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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH2G_granite-station_Bakersfield-CA.html
Built it 1873 by John Elden, this stand of buildings served as store, restaurant, and lodging place on the stage route between Bakersfield and Glennville. In later years it became a stopping place for freighters and sheepmen who were on their trek…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1S_cable-tool-drilling-rig_Bakersfield-CA.html
Kern County is one of the top oil producing areas in the United States. Four oil fields in Kern County have each produced over one billion barrels of oil.
In 1899, the discovery of oil on land near the Kern River started an oil boom. The oil bo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH1F_weller-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
In the decades after the end of the Civil War, an unstable economy created economic and social turmoil in the United States. People looking for opportunity migrated to the West.
The Kern County Land Company founded the Rosedale Colony in 1890. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0I_the-barn_Bakersfield-CA.html
This barn, used to feed and harness teams of horses, was originally located at 1606 "R" Street in Bakersfield.
Four horses could be fed and harnessed inside this barn. Chopped hay, stored in the barn's loft, was lowered through a door into a t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMH0C_railroad-scale-house-and-telephone-booth_Bakersfield-CA.html
Railroad yards are highly specialized facilities consisting of engine maintenance buildings, fueling areas, track and switching areas and material storage yards.
This scale house was used in the Santa Fe Railroad switchyard in Bakersfield. A sc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZJ_southern-pacific-railroad-jail_Bakersfield-CA.html
Approximately 3,000 men labored on railroad construction up and over the Tehachapi Mountains in the 1870s.
It took over three years for the line to be completed through Kern County. As the railroad slowly progressed through the county, settleme…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZE_southern-pacific-engine-2914_Bakersfield-CA.html
This locomotive, among the largest and most powerful on the Southern Pacific Railroad system, supported the growth and development of the San Joaquin Valley and the West.
Engine #2914, called a 4-8-0 because of its wheel configuration, is chara…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGZC_santa-fe-caboose-1323_Bakersfield-CA.html
The caboose was an office, a lookout, and a home away from home for a train crew.
In the days before automatic air brakes, the engineer signaled the caboose with his whistle when he wanted to slow down or stop. A brakeman would then climb out o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGX2_fairhaven-pump-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
Access to adequate water supplies was crucial to the settlement of Kern County.
Water from the Kern River was diverted to irrigate farmlands, but most towns relied on wells for drinking water.
The Fairhaven Water Company built this structure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMGWK_saint-johns-episcopal-mission_Bakersfield-CA.html
People living in small towns built churches to provide services within walking distance from their homes.
Saint John's Episcopal Mission opened to parishioners in Rosedale in 1892. In the early days, a pastor from Saint Paul's Episcopal Church …