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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A84_saab-tf-35xd-draken_Mojave-CA.html
This aircraft was used to train future Test Pilots & Flight Test Engineers from around the world by NTPS here at Mojave from 1994 - 2009.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A83_f-4-phantom-ii_Mojave-CA.html
Creating sonic booms over Mojave, the F-4 Phantom II could reach speeds of Mach 2.2. It was the last fighter to be flown by pilots attaining ace status in the 20th century. Upon its retirement in 1996, 316 F-4 aircraft were then converted to drone…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A81_convair-cv-990_Mojave-CA.html
This jet was used by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, California as the Landing Systems Research Aircraft (LSRA) in 1993 and 1994 to flight test space shuttle landing gear and braking systems. It was modified with a main landing g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29XE_historic-havilah_Havilah-CA.html
First County Seat for Kern County 1866 - 1874
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29X6_havilah_Havilah-CA.html
County Seat Kern County 1866 - 1873
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29W2_hay-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Hay Building was initially constructed in the Victorian architectural style in 1894 for the Dinkelspiel brothers, Emile (1852-1906) and Louis (1854-1906). Dinkelspiel Brothers operated as a "Store of Fashionable Merchandise" at groun…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29W1_site-of-bakers-field_Bakersfield-CA.html
In 1863 Col. Thomas Baker settled on the site of the present City of Bakersfield and fenced a ten-acre plot of alfalfa. This became known as Baker's Field where travelers through the area camped with their stock for protection from marauding outla…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29V9_crites-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Crites Building was designed by Bakersfield architect Benjamin McDougall (1865-1937) of McDougall Brothers of San Francisco and constructed as a two-story retail business by Charles J. Lindgren Company of San Francisco in 1900 for John Barthol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27N9_first-baptist-church_Bakersfield-CA.html
The First Baptist Church was completed under the supervision of local architect Charles H. Biggar (1882 - 1946) in 1932. The building, designed in the Northern Italian Romanesque architectural style, is described in the National Register of Histor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27N8_hayden-building_Bakersfield-CA.html
The Hayden Building is a classic example of Second Renaissance Revival architectural style. It was designed for the Kern County Land Company by San Francisco architect Charles I. Haven (1849-1916) and opened in 1904 as the Hayden Furniture Company…
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