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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XDJ_20-mule-team-trail-historical_California-City-CA.html
From 1883 to 1889, wagons hauled borax along this road 165 miles from Death Valley to Mohave. The route was laid out by J.W.S. Perry. He and a muleskinner named Ed Stiles designed the wagons to carry the heavy loads to the rail depot. The wagon…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1V5E_avelino-martinez-historical_Tehachapi-CA.html
To quote the authors, Frank F. Latta, Arnold R. Rojas, and Bonnie Ketterl Kane, per Rancho El Tejon's Mayordomo (Supervisor) of almost sixty years, Don Jose Jesus Lopez (J.J.), about Avelino Martinez; "He was a little dried up gnome of a man, so o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SL9_mountain-house_Bakersfield-CA.html
One and one-half miles north of this point stood the Mountain House Station on the route of the Butterfield Stage. Operating through present Kern County during 1858-1861, this famous line ran from St. Louis, Missouri to San Francisco until the out…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QY0_tomo-kahni_Tehachapi-CA.html
In the Kawaiisu language, tomo-kahni means winter village. The site's location between the coast and desert allowed the site occupants to hold an important place for trade between these areas and the southern Central Valley. The sacred rock art fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OE0_ethels-old-corral_Bakersfield-CA.html
These days restaurants come and go in the blink of an eye. But every so often a venue dishes up just the right mix of food and ambiance. Ethel's Old Corral is a perfect example of a restaurant getting it right. Great food, entertainment, customer …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCI_first-catholic-church-and-cemetery-in-kern-county_CA.html
This is the site of the first Catholic Church St. Josephs and Cemetery built in Kern County in August 1866. It was established by Father Francis Dade, the circuit priest headquartered in Visalia. The Catholic Church here in Havilah was moved to Ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OCH_william-henry-burro-schmidt_Randsburg-CA.html
A Monument to Determination and Perserverance William Henry "Burro" Schmidt Took thirty eight years to hand dig this half-mile long tunnel—Completed in 1936 Born in Rhode Island, January 30, 1871 Died in Ridgecrest, Calif., January 27,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWM_midway-cemetery-25-hill_Taft-CA.html
In memory of the men, women and children who were the pioneers of the Midway Sunset Oilfields, never to be forgotten. This cemetery was established November 1911 by William Brooks of the Taft Undertaking Company on land supplied by Stand…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NW5_west-kern-oil-museum_Taft-CA.html
The Jameson # 17 oil derrick, which was drilled in 1917 and produced until the 1980's, was scheduled to be torn down. In 1974 the local American Association of University Women and several dedicated people convinced Jameson Oil Company to donat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1KOM_general-store_Bakersfield-CA.html
One of the first retail establishments built in a small town during the early 1900s was a general store selling food, household goods and hardware to people living nearby The town of Woody, named for Sparrel Woody, was established about 1889 in…
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