Gold was eventually discovered along the Kern River in southern Sierra Nevada in Oil was later discovered in the valley in Pioneers started to build cabins in Bakersfield in , although to them the land was known as Kern Island.
One of the settlers that moved to Bakersfield hoping to strike it rich off of the California Gold Rush was Thomas Baker, a lawyer and former colonel in the militia of Ohio, which was his home state. In , Bakersfield had a population of and started to become the principal town in Kern County. In , Bakersfield officially became incorporated as a city. The earthquake measured 7. For the next month, Bakersfield endured aftershocks, until August 22 at pm, when a 5. Fortunately, Bakersfield was eventually able to recuperate.
Today, Bakersfield is one of the fastest growing cities in California and a pretty area in the South Central Valley to visit. The California Area Living Museum was founded in and opened to the public in CALM Zoo helps injured animals that may have a tough time surviving in their natural environment. The California Area Living Museum is a great family activity to take part in when visiting Bakersfield.
The Crystal Palace was built by Buck Owens and officially opened in Buck Owens would sometimes see the finished product of something that was constructed, and then order it to be remade into a larger version and then move it to a different area of the Crystal Palace, where it was not originally intended to go.
In Uranium is discovered 30 miles northeast of Bakersfield. In , low oil prices hit the Kern County economy hard and prompt more than 2, local oil-related layoffs. The Haberfeld Building was built either in , , or depending on which source you look at. This is the outside of the Kern County Superior Court. The building is located in downtown Bakersfield.
The more built-up urban area that includes Bakersfield and areas immediately around the city, such as East Bakersfield and Rosedale , has a population of approximately , The city is a significant hub for both agriculture and oil production. Kern County is the most productive oil producing county, and the fourth most productive agricultural county by value in the United States.
The city is also the birthplace of the country music genre known as the Bakersfield sound. Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of Native American settlements dating back thousands of years. The Yokuts lived in lodges along the branches of the Kern River Delta and hunted antelope, tule elk, deer, bear, fish, and game birds.
Owing to the remoteness and inaccessibility of the region, however, the Yokuts remained largely isolated until after the Mexican War of Independence , when Mexican settlers began to migrate to the area. Following the discovery of gold in California in , settlers flooded into the San Joaquin Valley. In , gold was discovered along the Kern River in the southern Sierra Nevada , and in , oil was discovered in the valley.
The Bakersfield area, once a tule -reed-covered marshland, was first known as Kern Island to the handful of pioneers who built log cabins there in The area was subject to periodic flooding from the Kern River, which occupied what is now the downtown area, and experienced outbreaks of malaria. In , disastrous floods swept away the original settlement founded in by the German-born Christian Bohna. Among those attracted to the area by the California gold rush was Thomas Baker, a lawyer and former colonel in the militia of Ohio, his home state.
Baker moved to the banks of the Kern River in , at what became known as Baker's Field, which became a stopover for travelers.
By , with a population of , what is now known as Bakersfield was becoming the principal town in Kern County. In , Bakersfield was officially incorporated as a city, and by it officially replaced the dying town of Havilah as the county seat.
Alexander Mills was hired as the city marshal, a man one historian would describe as " But he was a Kentuckian, a handy man with a gun, and not lacking in initiative and resource when the mood moved him.
Wanting to fire him but fearing reprisals, they came up with a scheme to disincorporate, effectively leaving him without an employer. According to local historian Gilbert Gia, the city was also failing to collect the taxes it needed for services. In , the city voted to disincorporate.
For the next 22 years, a citizen's council managed the community. By , the town had a population of , and by , it had a population of 2, Migration from Texas, Louisiana , Oklahoma , and Southern California brought new residents, who were mostly employed by the oil industry. On July 21, , an earthquake struck at am Pacific Daylight Time. The earthquake, which measured 7. The earthquake's destructive force also bent cotton fields into U shapes, slid a shoulder of the Tehachapi Mountains across all four lanes of the Ridge Route , collapsed a water tower creating a flash flood, and destroyed the railroad tunnels in the mountain chain.
Bakersfield was spared, experiencing minor architectural damage without loss of life. A large aftershock occurred on July 29, and did minor architectural damage, but raised fears that the flow of the Friant-Kern Canal could be dangerously altered, potentially flooding the city and surrounding areas. Aftershocks, for the next month, had become normal to Bakersfield residents, until August 22 at pm a 5.
Four people died in the aftershock, and many of the town's historic structures were permanently lost. Bakersfield's close proximity to mountain passes , primarily the Tejon Pass on Interstate 5 between the Los Angeles metropolis and the central San Joaquin Valley, has made the city a regional transportation hub.
In , Bakersfield was one of ten U. Bakersfield lies near the southern "horseshoe" end of the San Joaquin Valley , with the southern tip of the Sierra Nevada just to the east. To the south, the Tehachapi Mountains feature the historic Tejon Ranch. The Temblor Range is about 35 mi 56 km from Bakersfield across the valley floor. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of At the census, the city had a total area of Bakersfield has historically referred to its regions by directional names.
East Bakersfield generally refers to the former town of Sumner later renamed East Bakersfield. As a result, the Northeast wraps around East Bakersfield. In fact, Bakersfield enjoys more clear days than the majority of the U. Bakersfield enjoys long-lasting, mild autumns, and warm springs, giving the region a unique climate suitable for growing a wide variety of crops ranging from carrots to citrus, almonds, and pistachios.
Rainfall averages only 6. Typically, no rain falls from May through September. Winters feature mild daytime temperatures, but frost can be occasionally seen, often coming with dense tule fog and low visibility, causing many schools to have fog delays as long as three hours.
The official time frame for tule fog to form is from November 1 to March Snow is rare on the valley floor; but it does snow in Bakersfield about once every 20 to 30 years. The last time it snowed was on January 25, , when the city received 6 in 15 cm. The most rainfall in one month was 5. In , The American Lung Association ranked Bakersfield as the second-most polluted city in the United States in terms of both short-term and year-round particle pollution.
It also ranked Bakersfield third as the most ozone-polluted city in the United States. The United States Census reported that Bakersfield had a population of , The population density was 2,
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