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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHCR_standard-end-pumping-unit_Bakersfield-CA.html
This standard end pumping unit was salvaged and erected by the Production Department, Chevron U.S.A., Inc., La Habra to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Standard Oil Company of California
The unit is composed of original parts from the San …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBZ_havilah-courier_Bakersfield-CA.html
Newspapers brought news of wars, politics, local happenings and other important information to the residents of Kern County.
This exhibit displays artifacts reminiscent of Kern County's first newspaper office, the Weekly Courier. George Tiffany…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHBS_assay-office_Bakersfield-CA.html
Kern County experienced a mining boom just like other parts of California. Prospectors arriving from near and far found gold, silver and other valuable ore in Kern County's mountains beginning in the 1850s.
An assayer tests the purity of gold a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9W_fraternal-hall_Bakersfield-CA.html
To entertain men seeking their fortunes in mining boom towns, social clubs and fraternal organizations held meetings and offered other diversions in Kern County's mining communities.
The exhibits on display in this building contain artifacts fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9L_court-house-and-jail_Bakersfield-CA.html
From the 1850s to the 1890s, the lure of gold brought people to the mountains and deserts of Kern County. Mining towns such as Claraville, Havilah and Randsburg sprang up almost overnight.
Although most of the residents of these towns were law…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9J_hotel-fellows_Bakersfield-CA.html
The discovery of oil on the west side of Kern County in the late 1800s brought an influx of people to the area and created oil boom towns such as Fellows, Reward, and Taft.
In 1910, L. R. Buchanan built the Hotel Fellows for Martha Derminghem B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH9A_metcalf-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
Thomas Metcalf built this charming Eastlake-style Victorian house on the southwest corner of Dracena and C Streets near downtown Bakersfield in 1885.
Thomas Metcalf, born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, enlisted to fight for the Union Army as a priv…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH96_kern-valley-bank_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Kern Valley Bank, established on February 24, 1874, was the first bank incorporated in Kern County.
Established soon after the economic depression known as the Panic of 1873, the Kern Valley Bank managed to weather the nationwide economic t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7W_dentists-office_Bakersfield-CA.html
Tooth decay was a common and greatly feared ailment in earlier days.
People either had to make do with a painful tooth or find someone to pull it. If a trained dentist could not be found or afforded, a blacksmith or another person who was adep…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH7O_doctors-office_Bakersfield-CA.html
Until modern medicine, contagious diseases afflicted both young and old and many died at a young age.
In 1875, there were fifteen physicians in Kern County, which had a widely scattered population of approximately 2,700 people. These fifteen do…