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Local Figure's Historic Photo Collection to Display at BC
  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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Fall History Forum scheduled at CSUB
A historical figure that has drawn both praise and scorn is the focus of California State University, Bakersfield's fall History Forum slated for Friday, Sept. 19 at 3:30 p.m. in the Albertson Room on campus. University of Oregon's...
Posted by CSUB1 - Thu Sep 4, 2008 16:44:36 PDT
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These Precious People: Honoring My Parents
About a year ago, I read an article in The Bakersfield Californian which related to the fact that there is a great scarcity of books written about Hispanics, their ancestors and families. I found this to be very sad, but so true. This...
Posted by Contributor - Wed Jul 30, 2008 15:18:38 PDT
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Mining's Toxic Legacy
  “Mining’s Toxic Legacy” From The Sierra Fund    Throughout the Sierra Nevada we hear a lot about the “49ers” and the “Legacy” of mining.  The iconic image of the miner...
Posted by mikethornton - Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:32:17 PDT
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"Ashes of Destiny" rises from California gold history
I grew up in Bakersfield. I attended Standard Elementary School, and graduated from North High School in 1957. I moved to Los Angeles to attend Pepperdine College. When I graduated, jobs and circumstances took me to Northern California....
Posted by Contributor - Wed Jul 9, 2008 16:35:49 PDT
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Buck Owens Studio: A final walk through history
The Day the Locks were changed at the Buck Owens Studio - Bakersfield, Ca. Trout's spokesperson, T. Rockwell, spent several hours with Board of Trade Director, Rick Davis, as a small group followed them through the Buck Owens Studios...
Posted by lynender - Tue May 27, 2008 13:44:25 PDT
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Eight from Kern earn state history honors
             Eight students from Kern County schools won state honors at the History Day in California competition which concluded May 11 in Sacramento. The annual competition...
Posted by KCSOSCOMM - Tue May 13, 2008 15:26:20 PDT
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Radio host to discuss ‘Murder at the Altar’ at CSUB History Forum
California State University, Bakersfield’s history department presents Terry Phillips, journalist and host of KVPR’s “Quality of Life” show, for their spring History Forum titled “Murder at the Altar: A...
Posted by CSUB1 - Thu Apr 24, 2008 15:21:45 PDT
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East Bakersfield Photo
First Bank of Kern and Quincy Hotel at the northeast corner of Baker and East 21st Streets, circa 1920. Photos like these are available for purchase from the Kern County Museum. Check out the Historic Photos section of the museum's...
Posted by sawoodman - Mon Dec 31, 2007 12:32:34 PST
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THE ORPHAN TRAIN PROJECT
The Orphan Trains began about 10 years before the Civil War and lasted for about 75 years. In that time about 150,000 children from 3 to 13 years of age were placed in rural homes.*   In the mid-1800s there were about 10,000...
Posted by BostonGal - Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:16:07 PST
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The Earl Warren Cup: A New Event Makes History
What three parts does Thomas Jefferson’s epitaph consist of? Who wrote the Federalist Papers? Why did World War II begin? An even more important question: In today’s society, who believes the introduction to the enticing tale...
Posted by kelsie - Tue Dec 11, 2007 09:15:54 PST
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Bakersfield Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Thank you for taking your time to review this message about Bakersfield Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution.  Bakersfield Chapter membership to date is 78 members and growing.  Regular meetings are held on the...
Posted by LindaA - Mon Dec 3, 2007 08:44:37 PST
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A Real Daughter of the American Revolution in Union Cemetery
Around 1915, the remains of Rosemond R. Emery were laid to rest in Union Cemetery.  It is thought that Rosemond is the daughter of of Jonathan Roberts who enlisted Feb 12, 1776 in the 2nd PA Battalion and served until March 31,...
Posted by LindaA - Wed Oct 17, 2007 17:22:17 PDT
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With lots of love and kisses
Eugene R. Yeager, 84, was a master sergeant in the U.S Army Corps of Engineers and laid pipeline for soldiers to traverse during the war. He served all over, including in England, France and Japan, according to his wife, Ruby, to whom...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Mon Oct 15, 2007 09:29:24 PDT
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Pacific Islands no paradise
Army Sgt. Jack McCall fought at Guadalcanal, the Philippines and Okinawa. The letter was addressed to his wife, Helen, and toddler Dennis. Mrs. McCall was pregnant with Jim McCall, who submitted his dad’s letter. Sgt. McCall...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Mon Oct 1, 2007 12:38:15 PDT
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Letter from a pilot
Robert Grenville Millar was a B-24 pilot who flew 35 sorties during 50 missions, according to his son, Todd Millar, who submitted this letter. After the war, Millar attended c After the war, Millar attended college and ended up in...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Mon Oct 1, 2007 12:37:57 PDT
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Friends in war
The two letters at left are from 1st Lt. Ivan Osborne and Senior Chief Petty Officer John Kolstad, friends from Bakersfield. Osborne died in action on Majuro Atoll in December 1943, nearly two years after this letter was sent home. ...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:43:38 PDT
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Regardless of enemy, man knew the truth
Ernest C. Mooney was in the Army and served in the South Pacific, including in the Philippines and New Guinea. He died in 1988 in the San Joaquin Valley. The letter was addressed to his mother, Mrs. Ollie Mooney, and submitted by his...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Sep 28, 2007 09:00:57 PDT
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Soldier paid ultimate price for country that interned his family
Pfc. Torao Hayashi, uncle of Bakersfield resident Sandy (Hayashi) Minner, fought in the 442nd Regimental Combat Team of the United States Army, a unit composed of mostly Japanese-Americans who fought in Europe during World War II. ...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Sep 28, 2007 09:00:09 PDT
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Letters from World War II are funny, touching, sad
As a history junkie, I was excited to learn that Ken Burns, the filmmaker who brought the past to life in his classic documentary “The Civil War,” was planning a similar project on World War II. I knew we would publish a...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Sep 28, 2007 08:59:39 PDT
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My 100th Birthday
My family hosted a buffet luncheon at the Doubletree Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, in my honor. Two hundred family and friends attended. Five generations represented ages three weeks to 100 years. Friend Bob Anderson honored me...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Sep 7, 2007 12:14:08 PDT
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Kids should be shooting marbles not each other
That is the title of an article I wrote last September excerpted from my novel Donnie and Jean, an angel’s story about two children circa WWII Bakersfield, but it came to me the subject needed a broader emphasis in light of things...
Posted by samheath - Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:55:46 PDT
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VIDEO PREVIEW - The History Of Rock & Roll Goes To The Movies
  Don't miss the smash hit that sold out audiences on opening weekend, "The History of Rock & Roll Goes to the Movies!"     A new tradition returns to the Spotlight Theatre this summer, as we...
Posted by Dexter53 - Fri Jul 13, 2007 11:20:35 PDT
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LOOKING FOR FRED/LUCINDA NEWTON
Hi,    To anyone in Bakersfield listening,   My family is seeking to know my relatives and their past and other family. We are looking for any information including where Fred and Lucinda are buried, memberships,...
Posted by OneArtist - Wed Jul 11, 2007 12:18:25 PDT
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From labor camp to ocean cruise, how the first Arvin High students have stayed close
There are a great number of individuals who were raised together at the Sunset Camp during the 1940s. Our parents would be picked up at the camp gate by trucks from DiGiorgio Farms. They would work all day long in the fields and the...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Tue Jul 10, 2007 13:38:51 PDT
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need help finding obituary of aunt.
I had an aunt Louise Redman. She may have married and we were not aware of married name. My father recieved news in 1989 or 1990 that she had died in an accident on Tehachapi Pass. It seems she was trying to elude police, or trying to...
Posted by BarbaraRedmanPratt - Mon Jun 18, 2007 10:20:26 PDT
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The Sebastian Indian Reservation
The Sebastian Indian Reservation By Jeff Nickell    The earliest explorers and settlers from Mexico, Spain, and the United States found Native Americans already on the land that would later become Kern County.  The...
Posted by kerncountymuseum - Tue May 22, 2007 10:22:12 PDT
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Bakersfield's Princess Nellie
From living in a dirt floor cabin near Caliente California, Eleanor Hulda Calhoun became a world famous star of the theater and a Princess in The Kingdom of Serbia. ********************************************************* It...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri May 4, 2007 14:00:14 PDT
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Memories of Black Sunday, the worst storm of the Dust Bowl
As a young man in Kansas and Oklahoma, I have memories going back to our ranch on the Beaver River in Oklahoma, just after the start of the Great Depression. My parents moved into town so that we kids could be closer to school. This...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Apr 13, 2007 16:46:44 PDT
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Scotland in Bakersfield
     Scotland was in Bakersfield this past Saturday at the 12th Annual Kern County Society’s Gathering and Games at Stramler Park.  So was most of Bakersfield, or so it seemed.  Thousands of people...
Posted by Scotland - Mon Apr 2, 2007 12:37:35 PDT
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