned by the heavily traveled Golden State Highway, motels and restaurants began springing...
Posted by Contributor
- Mon Mar 23, 2009 11:10:10 PDT
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All persons keeping a dog or dogs within the limits of the city of Bakersfield, are hereby notified to call at once on the city clerk and procure a license and tag for each...
Posted by sawoodman
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 16:39:16 PDT
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In 1927 my parents purchased a house on Parkway from H.J. Brandt. It had 1,375 square feet and consisted of three bedrooms, one bath and a two-car detached garage. Total cost was $6,000.
There was no development west of Oak St. and that...
Posted by Contributor
- Wed Mar 11, 2009 14:43:12 PDT
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Women's right to vote took years of work by suffrage movement groups across the nation. These groups believed if women had voting rights they could help clean up dirty politics and cure social ills such as child labor, prostitution and...
Posted by Contributor
- Fri Mar 6, 2009 15:05:55 PST
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Colonel Baker surveyed and designed many new towns in the east and through this experience gained knowledge that narrow streets and town circles are not the way to lay out a young city.
A horse and wagon couldn’t even turn around...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 09:18:59 PST
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A biochemical analysis performed at Cal State Bakersfield indicates that artifacts unearthed in Colorado were used to butcher ice-age camels and horses that roamed North America until their extinction about 13,000 years ago, according to...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 09:18:04 PST
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When the Kern County Chamber of Commerce building was completed in 1928, Chester Avenue was part of State Highway 99, the main north-south route through California.
Architect Charles H. Biggar designed this Spanish-style building on...
Posted by sawoodman
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 15:14:06 PST
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Dog Show Participants outside the Bakersfield Californian
February 17, 1948.
Mrs. F.P. Gribbin with Suzie Von Adestraum, a standard Schnauzer.
Mrs. Floyd Ratliff with Salutations Cadet, a collie.
Sally Gribbin with Mita, an...
Posted by sawoodman
- Tue Feb 24, 2009 15:07:47 PST
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In March, 2000, then-United States President Bill Clinton declared March to be national Women’s History Month in recognition of the “extraordinary achievements of women throughout our history, while recognizing the equally...
Posted by amberc
- Fri Jan 30, 2009 13:30:49 PST
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Bakersfield hosted the Pacific Coast Field Trials from about 1880 and well into the 20th century. Dogs and their owners came from all over the country to participate in the trials held on the Stockdale and Bellevue ranches.
This photo...
Posted by sawoodman
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 09:16:23 PST
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North Chester Avenue, Oildale, 1939.
From the collection of the Kern County Museum. To view more photos like this, go to www.kcmuseum.org.
Posted by sawoodman
- Thu Jan 22, 2009 09:15:56 PST
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"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" ... until it comes back to bite you.
Digressing to the 1970s and 80s, cotton marketing co-op CALCOT and the Kern County Farm Bureau — perceived as players in an emerging...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Fri Jan 16, 2009 17:53:35 PST
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Before being issued a credential, prospective teachers today must prove their proficiency in reading, writing, and math by passing the California Basic Education Skills Test, CBEST for short. Just like doctors, lawyers, and...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Jan 14, 2009 14:27:24 PST
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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...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:18:23 PST
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Charles John Schmidt
January signals fresh beginnings. A time of the year that usually brings about self-reflection and resolute changes. January 19, 2009 will mark 90 years of fresh beginnings for local business man...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:44:24 PST
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I was a freshman at Highland High School. I remember going to school. Dust storms were not unheard of so it didn't seem like anything more than a slightly nastier day than usual. By the time my sister (a senior) got to HHS the power was...
Posted by someonespadre
- Mon Dec 15, 2008 18:36:11 PST
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The building of an Oilworker Monument in Taft, which was initiated in 2006, is making progress.
A new sign has been installed marking the spot where the monument will stand along the Rails to Trails Walking Path east of 6th...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Tue Dec 2, 2008 15:03:33 PST
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In 1941, Bakersfield was just beginning to get its head above water from the lean years of the Great Depression. Jobs in the private sector were beginning to appear and business in general was improving. Our family was even realizing a...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Dec 1, 2008 10:59:23 PST
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The two story Kern County Hospital, located at the corner of 19th and Oak streets, was the only hospital in Bakersfield 100 years ago. Built on 6 acres purchased by the County in 1895, it was a beautiful, 2 story, gabled-roofed, 40 bed...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Wed Nov 19, 2008 12:21:56 PST
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The Sequoia National Forest is a land of prehistoric and historic sites in the western portion of Kern County. The forest is full of history of the Sierra Nevada and our different cultures from before written time. The Forest Service, by...
Posted by mlhowe1
- Mon Nov 10, 2008 11:10:33 PST
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I stepped back in time to 1920 at the Granada Theater in East Bakersfield Saturday afternoon. It was an awesome trip. As I munched popcorn, I watched Buster Keaton’s “One Week,” a 20-minute Keaton romp, released in...
Posted by luckyandy
- Tue Oct 28, 2008 12:47:03 PDT
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The man who had one of the best views of the Washington political scene for many years will provide Bakersfield residents with insight on the upcoming election in a special event at Bakersfield College on October 30. Former U.S....
Posted by amberc
- Mon Oct 27, 2008 17:49:09 PDT
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Several major renovation and rehabilitation projects are taking place at the Kern County Museum, located at 3801 Chester Ave., in Bakersfield. The Kern...
Posted by KCSOSCOMM
- Wed Oct 22, 2008 12:17:09 PDT
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Frank Iritani, a lifelong advocate for peace, tolerance, and social justice, died from pneumonia on September 30 in Sacramento, CA at the age of 87. He had lived in Bakersfield with his wife, Joanne, and children Susanna, Ken and...
Anonymous user
- Mon Oct 20, 2008 11:31:12 PDT
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Even though corn doesn't line the outfield at Sam Lynn Ballpark, it’s still one of baseballs “Field of Dreams”.
As a follow up to my prior article last month regarding the announcement by the...
Posted by TheNoiseFactor
- Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:18:08 PDT
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We know that the Kern River has made several dramatic shifts in alignment over the past century and a half. I will mention only two of those shifts because they are relevant to the tale I’d like to share. In 1861-62, flooding from...
Posted by Contributor
- Wed Oct 8, 2008 12:49:54 PDT
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Two hundred twenty years ago, Lake Mohave filled the California desert to depths exceeding 200 feet, with a drainage of 3,500 square miles. Buena Vista and Kern Lake, near what is now Bakersfield, covered nearly 100 square miles to...
Posted by Contributor
- Tue Sep 30, 2008 11:19:29 PDT
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Fort Tejon will present "Stagecoach Days" on October 4th, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the Overland Mail Stagecoach.
Fort Tejon welcomed the first Butterfield Overland Mail stagecoach 150 years ago on...
Posted by Contributor
- Mon Sep 29, 2008 13:05:33 PDT
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Leonard T. Velasco, Filipino pioneer and former mayor of Delano, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 16, with his family at his side. Velasco was born on March 5, 1931 in Looc, Mindoro Philippines. He shared many happy memories as a young boy...
Posted by Contributor
- Wed Sep 24, 2008 16:44:02 PDT
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A special exhibit of 18 recently discovered historic photographs that were part of the Leo J. Pierucci collection will open Wednesday, September 17, in the Wylie and May Louise Jones Gallery at Bakersfield College.
The...
Posted by amberchiang
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:26:51 PDT
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Sixty years ago this September, a truly unusual house was built in Bakersfield. The post WW2 war era had left 30 million people throughout America looking for a home. Tract style house construction had been introduced before WW2 but with...
Posted by Contributor
- Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:09:00 PDT
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Can you help identify these homes? Maybe you live in one, or one is in your neighborhood.
The Kern County Museum is looking for addresses of these homes. Please email sawoodman@kern.org if you know the address of any of...
Posted by sawoodman
- Thu Sep 11, 2008 10:35:58 PDT
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Gold Rush Days will be held Friday, Sept. 12 and Saturday, Sept. 13, in Mojave, beginning with a free Skate Party from 5 to 7 p.m. at Mojave Park. Sponsored by the Mojave Four Square Church, free sno-cones and refreshments will be...
Posted by citizenjournalist
- Mon Sep 8, 2008 15:31:41 PDT
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Author David Kulczyk will be signing and speaking about his book, California Justice - Shootouts, Lynchings and Assassinations in the Golden State (Word Dancer Press) at Russo Books (9000 Ming Ave) on September 27th .
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Posted by CaliforniaJustice
- Mon Sep 8, 2008 11:05:07 PDT
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The last "living ghost town" in southern California is the name given our eastern Kern County city. This 120-year-old boom town once had a thriving population of 4,000, in 1919, and was known as the biggest gold mine in...
Posted by Contributor
- Wed Sep 3, 2008 16:28:04 PDT
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