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How Shafter streets get named
Editor notes Shafter pioneers influence local street names. Freedom Homes tract houses on Tulare Street honor Enns family and descendants. Enns Road Martha Avenue Loewen Street Emily Way Molly Court and Ryan Drive memorialize John D. Enns lineage Martha Loewen family origins Loewen Street honors Mary Guenther Loewen Henry Loewen and their Canadian roots.
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Shafter
Shafter Historical Society
Georgette Kadel Askew
Freedom Homes
Tulare Street
West Shafter
John D. Enns
Enns
Martha Avenue
Loewen
Emily Way
Molly Court
Ryan
Peter D. Enns
Katherine Koop Enns
Reedley
Freida
John
Catherine
Elsie
Herbert
Paul
P.D. Enns
Katherine
Peter
John Ernest Enns
Dinuba
Calif
Wasco
Wasco Ave
Martha
Henry Loewen
Mary Guenther Loewen
Leheigh
Kan
Peter Enns
Mr. Enns
Marlene
John Darrell
Canada
Hawaii
Lillie Schneider
John Darrell Enns
Richland School
Shafter High School
Tabor College
Navy
Nancy Froese
Mennonite Brethren Church
Steven
Stacy
Maple School
Bakersfield City
Humboldt University
San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District
Bakersfield
Stacie Foote
Emily Noelle Enns
Molly Catherine Enns
Ryan Jonathan Enns
Emily
Marlene Enns Sigler
Lancaster
Edwards Air Force Base
Saskatoon
Sask
Wasco Avenue
Loewens
Parker
Dakota Territory
South Dakota
Nettie
Frank Herbert
Fred Straus
Hepburn, Sask
Straus
Arlene
Shafter Convalescent Hospital
Robert Peters
Kendra
Skip Penner
Clark Peters
Jenna
Frank Loewen
Elizabeth
Don
Lillian
Henrietta
Walter
Frank
Marian Schmidt
Rosedale
Herbert Loewen
Eleanor Peters
Maple
Helena
Stanley
Eleanor
Fresno Avenue
Deanne
Bill Born