Kern County water shortages shaped state history
Kern County faced long standing water scarcity that fueled river litigation in the 1870s and 1880s. The Wright Act emerged from Kern River disputes, influencing California water development for years. The region's early conflicts tied to Indigenous sites near Bakersfield and shaped state policy on water use.
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Monterey
Kern
Bakersfield
Kern County
California
Col. Baker
Beardsley
Kern Island
Kern River
Miller and
Lux
Tulare Lake
Haggin
Rambling column recalls laundry lists and river history in Kern County
The piece mixes light anecdotes about shopping jargon and a Rain Bird sprinkler with a brief history of Kern River floods, the 1861 62 flood, the 1867 68 inundation, and the 1857 Swamp Land Act that shaped Bakersfield agriculture. It notes Major Gordon’s ferry failure, The Great Fire of 1889, and subsequent irrigation growth.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Col. Thomas Baker
Kern Island
Gordon's Ferry
Kern River
Butterfield Overland Mail
Gordon
Kern Canyon
Bakersfield
Kern
Chester Avenue
Kern County
United States
Buena Vista
Kern Lakes
Col. Baker
12Th District Court
San Francisco
Shafter BPW Endorses DMV Office in City
The Shafter Business and Professional Women's Club urges E Keith Ball to locate a California DMV branch in Shafter citing central placement between Taft and Delano offices. They note Shafter’s larger serving population, higher population growth, and greater postal receipts, plus support from local dealers and trucking firms.
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Shafter Business and Professional Women’s Club
Shafter
State Department of Motor Vehicles
BPW
E. Keith Ball
DMV
Mayon
Ben) Grundy
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Taft
Delano
Wasco
BPW Group
Correspondents Needed for Shafter Press Areas
Shafter Press seeks area correspondents to broaden local news coverage. Open posts in Buttonwillow Minter Village Smiths Corner and Wasco with interviews arranged by contacting Bill Tyler news editor at 614942.
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Shafter Press
Buttonwillow
Minter Village
Smith's Corner
Wasco
Bill Tyler
Hofman Tours Airports With Board of Trade
Ernie Hofman secretary of the Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture joined Kern County Board of Trade for an airport industry tour. Clifton Clemens of Wasco accompanied the two day trip to the Santa Barbara Ventura area.
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Ernie Hofman
Shafter Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture
Shafter
Kern County Board of Trade
Clifton Clemens
Wasco
Santa Barbara
Ventura
Board of Trade Airports Committee
Board of Trade
George C. Parker
Rhoades Manufacturing Company
W. W. Mitchell
Airports Committee
Clarence Williams
Taft Chamber of Commerce
James Radoumis
Robert Bovee
al Huber
Shafter Council Awards curb and gutter contract
City council members unanimously awarded a curb and gutter contract to Floyd E Bratcher Company for 4802.06 after Bellon Construction bid 4119.75 was rejected for being unsigned undated and lacking bid bond compliance.
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Shafter
Floyd E. Bratcher Company
Bellon Construction Company
Mortimore
Shafter Branch Library Returns to Fall Hours
The Shafter Branch Library resumes regular fall schedule with hours 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The library remains closed on Saturdays and Sundays.
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Shafter Branch
State OKs Shafter for DMV Branch
State senator Walter W. Stiern and Assemblyman John C. Williamson announced the DMV will open a permanent branch in Shafter Kern County. The office, approved after a three year effort, will provide licenses and registrations via City Hall while a temporary site is prepared.
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Kern County Planning Commission
Shafter
Bakersfield
Walter W. Stiern
John C. Williamson
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Hofman
Chamber of Commerce
E. Keith Ball
DMV
Shafter Press
Bakersfield Californian
Fresno Bee
Ben Grundy
Bill Johnston
Cass Garratz
Elmer Anderson
Marvin Lane
Ralph Boel
Johnston
Ters
Wasco
Grundy
City Hall
James Street
Williamson
Stiern
Shafter-Wasco
Wearco
Wasco’s
Kern County Water Agency Candidates Poll on Board Policies
League of Women Voters Bakersfield circulates candidate questionnaires for Kern County Water Agency Division 1 voters ahead of the September 26 election. Bry ant and Southwick offer views on responsibilities governance subsidies and taxation while Walker absent. They stress fair water shares and careful supervision of district expenditures.
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Kern County
League of Women Voters of
Bakersfield
Division 1
Shafter
Wasco
Pond
McKittrick
Buttonwillow
William S. Walker
Delano
Delano Bureau Center
Kern County Citrus Pest Control District
Central California Citrus Pest Control Agency
Water Agency
Bryant
Southwick
CHP Warns of Vehicle Code Changes That Take Effect Friday
California motorists face a broad set of changes including a raise in speed limit for light vehicles with trailers from 45 to 50 mph, new open bottle and windshield obscuration rules, limits on commercial plates for wagons, snow tire rules, restricted U turns, pedestrian right of way updates, walk signal obedience, and a revised motor driven cycle horsepower threshold.
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California
California Highway Patrol
Bradford M. Crittenden
Division of Highways
Irrigation District Gets More Water
The Shafter-Wasco Irrigation District received a restoration of 1482 acre feet from the Bureau of Reclamation. Secretary manager Bob Diltz said there will be no curtailment of deliveries this season and extra water can be signed up for at the district office.
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Shafter-Wasco _ Irrigation
Bureau of Reclamation
Bob Diltz
District of Fine
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