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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOR_kern-county-vietnam-war-memorial_Bakersfield-CA.html
To The More Than 14,000Men and WomenFrom Kern CountyWho Served In Vietnam?And To Those Who GaveThe Ultimate Sacrifice?You Are Not ForgottenWind Beneath My Wings1963Clayton A. Fannin1965Larry S. Pierce ∙ Harry E. Thomas M.I.A. ∙ Edward …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOH_bena-depot_Bakersfield-CA.html
Situated at the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, Kern County was part of a natural corridor for a railroad running between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The Southern Pacific Railroad began laying track southward from San Francisco thro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOF_photographers-studio_Bakersfield-CA.html
The invention of photography and mass production of photographic prints brought images of never before seen people, places and events into American homes.
By the 1850s, people could obtain a photograph depicting their exact likeness at an affor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGOE_pinkney-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
During their childhood, William Pinkney and Amanda Boydston took part in a migration of Americans heading west to seek land, gold and other opportunities in the western states shortly after the end of the Civil War.
In 1898, William married Ama…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNM_sheepherders-cabin_Bakersfield-CA.html
Spanish missionaries brought the first domesticated sheep to California. During the Gold Rush, sheep provided food and textiles to people seeking their fortune in California.
In 1906, Thomas Quinn built this cabin to provide housing for shephe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNH_barnes-log-cabin_Bakersfield-CA.html
After being injured while fighting for the Confederacy during the Civil War, Thomas Barnes came to Kern County looking for opportunity.
In 1868, a tremendous flood washed trees from the Sierra Nevada Mountains down the Kern River depositing th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGNG_norris-school_Bakersfield-CA.html
One-room school houses dotted the rural Western landscape to serve sparse populations before the automobile made transportation to towns faster and easier.
This one-room school was built in 1882 north of the town of Rosedale on land donated by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN5_kern-city-french-bakery_Bakersfield-CA.html
East Bakersfield, originally named Sumner, was founded by the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1874. The name of the town was changed to Kern in 1893 and shortly thereafter was called Kern City.
This building, constructed in 1910, was originally th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGN4_adobe-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
Adobe was a common material used to construct buildings from the Spanish mission period of California history through the 1930s.
Adobe is a sun-dried brick made from soil or clay. This structure was built to resemble an adobe dwelling in Kern C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGMM_kern-county-korean-war-memorial_Bakersfield-CA.html
[Center Panel:]KoreaThe Forgotten WarJune 25, 1950 - July 27, 1953
33,741 - Americans Killed in Action2,835 - Non-Hostile Deaths103,283 - Americans Wounded────────────γ…