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Local History Vertical Files

The following is a listing only. Please see the Local History Librarian for access. The collection materials do not check out and can only be used in the Jack Maguire Local History Room.

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Adams, John—Grizzly Adams Administration Building Aged Agriculture—through 1949 Agriculture—1950–1959 Agriculture—1960–1969 Agriculture—1970–1979 Agriculture—1980–1989 Agriculture—1990–1995 Agriculture—1996–1999 Agriculture—2000+ SEE ALSO: Almonds Cotton Cotton—Marketing Cotton—Research Farm Bureau, Kern County Farmers Grapes Potatoes Rice Rubber Trees Agriculture—Directories Agriculture—Implements SEE ALSO: Museums—Pioneer Village Agruculture—Maps AIDS Airplanes SEE: Aviation Airport—through 1989 Airport—1990–1999 Airport—2000+ Top of Page All America City Allensworth—1907–1989 Allensworth—1990–1999 Allensworth—2000+ Almonds American Revolution Bicentennian Commission of California Amusements Animals—1900–1989 Animals—1990–1999 Animals—2000+ Annett Annexation Antelope Valley—through 1999 Antelope Valley—2000+ SEE ALSO: Rosamond Area Antiques Apparition—Virgin Mary Apollo Program SEE: Moon Landing Arab States Archeology Architecture SEE ALSO: Civic Center Court House Federal Building Historic Buildings Homes and Gardens Art—through 1999 Art—2000+ Artists—A~M Artists—N~Z SEE ALSO: Christo Kern, Edward M. Arvin—through 1999 Arvin—2000+ Top of Page Arvin Booster Arvin Goldschmidt Report Assessed Valuation Astronomy Atomic Power Plants Auditorium SEE ALSO: Centennial Garden Austin, Mary (Author) Authors—A~D Authors—E~L Authors—M~P Authors—Q~S Authors—T~Z SEE ALSO: Austin, Mary Bonelli, Daniel Lennie "Doc" Books Davis, Billie Hallet, Pierre Haslam, Gerald McCaffree, Joe Raborg, Fredrick Steinbeck, John Trevino, Elizabeth Borton de Valdez, Luis Walker, Ardis Weaver, John Automobiles Automobiles—Racing Aviation—through 1976 Aviation—1977–1989 Aviation—1990–1999 Aviation—2000+ Awards Top of Page
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Baker Family (Pioneers) Bakersfield—through 1959 Bakersfield—1960–1971 Bakersfield—1972–1982 Bakersfield—1983–1999 Bakersfield—2000+ Bakersfield—Bird and Flower Bakersfield Business Conference Bakersfield—Centennial Bakersfield—Charter Bakersfield—City Hall Bakersfield City Memos Bakersfield—Downtown Area–through 1999 Bakersfield—Downtown Area–2000+ Bakersfield—Fire Department SEE: Fire Department Bakersfield—Government SEE ALSO: Bakersfield Mayors Bakersfield—Government—Rosters Bakersfield—Historic Preservation Commission Bakersfield—History—1882–1999 Bakersfield—History—2000+ Bakersfield—Incorporation Bakersfield—Inter–Cultural Coordinating Council Bakersfield—Mayors Bakersfield—Police Department—through 1999 Bakersfield—Police Department—2000+ Bakersfield—Traffic Bakersfield—Views SEE ALSO: Kern County—Views Bakersfield—Weather SEE: Weather Top of Page Bakersfield College SEE: Schools—Bakersfield College Bakersfield Symphony Orchestra SEE: Music—Bakersfield Symphony Bamboo Grove SEE ALSO: Tevis Family Bandits—through 1999 Bandits—2000+ SEE ALSO: Fellows, Dick Murrieta, Joaquin Banks and Banking—through 1999 Banks and Banking—2000+ Barker, John (Pioneer) Barnes, Pancho (Pilot) SEE ALSO: Edwards Air Force Base Yeager, Chuck Baseball—through 1999 Baseball—2000+ Basketball—through 1999 Basketball—2000+ Basketry Basques—through 1999 Basques—2000+ SEE ALSO: Sheep Beale, Edward Fitzgerald (Pioneer) Beale Family (Pioneers)—Articles Beale Family (Pioneers)—Decatur House Beale Family (Pioneers)—Genealogy/Letters Beale Family (Pioneers)—Truxtun Beale SEE ALSO: Camels Tejon, Fort Beale Memorial Clock Tower Top of Page Beale Memorial Collection SEE: Library—Beale Collection Beale Memorial Library SEE: Library—Beale Memorial Beale, U.S.S. (The Navy ship) Beale's Cut SEE: Highways—Beale's Cut Newhall Bealeville Bear Mountain SEE: Mountains Bees Belle View Ranch Better Business Bureau Bibliography Bicentennial Bicentennial Films, Media, etc. Bicentennial Heritage Committee—Greater Bakersfield Bicentennial Heritage Committee—Kern County (15 Folders) Bicentennial Monthly Chronicle Bicentennial Newsletters Bicentennial Times Bicycles Biographies—A~Z (26 Folders) SEE ALSO: Artists Authors Awards Birds Bishop, Josie— Radium Queen (Miner) Black Mountain SEE: Mountains Blacks—A—M [people, alphabetical by last name] Blacks—N—Z [people, alphabetical by last name] Blacks—Ruth Love Holloway Blacks—Lakeview/Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. Blacks—1966–1989 Blacks—1990–1999 Blacks—2000+ Blackwell's Corner SEE ALSO: Dean, James Top of Page Boust City SEE: West Side Area Boxing Breckenridge Mountain SEE: Mountains Brown—Ghost City of Indian Wells Buddhists Buena Vista Lake Building Codes Building Gains Burcham, Rose (Physician) Burros Business Business—A~C Business—D~F Business—G~I Business—J~L Business—M~O Business—P~R Business—S~T Business—U~Z SEE ALSO: Small Business Business and Finance Conference Business Outlook Conference Buttonwillow SEE ALSO: Rabbit Drives Tracy Family Top of Page
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Calendars Calcot, Inc. SEE: Cotton Cotton—Marketing California—Bicentennial—1769–1969 California—Bicentennial—1769–1969–Kern County California—Centennial California—Literature California City SEE ALSO: Boron California Legislature California Living Museum—CALM SEE: Zoos California State College, Bakersfield SEE: Schools—California State College California State University, Bakersfield SEE: Schools—California State University, Bakersfield Calloway Canal SEE: Canals CALM—California Living Museum SEE: Zoos Camelias Camels SEE ALSO: Beale, Edward Tejon, Fort Camp Blue Jay SEE: Camps—Special Needs Camp Owens SEE ALSO: Juvenile Detention Camp, W.B. (Farmer) Camps—Condor Camps—General Camps—Kern River Area Camps—Pyles Camps—Special Needs SEE ALSO: Recreation Camp Owens Top of Page Canals SEE ALSO: Irrigation Irrigation—Maps—Detailed Cancer Cane Springs SEE: Koehn Springs Canfield Cantil SEE ALSO: Red Rock Canyon Capital Hills Carneros Carrizo Plain Castle and Cooke SEE ALSO: Shopping Centers Cattle Raising SEE ALSO: Tejon Ranch Caves Cayucos Cemeteries Censorship SEE ALSO: Steinbeck—Grapes of Wrath Ban 1939–1941 Census—1930–Kern County Census Tracts SEE ALSO: Population Centenarians Centennial—1966 Centennial Garden Chamber of Commerce—Miscellaneous publications Chamber of Commerce—Publications—1929–1944 Chamber of Commerce—Publications—195–1949 Chamber of Commerce—Publications—1950–1999 Chamber of Commerce—Publications—2000+ SEE ALSO: Board of Trade Top of Page Charcoal Kilns Chavez, Cesar (Labor Leader) SEE ALSO: United Farm Workers Child Abuse SEE: Frazier Park Child Care Child Guidance Clinic China Lake SEE: Naval Ordinance Test Station Naval Weapons Center Chinese—1870–1989 Chinese—1990–1999 Chinese—2000+ Christmas Christo (Artist) Churchapate SEE: Frazier Park Churches—General Churches—Assembly of God Churches—Baptist Churches—Catholic Churches—Church of Christ Churches—Congregational Churches—Episcopal Churches—Jewish SEE: Jews Churches—Lutheran Churches—Mennonite Churches—Methodist Churches—Mormon Chruches—Nazarene Churches—Pentecostal Churches—Presbyterian Churches—Seventh Day Adventist Circuses Citrus City and County Publication (New York Public Library Project) Civic Center Top of Page Civil Service Civil War SEE ALSO: *R973.7 Civil War Times Magazine Civilian Conservation Corps SEE ALSO: W.P.A. and N.Y.A. (Works Progress Adminiatration) Civilian Defense SEE ALSO: National Defense Resources Conference Claraville SEE ALSO: Ghost Towns Kelso Valley Class of 2000 Clock Tower SEE:: Beale Memorial Clock Tower Clubs SEE: Organizations Coalinga Coccidioidomycosis SEE: Valley Fever* Co–generation Projects Collins, Tom (Migratory Labor Camp Director) Colonies SEE ALSO: Rosedale Colorado Desert Comic Books Community House Community Needs Conference Community Service Computers Condors SEE: Birds Congoland SEE: Hallet, Pierre Congressional Districts Conservation SEE ALSO: Wildlife Top of Page Conventions Cooley, Spade (Country Singer) Costumes Cotton Cotton Marketing Cotton Research SEE ALSO: Camp, W.B. Cotton Strike of 1933 Council of Governments Counties≬Proposed County Historical Records Commission Court House Court House—1952 SEE: Civic Center Courts SEE: Law Cowboy Hall of Fame Cowboys SEE ALSO: Cattle Raising Coyote Holes Credit Unions Crime—1870–1989 Crime—1990–1999 Crime—2000+ SEE ALSO: Bandits Cooley, Spade Crime—Child Molestation Cases of 1980s Crime—Kern County—1876–1889 Crimes—Onion Field Murder Cuddy Valley SEE ALSO: Frazier Park Cultural Council, Greater Bakersfield Cummings Ranch SEE: Tehachapi Valley Cuyama SEE ALSO: Kelsey, Nancy
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Daily Report Dairying Dance Davis, Billie (Hobo Kid) Dean, James (Actor) Death Valley Delano—1875–1959 Delano—1960–1969 Delano—1970–1979 Delano—1980–1989 Delano—1990–1999 Delano—2000+ SEE ALSO: Fiesta de Muchachito Delano—Wine and Harvest Festival Delano Centennial—1863–1973 Dentitst Description and Travel—Kern County Desert Spring Deserts SEE ALSO: Antelope Valley Boron Valley Mojave Desert Area Di Giorgio Di Gorgio—Reports—1958–1969 Di Gorgio—Reports—1970–1999 Di Gorgio—Reports—2000+ Directories—Kern County—Radio—Press—Television Directories—Resource Directory of Community and Governmental Services— Kern County Welfare Department Disasters SEE ALSO: Earthquakes Fires Floods District Attorney Dogs Dolls Donahoe, Dorothy (Politician) Dorris, Grace Drugs SEE: Narcotics Dump Dust Bowl SEE: Migrants Dust Storms Top of Page
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Earthquakes—through 1979 Earthquakes—1980–1989 Earthquakes—1990–1999 Earthquakes—2000+ Earthquakes of 1952—Arvin—Tehachapi—Bakersfield Earthquakes of 1952—Photos SEE ALSO: Disasters East Bakersfield East Hills Mall SEE: Shopping Center Easter Economic Conditions—through 1999 Economic Conditions—2000+ Edison Education SEE ALSO: Schools Edwards Air Force Base SEE ALSO: Antelope Valley Barnes, Pancho Mojave Desert Area Space Shuttle Yeager, Chuck Elections—1950–1959 Elections—1960–1969 Elections—1970–1979 Elections—1980–1989 Elections—1990–1999 Elections—2000+ Electric Power Electric Power—Kern River Power Plant Elk Hills SEE: Naval Petroleum Reserve Elk Refuge Employers Council, Kern County Employment Environment Ethnic Groups SEE ALSO: Basques Blacks Chinese Filipinos Hindus Hispanics Indians Indonesians Italians Japanese Jews Russia Sikhs Spanish Top of Page
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Fairs Fairs—Kern County—Fair Guides Famoso Farm Bureau, Kern County Farmers SEE ALSO: Camp S.A. Federal Building Fellows Fellows, Dick (Bandit) Fiesta del Muchachito Filipinos Fire Department—Bakersfield Fire Department—Kern County Fire Fighter's Ball Firearms Fires SEE ALSO: Disasters Firsts SEE ALSO: Superlatives Fishing Flag SEE ALSO: Kelsey, Nancy Flood Plain Information Floods SEE ALSO: Disasters Flood Plain Information Kern River Florifaunium Flowers SEE: Camellias Gardens Homes and Gardens Iris Rose Festival Wild Flowers Football—through 1999 Football—2000+ Ford City SEE ALSO: West Side Area Forests Fort Tejon SEE ALSO: Beale Indians Lebec Fort Tejon—Bibliography Fort Tejon—Department of Parks and Recreation Fort Tejon—Letters of B.L. Beale Fort Tejon—Letters of Inspector General K.F. Manfield Fort Tejon—Military Correspondence Forts Fossils SEE: Paleontology Frazier Park—through 1999 Frazier Park—2000+ SEE ALSO: Cuddy Valley Freeman Junction Fremont, John C. (Explorer) Fresno Mall Fresno State College SEE: Schools—Fresno State College Friends of the Kern County Library SEE: Library—Friends Top of Page
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Gangs Garces Circle Garces, Fray Hermenagildo Fancisco (Missionary) SEE ALSO: Garces Circle Gardens SEE ALSO: Homes and Gardens Gardner Field Garlock Gas SEE: Nautral Gas Genealogy Geography Geology Geothermal Resources Ghost Towns Ghosts SEE: Paranormal Gifford, Frank (Football Player) Glenville SEE ALSO: Linn's Valley Gliders Godey, Alexis (Pioneer) Gold Rush Golden Hills Development SEE: Tehachapi Valley Golden Trout Gold Gordon's Ferry Gorman Government Government Finance Government Officials Government Officials—KERNCOG Area Wide Directory Grand Jury Grand Jury Reports SEE ALSO: R352 Grand Jury Reports Granges Granite Station Grapes Grapevine* SEE: Highways—Ridge Route Highways—Grapevine Greenfield Greenhorn Mountain SEE:Mountains Grizzly Adams SEE: Adams, John Grocery Trade Guayule SEE ALSO: Rubber Guild House SEE: Child Guidance Guild Top of Page
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Haberfelde Family (Pioneers) Haggard, merle (Country Singer) Haggin, James Ben Ali (Pioneer) SEE ALSO: Tevis Family Hall of Records Hallet, Pierre (Author) Handicapped Harvey, Trice (Politician) Haslam, Gerald(Author) Haunted Houses SEE: Paranormal Havilah Health—1900–1989 Health—1990–1999 Health—2000+ Health Fair Hicks, Lindsay B. (Trapped Miner) Highways—through 1969 Highways—1970–1999 Highways—2000+ Highways— [individual folders for HWYS 1, 5, 6, 24, 46, 58, 66, 99, 99 Project, 119, 138, 142, 178, 238, 395] Highways—Beale's Cut Highways—Early Trails and Roads Highways—Grapevine Highways—Kern Canyon Road Highways—Maricopa—Ventura Highways—Passes Highways—Ridge Route Hindu Hispanics Historical Buildings SEE ALSO: Architecture Bakersfield—Historic Preservation Commission Churches—Baptist Homes and Gardens Land Marks Union Ice Company Historic Records Commission Historic Society—Delano Historic Society—Kern County History Day Top of Page History—Spanish Beginnings History—Frontier Days through Present Day SEE ALSO: Centennial—1966 Firsts Superlatives Hobo Kid SEE: Davis, Billie Hocheimer's Barn Hockey—through 1999 Hockey—2000+ Hockey Programs Holiday Real Estate Development SEE: Antelope Valley Home Farm and Business Owners Council Homeless Homes and Gardens—A–G [by street/family] Homes and Gardens—H–Z [by street/family] Homes and Gardens—General Homes and Gardens—Home Tours Homes and Gardens—Howell House Homes and Gardens—Kern County Communities Homes and Gardens—Noriega House Homes and Gardens—Oleander Hoover Ranch Horse Canyon SEE ALSO: Mineral Collecting Horseracing Horses Hospitals—General Hospitals—Kern Medical Center–through 1999 Hospitals—Kern Medical Center–2000+ Hospitals—Friese [Miss Friese's Maternity Home] Hospitals—Kern View Hospitals—Memorial Hospitals—Mercy Hospitals—San Joaquin Hospitals—Veterans' Hospitals—Kern County [A–Z] Hotels and Motels—A to Z Hotels and Motels—General Housing Housing Authority of Kern County Housing Authority of Kern County Annual Reports Huerta, Dolores Top of Page
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Ice SEE: Union Ice Company Ice Skating Ice Sports Center Income Indian Wells Valley SEE ALSO: Inyokern Indians—Agencies/Organizations Indians—Annual Pow Wows Indians—Archeology/Burial Grounds Indians—Culture Indians—General History Indians—Kawaiisu Indians—Massacres Indians—Other Tribes Indians—Tejon Indians—Tubatulabal/Shoshone Indians—Yokuts SEE ALSO: Archaeology Painted Rock Rock Paintings Sebastian Indian Reservation Tejon, Fort Tejon, Ranch Indonesians SEE ALSO: Minter Field Industries—General—through 1999 Industries—General—2000+ Industry—Directories—through 1999 Industry—Directories—2000+ Infants Inyo County Inyokern SEE ALSO: Antelope Valley Indian Wells Valley Iraqi War Irrigation—through 1999 Irrigation—2000+ SEE ALSO: Canals Irrigation Maps—Detailed—A~M Irrigation Maps—Detailed—N~Z Isabella—the town—SEE: Lake Isabella—the town Isabella Dam Italians Top of Page
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Jack Ranch Jails SEE ALSO: Prisons Jamison Ranch Japanese Japanese Relocation—Aftermath Japanese Relocation—General Japanese Relocation—Manzanar SEE ALSO: World War II Jawbone Canyon Jewett Family (Pioneers) Jews Johannesburg Johnson, Rafer (Athlete) Juvenile Detention SEE ALSO: Camp Owens Mary Lavers Home Juvenile Hall SEE: Juvenile Detention Top of Page
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Keene—through 1999 Keene—2000+ SEE ALSO: Tuberculosis Kelsey, Nancy (Pioneer) Kelso Valley SEE ALSO: Claraville Kern Antelope Historical Society Kern City Kern County—Assessor Kern County Board of Supervisors Kern County—Budget SEE ALSO: Government Finance Kern County Description and Travel SEE: Description and Travel Kern County Board of Supervisors Kern County—Chief Administrative Officer Kern County—General Information—through 1959 Kern County—General Information—1960–1965 Kern County—General Information—1966 Kern County—General Information—1967–1973 Kern County—General Information—1974–1979 Kern County—General Information—1980–1982 Kern County—General Information—1983–1984 Kern County—General Information—1985–1986 Kern County—General Information—1987–1999 Kern County—General Information—2000+ SEE ALSO: Chamber of Commerce Kern County—Great Register Kern County—History SEE: History—General Kern County Land Company—through 1959 Kern County Land Company—1960–1999 Kern County Land Company—2000+ SEE ALSO: Castle and Cooke Teneco West Kern County—Life in Kern County Management Council—1980 Kern County Management—Probes Kern County—Personnel Top of Page Kern County Seal SEE: Seals Kern County Song SEE: Song—Kern County Kern County Views Kern County Welfare Department—through 1999 Kern County Welfare Department—2000+ Kern Economic Development Corporation Kern, Edward M. (Artist) Kern Plateau Kern Research Area Kern River—1880–1979 Kern River—1980–1989 Kern River—1990–1999 Kern River—2000+ Kern River—Miscellaneous Dam Sites—Map Sheets—A~G Kern River Area—1900–1969 Kern River Area—1970–1989 Kern River Area—1990–1999 Kern River Area—2000+ Kern River—Drownings Kern River Parkway Kern River Preserve Kernvalley SEE: Kern River Area Kernville SEE ALSO: Kern River Area Kernville—Whiskey Flat Miner—1960– Kesterson Refuge Keysville Kings County Kings River Kino, Padre Eusebio Francisco (Missionary) Kit Foxes Koehn Springs Ku Klux Klan Top of Page
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Lake Isabella—The Lake SEE ALSO: Recreation—Kern River Area Lake Isabella—The Town of Lake Ming Lake of the Woods SEE: Cuddy Valley Frazier Park Lake Woollomes Lakes SEE: Boats and Boating Buena Vista Lake Lakeside Ranch Lamont Land Grants Land Use Landmarks Last Chance Canyon Lavers Crossing Law—through 1999 Law—2000+ Law Library Lawyers League of Nations Lebec Lebec Coin Lebec, Peter (Mountain Man) Lebec, Peter—Letters Leiiter Levees SEE: Floods Liberty Bell SEE ALSO: Bicentennial Heritage Committee Library—SEE Library file cabinets for the following: Library—Activity Reports Library—Annual Reports Library Associates SEE: LibraryLibrary≬Friends of the Kern County Library Library—Automation Library—Branch Pictures, including Bookmobile Library—Articles written by Kern County Librarians Library—Babcock, Julia Library—Book Burying Articles Library—Book Week Top of Page Library—Beale Collection Library—Brochures Library—Budget Library—Children's Work Library—Community Services Library—Corrections/Jail/Prison Libraries Library—Consolidation of City Library and County Library Library—Courses Library—Cuddy Valley Library—Earthquakes Library—Editorials/Views Library—Exhibits Library—Film Service Library—Friends of the Kern County Library Library—Genealogy Library—Indian Project Library—Internet Library—Katherine Shaw Memorial Library—Kern County Employees' Association Library—Kroger Report Library—Libraries, other than Kern County Library—Library Notes Library—Literacy Library—Meetings Library—Poster Contest Library—Press Reseases Library—Projected Books Library—Proposition 13 Library—Reading Club Library—Retired Librarians Library—Scholarships Library—School Contracts Library—School Department Library—South State Cooperative Library—Staff Library—Staff Association Library—Staff Directories Statistics Library—Story Hour Library—Superintendent of Schools Library—Supervisors, Kern County Board of Library—Surplus Library—Volunteers Library—Beale Memorial Library—Beale Memorial—California Newspaper Project Library—Beale Memorial—Fundraising Library—Beale Memorial—Geology-Mining-Petroleum Library—Beale Memorial—Grand Opening Library—Beale Memorial—Local History Library—Beale Memorial—Plaque Library—Beale Memorial—Programs Library—Beale Memorial—Theft Library—Beale Memorial—Time Capsule Library—Beale Memorial—Tours Library—Beale Memorial—Photographs Library—Surveys Library—Newsletters Lightner, A.T. (Pioneer) Linn Valley SEE ALSO: Glenville Literacy—through 1999 Literacy—2000+ Loraine Los Angeles Lost Hills Lost Mines Lost Padre Mine Top of Page
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Magazines Manzanar SEE: Japanese Reloctation—Manzanar Maps—1800–1949 Maps—1950–1959 Maps—Bakersfield—1928–1949 Maps—Bakersfield—1950–1969 Maps—Bakersfield—1970–1979 Maps—Bakersfield—1980–1989 Maps—Bakersfield—1990–1999 Maps—Bakersfield—2000+ Maps—California Maps—California—San Bernardino Maps—Golden Empire Maps—Kern County—through 1959 Maps—Kern County—1960–1999 Maps—Kern County—2000+ Maps—Mining Maricopa Mariposa County Mary Lavers Home SEE ALSO: Juvenile Detention Maturango Museum SEE: Museums McCaffree, Joe (I Ching/Bible Teacher)—through 1999 McCaffree, Joe (I Ching/Bible Teacher)—2000+ McFarland McKittrick McKittrick Ranch SEE ALSO: Shafter, William Rufus McKittrick Tar Pits Mental Health Meteorites Mettler Mexican Period Mice SEE: Mouse Plague Migrant Labor Migrants—Aid/Welfare Migrants—Camp Conditions Migrants—DiGiorgio Migrants—Lange Photographs Migrants—Legal Migrants—Reports Top of Page Migrants—Sue Sanders Migrants—Schools Migrants—Shafter Migrants—Statistics Migrants—Steinbeck Migrants—Weedpatch/Arvin/Sunset Labor Camp Migrants—Other Labor Camps Migrants—1940–1949 Migrants—1950–1959 Migrants—1960–1969 Migrants—1970–1979 Migrants—1980–1989 Migrants—1990–1999 Migrants—2000+ Miller, Henry (Pioneer) Miller and Lux SEE: Miller, Henry Mills Mineral Collecting SEE ALSO: Horse Canyon Mines and Mining—General Mines and Mining—A–F Mines and Mining—G–N Mines and Mining—O–S Mines and Mining—T–Z Mines and Mining—Gold SEE ALSO: Lost Mines Lost Padre Mine Minority Groups SEE: Ethnic Groups SEE ALSO: Basques Blacks Chinese Filipinos Hindus Hispanics Indians Indonesians Italians Jews Russia Sikhs Spanish Top of Page Minter Field—through 1999 Minter Field—2000+ SEE ALSO: Indonesians Miracle Hot Springs SEE: Springs Missions—Proposed SEE: San Emigdio Mojave (the town) Mojave Airport Mojave and Orange Railroad Mojave—Desert Area SEE ALSO: Antelope Valley Boron Valley California City Rosamond Area Mojave—Marines Mojave—Toxic Waste Mojave—Train Depot Moon Landing Mosquito Abatement District Motion Pictures—A to Z Motion Pictures—Film Festivals Motion Pictures—General Motion Pictures—History Motion Pictures—Lists Motion Pictures—Locals in the industry Motorcycles Mount Everest SEE: Mountains Mountains—A~L Mountains—M~Z Mouse Plague Murrieta, Joaquin (Bandit) SEE ALSO: Bandits Museum Explorers SEE: Description and Travel Museum Heritage Days Museums—Bakersfield SEE ALSO: Museums—Pioneer Villiage Museums—California Museums—Kern County Museums—Kern County Museum—2000+ Museums—Pioneer Villiage—1939–1969 Museums—Pioneer Villiage—1970–1979 Museums—Pioneer Villiage—1980–1989 Museums—Pioneer Villiage—1990–1999 SEE ALSO: Museums—Kern County Museum Music Music—Bakersfield Symphony Music—Community Concert Association Music—Country and Western SEE ALSO: Haggard, Merle Owens, Buck Music—Festivals Music—Rock, Jazz, Blues and Rap Musicians Muslims Mussel Sloughs Top of Page
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Names—Places Names in Kern County—Explanation Names—Streets Narcotics National Defense Resources Conference National Guard Native Americans SEE: Indians Natural Gas SEE ALSO: Petroleum Naval Ordnance Test Station SEE ALSO: Naval Weapons Center Ridgecrest Naval Petroleum Reserve—1944–1968 Naval Petroleum Reserve—1970–1979 Naval Petroleum Reserve—1980–1989 Naval Petroleum Reserve—1990+ Naval Weapons Center—through 1999 Naval Weapons Center—2000+ SEE ALSO: Naval Ordnance Test Station Neuralia Newhall Newsletters—Small Town USA Newspapers—through 1999 Newspapers—2000+ SEE ALSO: Directories Newspapers—Bakersfield Californian Newspapers—Bakersfield—General Newspapers—Bakersfield—Kern Herald Newspapers—Bakersfield Metro Star Newspapers—Glennville Newspapers—Roadrunner News (including: Bakersfield Weekly Star, Bakersfield Weekly Report) Northern California Top of Page
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Office Buildings Oildale—through 1999 Oildale—2000+ Ojai Okies SEE: Migrants Old River Old Town Kern SEE: East Bakersfield Olympic Games Onion Field Murder SEE: Crimes—Onion Field Murder Onyx Opera SEE ALSO: Music Theater Oral History Organizations—A~C Organizations—D~E Organizations—F~G Organizations—H~K Organizations—L~N Organizations—O~Z SEE ALSO: Social Agencies Women's Club Organizations—Directories Orphanage [Kern County Children's Shelter] Ostriches Outlaws SEE: Bandits Murrieta, Joaquin Fellows, Dick Owens, Buck (Country Singer) Owens Valley Top of Page
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Pacificana Pageant—Kern County Hisotry Pageant Painted Rock SEE ALSO: Indians Rock Paintings Paleontology SEE ALSO: Sharkstooth Hill Panama Panama—Pacific Historical Congress Panorama Bluffs Parades Paranormal SEE ALSO: Apparition—Virgin Mary Parcel Map Ordinance Parent Teachers Association Parent Teachers Bulletin—7th District—1925–1927 Parking Parks—Bakersfield—General Parks—Bakersfield—Listings Parks—Beale Parks—California Parks—Central Parks—Hart/Kern River State Parks—Jefferson Parks—Kern County (other than Bakersfield) Parks—Silver Creek Passes SEE: Highways People–To–People Program SEE: Sister Cities Persian Gulf War—Desert Storm Pesticides Petrified Wood Petroglyphs Petroleum—A–G [companies/oilfields] Petroleum—H–Z [companies/oilfields] Petroleum—ARCO Petroleum—Berry Petroleum—Chevron/Texaco Petroleum—Derricks Petroleum—Drilling/Blowouts Petroleum—Enhanced Recovery Top of Page Petroleum—General Petroleum—History—1860–1939 Petroleum—History—1940–1970 Petroleum—History—1971–1990 Petroleum—History—1991–Present Petroleum—Kern River Field Petroleum—Lakeview Gusher Petroleum—McKittrick Petroleum—Midway–Sunset–Superior Petroleum—Occidental (Oxy) Petroleum—Pipelines Petroleum—Refineries Petroleum—Shell Petroleum—Standard Oil Petroleum—Statistics Petroleum—Maps SEE: the map case Photography SEE ALSO: Watkins, Carlton Physicians—A to Z Physicians—General Physicians—History SEE ALSO: Burcham, Rose Pinos Mountain SEE: Frazier Park Los Padres National Forest Pioneer Story Contest Pioneer Village SEE: Museums—Bakersfield Pioneers—General SEE ALSO: Allensworth Baker Family Barker, John Beale, Edward Beale Family Bohna Family Godey, Alexis Haggin, Ben Ali Jewett Family Kelsey, Nancy Miller, Henry Shafter, William Rufus Stevens, Elisha Tevis Family Tracy Family Walker, Ardis Weil Family Planning—through 1999 Planning—2000+ Planning—Bakersfield—1950 SEE ALSO: Bakersfield—Downtown Area Plants—through 1999 Plants—2000+ Poetry Poice Olympics Political Parties Pollution Pollution Reports Pond Pony Express Population SEE ALSO: Census—1930—Kern County Population—Population and Housing Reports Postage Stamps Postal Service Potatoes—through 1999 Potatoes—2000+ Pottery Poultry Prisons—California City Prisons—Delano Prisons—General Prisons—Lerdo Prisons—Mesa Verde Prisons—Taft Prisons—Tehachapi Prisons—Wasco Prisons—Women's Prison—Tehachapi Probation Department Programs Prohibition Public Utilities Pumpkin Center Pyles Boy's Camp SEE: Recreation Top of Page
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Rabbit Drives Rabord, Fredrick (Author) Radio&$8212;through 1999 Radio—2000+ Rag Gulch Railroads—1869–2000+ Railroads—Amtrak Railroads—Santa Fe Railroads—Southern Pacific Railroads—Sunset SEE ALSO: Floods Railroads—Tehachapi Loop Railroads—Time Tables Rainmaking SEE ALSO: Weather Rand District Randsburg—through 1999 Randsburg—2000+ Real Estate Recreation SEE ALSO: Kern River Area Recreation—Bakersfield SEE ALSO: Dolls Recreation—Bakersfield Commission Recreation—Kern River Area SEE ALSO: Lake Isabella (the town) Recreation—Taft—West Side Recreation Commission Recycling Red Rock Canyon SEE ALSO: Cantil Reefer City Restaurant Reviews—through 1999 Restaurant Reviews—2000+ Restaurants—through 1999 Restaurants—2000+ Reward Rice Ridgecrest—1949–1979 Ridgecrest—1980–1999 Ridgecrest—2000+ SEE ALSO: Antelope Valley Naval Ordnance Test Station Ridgecrest—Desert Empire Fair Ridgecrest—Desert Empire Gulleywhomper Rintous, William (Author) Rio Bravo Roads SEE: Highways Robbers' Roost SEE ALSO: Vasquez Rocks Rock Painting SEE ALSO: Indians Painted Rock Rockpile School SEE: Di Giorgio Rogers, Don (Politician) Rojas, Arnold (Vaquero) Roller Sakting Rosamond Area—1885–1985 Rosamond Area—1986–1999 Rosamond Area—2000+ Rose Festival Programs Rose, Pamela (SCHIF) Rose Station Rosedale SEE ALSO: Colonies Rotary—Bakersfield Rubber Russia—through 1999 Russia—2000+ Top of Page
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