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Wasco California News
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and the State of California.
City of Wasco The history of Wasco dates back to 1897, when the Santa Fe
Railroad laid tracks through the area. During the next several years, over 300 families
relocated to the area primarily through arrangements made by Marshall V. Hartranft.
Hartranft secured nine 640 acre sections from the Kern County Land Company for resale to
those settlers, and he is therefore credited with inception of the new community.
Hartranft's effort in bringing settlers to Wasco was titled the "Fourth Home
Extension Colony".
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