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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZKT_two-1890s-houses_Tehachapi-CA.html
These two houses were constructed in the 1890's. One structure was built by R.D.Williamson and the other by Fred Boden.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZKS_tehachapi-museum_Tehachapi-CA.html
This structure was built in 1932 as the Kern County Branch Library. When a new library was constructed in 1981, the County gave the old building to the City of Tehachapi with the stipulation that it be used as a public building. In 1982 the City l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZJM_sound-barrier-cracked_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
On October 14, 1947 42,000 feet above thismonument, Captain Chuck Yeager, USAF, piloting a Bell X-1 rocket airplane named Glamour Glennis, became the first person to exceed Mach 1. With this flight, the era of supersonic aviation was born.
This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZI7_kern-county-land-company-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
In 1894, four years after the formation of the Kern County Land Company, the firm built an office building that demonstrated its "Faith in the Future" of Bakersfield. The structure with outside walls of cream colored pressed brick, trimmed with gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZHH_pablo-galtes-union-cemetery_Bakersfield-CA.html
Pablo Galtes facilitated the establishment of the Catholic community of Bakersfield in the early 1870's. The first Mass celebrated in Bakersfield was said in the back of Pablo's store located on 19th Street near Chester Avenue. (Eleven family memb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZHG_first-flight-to-break-the-sound-barrier_Edwards-AFB-CA.html
The Bell X-1 was loaded into its B-29 Launch Aircraft from this Pit onOctober 14, 1947Captain Charles E. "Chuck" YeagerPiloted the Airplane to Mach 1.06 (700 mph)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ68_el-camino-viejo_Frazier-Park-CA.html
El Camino Viejo (The Old Highway) began as an inland trail prior to 1800. It was originally a refugee route running between present day San Pedro in Southern California to the East Oakland area in the north. It was used by Indians, trappers, packe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ4S_the-green-hotel_Shafter-CA.html
Built in 1913 by Kern County Land Companyto accommodate prospective land buyers for the settlement of ShafterListed 1989 National Register of Historic PlacesSupported by California Office of Historic Preservation Grants
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ4R_site-of-the-flight-of-the-gossamer-condor_Shafter-CA.html
This plaque at Shafter Airport commemorates the world's first man-powered flight to complete the Kremer Circuit, August 23, 1977. The circuit, a figure eight around two pylons one-half mile apart, was completed in six minutes, twenty-two seconds. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZ4P_shafter-cotton-research-station_Shafter-CA.html
The Shafter Cotton Research Station, established here in 1922 by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, developed the "Acala" varieties which were exceptionally well suited to the San Joaquin Valley. The quality of the acala cottons and the marketing…