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The evolution of the Garces Circle
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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Bakersfield's first resident: Tommy Fitzgerald
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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In Bakersfield on Dec. 7, 1941
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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100 years of Bakersfield medicine
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 Pathfinder Padre
The Native Americans thought of him as an Oracle and although he was only 30 years old they called him "El Viejo", (Old Man), which was an expression of affection. Francisco Hermenegildo Tomas Garces was a great missionary...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Tue Apr 29, 2008 15:06:57 PDT
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History of the Kern County Historical Society
One hundred and fourteen years ago, March 22, 1894, a determinded group of Kern County pioneers assembled at the residence of the promanent town doctor, L.S. Rogers and wife, for the purpose of organizing a society of pioneers. The...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:14:03 PST
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A piper of coots
Fourteen-year-old Amanda Lynch seems to be The Pied Piper Of Hamilen but she uses potato chips not a flute to collect a congregation of cuddly coots at Hart Memorial Park this week. How many coots can you count?
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Jan 4, 2008 11:39:02 PST
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Hart Park In The Beginning
Few residents of Kern County remember "The Great 300 Foot Dante Cascading Waterfall" or the "Great Amphitheater", patterned after the Hollywood Bowl only larger. These were designed, planned and site located on the...
Posted by citizenjournalist - Fri Jan 4, 2008 11:38:33 PST
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