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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGLY_l-972-pez-hill-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
Jos? and Mary Lόpez belonged to the first generation of Americans born in California after statehood was granted on September 9, 1850. Jos? Lόpez came to Kern County to raise sheep in 1873. The following year Edward Beale, owner of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGLT_kern-county-chamber-of-commerce_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Kern County Chamber of Commerce building was completed in 1928, Chester Avenue was part of State Highway 99, the main north-south route through California. Architect Charles H. Biggar designed this Spanish-style building on land adjacent t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGLP_beale-memorial-clock-tower_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Beale Memorial Clock Tower was a gift to the City of Bakersfield from Truxtun Beale in memory of his mother, Mary Edwards Beale. Dedicated on April 2, 1904, the clock tower originally stood in the center of the intersection at Chester Avenu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGLD_jewett-family-kern-county-pioneers_Bakersfield-CA.html
This area was originally a portion of the Jewett Brothers' Ranches. In 1859 Solomon and Philo Jewett walked 2000 miles to present day Kern County. They built the first store in Bakersfield in 1865 and the same year raised the first commercial cott…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGL8_rio-de-san-felipe_Bakersfield-CA.html
One mile north of here on May 1, 1776, Francisco Garces of the Franciscan Order, crossed Kern River in his search for a shorter route from Sonora, Mexico to Monterey, California. He was the first known explorer to describe this river, which he nam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGKB_kern-river-slough_Bakersfield-CA.html
Just south of this point stood the Butterfield Overland Stage site known as Kern River Slough. Operating through present Kern County during 1858 - 1861. This famous line ran from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco until the outbreak of the Civil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGJC_colonel-thomas-baker_Bakersfield-CA.html
California Historical LandmarkColonel Thomas BakerCivil Engineer - LawyerFarmer - Soldier1810 - 1872In 1863 Colonel Baker came to this location. A friend to all travelers. His settlement became known at "Baker's Field." This civic center is his dr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMDAS_rose-station_Lebec-CA.html
Wm. B. Rose, in 1875, a mile east; built an adobe stage station on the site of the Overland Mail Way Station established 1858. From 1853 to 1875 site was known as Rancho Canoa (trough). Originally vaquero camp of the Sebastian Indian Reservation. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD9U_sebastian-indian-reservation_Lebec-CA.html
The Sebastian or Tejon Indian Reservation (headquarters 10 miles east of here) was established in 1853 by Gen. Edward Fitzgerald Beale as one of several California Reservations. The number of Indians quartered here varied from 500 to 2000. General…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMD96_don-pedro-fages_Lebec-CA.html
In 1772, Don Pedro Fages, leaving the first written record of explorations in the south San Joaquin Valley, passed this site, traveling from San Diego to San Luis Obispo via Caj?n Pass, Mojave Desert, Hughes Lake, Antelope Valley, Tej?n Pass, Ca?a…