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Official map of Kern County California : compiled by order of the Honorable Board of Supervisors, from public records and private surveys / by W.R. Macmurdo, County Surveyor. 1892. Issued by the Kern County World's Fair Association

Description: Old shelf number: eph J4-8(3). Mainly to show land owned by the Southern Pacific Railway. Blue lands are for sale. Red lands "are reserved from sale on the supposition that they may contain petroleum." (Good guess around Taft.) Submap: California. Stamp: S. P. R. R. Co. Land Dept. Mar 21. 1900. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Ms note: Eph J4-8(3).
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1892
Call number: ephMPCALIF0010
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