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Map of the Rosedale Colony Kern County, California

Description: Old shelf number: eph J4-8(2). "From five to twelve miles west of Bakersfield, and is the property of the Kern County Land Co." Sold for orchards and vineyards, this area is now industrial for the most part. Dickman-Jones Co. operated in San Francisco between 1888 and 1901, based on directories from the time. MS note: Eph J4-8(2). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: See ephMPCALIFT0065a.
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Date: [1888-1901]
Call number: ephMPCALIFT0065
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Map of part of Kern County, California : showing the location of colonies, irrigation systems, etc. in the Kern Delta

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Old shelf number: eph J4-8(2). A wider view of Kern County. Dickman-Jones Co. operated in San Francisco between 1888 and 1901, based on directories from the time. MS note: Eph J4-8(2). Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: See ephMPCALIFT0065.

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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

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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).

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Map of San Diego County California : compiled from official county map / by T.D. Beasley

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Old shelf number: eph J4-13(2). Nicely colored map showing ranchos and the proposed railroad to Phoenix. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: hachures. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS notes: eph J4-13(2). S12 34.

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Map of the Town of Wildomar in the Lake Colony, San Diego County, Cal : the railroad town of the Lake Colony

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Old shelf number: eph J4-13(8). For a contemporary birds-eye view of the sort advertised at the bottom of the page, see RB 235524. Prime meridian: gm. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Feet. Projection: Plane. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: MS note: Eph J4-13(8).

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Irrigated Kern Valley lands

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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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Map of Subdivisions Laguna de Tache Ranch and Summit Lake Lands in Fresno and Kings Counties California

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Old shelf number: eph J4-7(3). A reworking of Ward's 1902 map with subdivided area increased and the town of Hanford now shown; for 1902 map see RB ephMPCALIFT0062. Distinctive Laguna de Tache poppies in four corners. Prime meridian: GM. Relief: no. Graphic Scale: Miles. Projection: Cylindrical. Printing Process: Lithography. Verso Text: Eph J4-7(3).

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Map of the Rosedale Colony Kern County, California

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Map of part of Kern County, California : showing the location of colonies, irrigation systems, etc. in the Kern Delta

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