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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWG_bandstand_Bakersfield-CA.html
Public parks sprang up as a response to the increasingly polluted urban environments created by the industrial revolution in the 1800s.
Urbanization and industrialization began to change American life by the 1840s. Large, open, green areas were…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGV9_weill-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
Built on the southeast corner of 17th and H Streets in Bakersfield in 1882, Alphonse and Henrietta Weill's house was considered "modern" for its day because of the high ceilings, long hallway, and indoor plumbing.
In 1870, Alphonse Weill migrat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGUK_gazebo_Bakersfield-CA.html
A gazebo is a common garden structure often found in warm climates to provide shade.
Dairy owner Christian Mattly built this gazebo next to a dormitory for students enrolled in courses at the Kern County High School farm around 1905.
Student…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGTD_joss-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Chinese community was an early and significant element of the population of Kern County.
Chinese immigrants contributed to the social, economic and industrial growth of Kern County by mining, farming, building railroads, and owning business…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGT5_miller-and-lux-survey-office_Bakersfield-CA.html
Large scale farming and ranching was needed to supply the restaurants and grocery stores in fast-growing cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles in the late 1800s.
Henry Miller and Charles Lux purchased large areas of land throughout the west…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGT4_drug-store_Bakersfield-CA.html
Treatment for illness and the maintenance of good health were important for the success of a new community.
Early pharmacists compounded prescription medicine with mortars and pestles, made their own pills, and sold popular patent medicines, wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGSQ_discovery-well_Bakersfield-CA.html
Oil was discovered at 70 feet in 1899, when Tom Means persuaded Roe Elwood and Frank Wiseman, aided by Jonathan, Bert, Jed, and Ken Elwood, George Wiseman, and John Marlowe, to dig here for oil. On June 1, 1899, 400 feet to the north, Horace and M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGQ2_sonora-service-station_Bakersfield-CA.html
The popularity of the automobile created an increasing demand for petroleum products, like gasoline, in the early 1900s.
Americans were suddenly able to travel to new destinations faster and easier than ever before, thus requiring new services…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGP6_gordons-ferry_Bakersfield-CA.html
Gordon's Ferry was an overhead cable type of ferry operated during the 1850's by Major Gordon. An adobe station house was located on the south bank of Kern River, just a few yards to the west of this marker. It was also a station on the Butterfiel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGP1_wells-fargo-company-express-office_Bakersfield-CA.html
The discovery of gold in California in 1849 started one of the greatest migrations in American history.
After moving west to seek their fortune in California, people living in mining camps had to travel long distances to a large city to send or…