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Bakersfield Bakersfield was settled in 1858 by a handful of
families who had trekked northward through the El Tejon Pass seeking home sites rather
than gold. The town was named by an early settler, Colonel Thomas Baker, who invited
the weary travelers through the valley to rest overnight. These travelers would plan
in advance to meet and rest in "Colonel Baker's field." Baker formally
laid out the town in 1869, and within two years the city had a telegraph office, two
stores, a newspaper, two boarding houses, one doctor, a wagon shop, a harness shop, one
attorney, a saloon, and fifty school pupils. The Bakersfield Centennial Garden and
Convention Center rests on part of the original Colonel Baker's field as well as the
Centennial Plaza community park.
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