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New, KERN LIFE 2000
Historic Store Turns Out lights
Photos of the Eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains
along HWY 395, Mammoth area
Fort Tejon
History in the Making

Kern County Snow January
25, 1999
Last recorded was in 1933 of any depth.
more Local Photos
Snowed under: The
biggest snowfall of the century disrupted and delighted the city.
Bakersfield,
city in south central California, seat of Kern County, on the Kern River. It
is located at the southern end of the valley of the San Joaquin River. Bakersfield is a
commercial, distribution, and manufacturing center situated in an agricultural and
petroleum- producing region. Manufactures include refined petroleum, electronic
components, and processed food; crops grown in the surrounding region include grapes,
cotton, citrus fruits, almonds, and carrots.
BIOGRAPHICAL COLONEL THOMAS BAKER
COL THOMAS BAKER
From: "The Darling's" [email protected]
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1999
Story of the 1862 Arrest and Trial of Col. Thomas Baker
for Treason Baker's second significant mention in 1862 was in October
after a talk he gave in Visalia.
Note on how Col Thomas Baker Died.
"Heart of the Golden Empire,
an Illustrated History of Bakersfield by Richard
C. Bailey"