Bakersfield History
Well being sick the last few days is a bummer. On the other hand, being bored and laying in bed leaves me the opportunity cruise the web a little more. The wonders of a laptop with WiFi.
Anyway I came across a great little site with some Bakersfield history.
A massive social came in1899 with the discovery of oil. Five thousand people were in Bakersfield 1900. In 1910 there were thirteen thousand. The town acquired a reputation for vice. A Los Angeles mother begged her son, "Don't go to Bakersfield! There's drinking and bad women there" -- and reform-minded citizens became painfully aware of how the rest of California thought of Bakersfield.
Okay, so what's changed. That little snippet from
http://www3.igalaxy.net/~ggia/Articles/Part1Prostitution.html
Probably most interesting to an old B'field boy like myself. Finding my grandfather mentioned in one story was a real plus.
All Mr. Gia's stuff here.
http://www3.igalaxy.net/~ggia/index.html
Anyway I came across a great little site with some Bakersfield history.
A massive social came in1899 with the discovery of oil. Five thousand people were in Bakersfield 1900. In 1910 there were thirteen thousand. The town acquired a reputation for vice. A Los Angeles mother begged her son, "Don't go to Bakersfield! There's drinking and bad women there" -- and reform-minded citizens became painfully aware of how the rest of California thought of Bakersfield.
Okay, so what's changed. That little snippet from
http://www3.igalaxy.net/~ggia/Articles/Part1Prostitution.html
Probably most interesting to an old B'field boy like myself. Finding my grandfather mentioned in one story was a real plus.
All Mr. Gia's stuff here.
http://www3.igalaxy.net/~ggia/index.html
posted by Prof Frink at 11/06/2004 06:14:00 PM
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