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Shafter Colony origins and early growth 1913 to 1915
Julia Potter recalls Shafter California's founding era from 1913 to 1915. The town formed around Kern County Land Co operations, with early buildings, a boxcar Santa Fe depot, and a growing community of families, schools, and social clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Potter Shafter
Shafter
William R. Shafter
Bill Fay
Betwen
Palm Ranch
Kern County Land Co
Kern Valley Olive Co
Central Avenue
Five Points
Dad” Waugh
A.D.M. Osborn
Frederick Manuel
Harriet McManus
The
Land Company
Charlie Shomate
Kern County Recorder
Shafter Mercantile
Santa Fe
Walterly
King Lumber Co
W. H. Hitchcock
Santa Fe Richland
Old Congregational Church
Hazel Burns
Russell
Wright
Jane Lewis
Albert West
Bakersfield
Morgan
Potter
Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau Center
California
Parent-Teachers Association
Little Green
Oakes
Harry Scaroni
Wasco
Woods Stone
Martha Buller
Mr. Knight
Bank of Italy
Bill Knight
Hofman