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Irrigated Kern Valley lands

Description: Old shelf number: eph J4-8(1). "At Auction Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday May 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1889 by order of J.B. Haggin Esq." Verso shows Central Bakersfield (RB ephMPCALIFT0064). Submap: Map showing the relative position of Bakersfield with colony lands of J.B. Haggin. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: See map ephMPCALIFT0064 showing lands for sale south of Bakersfield.
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Date: 1889
Call number: ephMPCALIFT0064a
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Map of Bakersfield and vicinity : showing property of J.B. Haggin

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Old shelf number: eph J4-8(1). "At Auction Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday May 14th, 15th, and 16th, 1889." Central Bakersfield. Verso shows "colony" lands for sale for farming lands south of the city. Submap: Union Addition to Bakersfield. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: See map ephMPCALIFT0064a showing lands for sale south of Bakersfield.

ephMPCALIFT0064

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Map of Part of Kern County, California, Showing the Locations of Colonies, Irrigation Systems, etc. in the Kern Delta

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Showing lands of the Kern County Land Company for sale. Bakersfield is well developed, the Southern Pacific Railway is in place, including the Tehachapi Loop, but no highways north or south. Relief: shaded. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: B3/3 150198.

150198

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Map showing properties of the Bear Valley Irrigation Company and lands which can be irrigated under the Bear Valley System including portions of San Bernardino, San Diego, Orange and Los Angeles Counties, California

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Photograph of a map of Southern California showing territory depicting Bear Valley Irrigation Company and lands which could be irrigated under the Bear Valley System, labeled primarily with rancho names and the Alessandro Tract.

photOV 11433

An authentic map of the state of California showing the exact extent of territory granted by Congress to the various railroads within the state as evidenced by the following certificate. Department of the Interior, General Land Office, June 11, 1875

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"State Ticket, People's Independent Party, Election, Wednesday, September 1st, 1875." A propaganda map for the People's Independent Party opposed to the railroads. Original grant lands in yellow, in lieu lands in red. MS note: 338918. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 17.50.

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Kern County Land Company papers and slides

Manuscripts

Items include a map of the Miramonte Colony Tract in Kern County (approximately 1890-1900); a day book probably written by James Ben Ali Haggin (1886-1890), and two manuscripts of speeches by David Stoddard Atwood on Kern County Land Company history. Also includes 47 slides of images of photographs held in the Kern County Land Company archives in Bakersfield, California, some of which may be by American photographer Carleton Watkins. They were created by David Stoddard Atwood as part of a a project on the history of the Kern County Land Company, where he had worked. The slides include photographs of people, structures, and landscape.

mssKernco

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Map of the Kern River oil district, Kern County, California

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Alt title from cover. Verso explains recent history of oil and gas discovery here. "Compliments of the Bank of Bakersfield." See also 301401 for a 1901 version of this map. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Sections. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: 293385.

293385

Irrigated Kern Valley lands

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