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Early settler recalls Shafter life in 1914
Mrs. Jessie C. Kattenhorn recounts the move from Ontario California to Shafter in 1914 with Elmer and two children. She describes 80 acres, building a three-room house, early stores and schools, church formation, community growth, dairy and cotton farming, and family milestones amid hardship and progress.
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Ontario
California
Elmer
Otto
Fresno
Chowchilla
Shafter
Nevada
Terra Bella
Albert
Bakersfield
Green Hotel
C. C. Duerksen
Rio Bravo
New Poplar School
Livers
Potters
Nottingham
W. H. Hitchcock
Glen Thompsons
Fayes, Hallets
Kattenhorn
Congregational Church
First Baptist Church
Lawrence
Clarence Kattenhorn
Land Co
Green
Hazel Burns
Manuel
Burnett
DeQuine
Martha Buller
Woods Stone
McFarland
Wasco